The On-line Lecture

by Evelyn Beck Conscientious instructors wouldn’t think of spending a class period reading to their students in a monotone from lecture notes that only summarize the homework reading assignment. Lectures, we all know, need to capture students’ interest. Nevertheless, when it comes to on-line lectures, that same care is rarely applied. Perhaps because we lack the time to craft an illuminating written lecture for each section of our on-line courses, most of us resort to sticking dry lecture notes onto our Web sites, hoping that they will help students understand the material. However, in the process, we cheat our on-line […]