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When I first realized that part of the course would be watching lectures on video, I thought that I would be bored by them. After all, in a video lecture environment, the ability to interact with the teacher is missing, so I thought it would be a very stilted and dry way to receive information. However, I was very surprised that I found the lectures interesting. Instead of boring me, they introduced me to parts of history that I never thought could be interesting. To me, ancient Greek cultures, because they are dead, seemed as if they would have very little relevance to the modern world. However, learning about the Aegean, Theran, and Mycenaean cultures provided me with insight into human nature, which is not something that I expected when I began this course.
One of the things that I liked about watching the lectures on video was that I was in control of the lecture environment. There were times in each of the lectures that I found something fascinating or confusing and wanted to listen to it again. I could do so without disrupting the rest of the class. Likewise, I was free to listen to the lecture without interruption from my classmates. Instead of disrupting each other's learning experiences with our own questions and confusion, we were able to learn at our own pace. However, I must admit that I felt that this environment may have detracted from the traditional classroom environment. Many times student questions detract from the subject matter and interrupt the learning process. However, there are times when student questions can be informative, leading an entire class down a pathway for learning that the professor may not have anticipated, but which is still very beneficial to the class. This opportunity is missing when the lectures are prerecorded and there is no interaction between the professor and the class.
Recorded lectures also offer the same benefits of many distance-education courses: flexibility. When a lecture is recorded, it means that I have the ability to listen to the lecture on my own schedule. The reality is that things occur in life. Flat tires, sick children, and other life...
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