'It is the easiest thing to do' : university students' perspectives on the role of lecture recording in promoting inclusive education in the UK

Wang, Yuchen (2023) 'It is the easiest thing to do' : university students' perspectives on the role of lecture recording in promoting inclusive education in the UK. Teaching in Higher Education. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1356-2517 (https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2022.2162814)

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Abstract

The implementation of lecture recording (LR) technology is becoming common practice in higher education (HE). While it is often promoted as a technological solution to inclusion, there is a need for more in-depth research to examine such assumptions. This study was conducted in a research-intensive elite university in the UK, employing semi-structured interviews with 15 students and 10 teaching staff and focusing on students’ voices as an under-represented dimension of LR research. The student participants recognised the usefulness of LR for improving access to learning activities and its limitations in addressing important pedagogical aspects such as student-staff relationships. LR was perceived to be aligned with a reductionist and tokenistic approach to educational provision - a compromise where the desired changes to HE’s exclusionary structure could not happen. The study concludes by highlighting the necessity of respecting students as agents of change to stimulate critically-informed use of technology for inclusive education.

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