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April 17, 2008, 03:45 PM ET
Harvard Survey Shows Undergraduates -- but Not Graduate Students -- Like Video Lectures
A technology report by a Harvard University student shows that of all the digital tools that professors use, Harvard students find most useful online course material and syllabi.
The report said students want courses to have “a Web site that contains readings, notes and other content so they can be accessed easily during the semester,” wrote Anthony A. Pino in a blog post about the report. It is based on responses last December from 328 undergraduates and 120 graduate students.
Students were asked to rate the usefulness of about 16 technologies, including RSS Feeds, wikis, blogs, podcasts, and videos.
One of the most noticeable difference between undergraduates and graduate students was over video lectures. Undergraduates valued them but graduate students worried that undergraduates would use them as a substitute for attendance, wrote Mr. Pino. —Andrea L. Foster
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