Lecture Capture: An Effective Tool for Universal Instructional Design? - Case Study

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Student enrolment and instructional accommodation requests are rising in higher education, while universities often lack capacity to meet growing needs. Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) aims to ensure universal access for students with disabilities, and this case study examines whether lecture capture technology supports Universal Instructional Design (UID) principles. A mixed-method design used an online questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. SoTL literature frames AODA and universal accessibility in relation to lecture capture technologies.

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CSSHE SCÉES Canadian Journal of Higher Education Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur Volume 44, No. 2, 2014, pages 1-29 Lecture Capture: An Effective Tool for Universal Instructional Design? Susan Watt, Susan Vajoczki, & Geraldine Voros McMaster University Michelle Vine and Nancy Fenton University of Waterloo Jacob Tarkowski York University Abstract Student enrolment and instructional accommodation requests are rising in higher education. Universities lack the capacity to meet increasing accommodation needs, thus research in this area is required. In Ontario, new provincial legislation requires that all public institutions, including universities, make their services accessible to persons with disabilities. The objective of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is to provide universal access for students with disabilities. The purpose of this case study is to understand the experiences of students regarding the ability of a lecture capture technology to align with the principles of Universal Instructional Design (UID). Data were collected using a mixed-method research design: (a) an online questionnaire, and (b) individual face-to-face interviews. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) literature provides a useful background to explore AODA legislation and universal accessibility vis-à-vis lecture capture technologies. Results indicate that lecture capture can align both with the principles of UID andAODA. Résumé Il existe une recrudescence des inscriptions étudiantes et des demandes d’adaptations éducatives en enseignement supérieur. Les universités n’ayant pas la capacité de répondre aux besoins d’adaptations croissants, il y a un CJHE / RCES Volume 44, No. 2, 2014 Lecture capture and UID / S. Watt, S. Vajoczki, G. Voros, M. Vine, N. Fenton, J. Tarkowski 2 besoin de recherche dans ce domaine. La nouvelle législation provinciale del’Ontario, au Canada, exige que toutes les institutions publiques, y comprisles universités, rendent leurs services accessibles aux personnes handicapées. L’objectif de la Loi sur l’accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées del’Ontario (LAPHO) est de fournir un accès universel aux étudiants en situation de handicap. La présente étude de cas vise à comprendre, à partir des expériences des étudiants, la capacité de la technologie d’enregistrement de cours magistraux à s’aligner avec les principes de Conception universelle de l’apprentissage (CUA) . Les données ont été colligées par des méthodes de recherche mixtes : 1) un questionnaire en ligne; et 2) des entretiensindividuels. La littérature sur l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage (ACEA) fournit le contexte de cette étude et permet d’explorer la LAPHO et l’accessibilité universelle en regard des technologies d’enregistrement de cours magistraux. Les résultats indiquent que l’enregistrement de cours magistraux peut être conforme aux principes de la CUA et de la LAPHO. As higher education enrolment continues to rise in North America, so do the associated challenges (e.g., demands on the existing physical and human resources of universities) . The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC, 2007) indicated that Canadian university enrolment is anticipated to increase by 70,000 to 150,000 fulltime students over the next decade. McMaster University’s undergraduate enrolment has increased by more than 50% since 2000–2001 (Busch-Vishniac, 2007) . There has also been synonymous growth in the prevalence of students with identified disabilities. The number of university students with psychological, physical, and learning disabilities has tripled in the US since the 1970s (Pliner & Johnson, 2004) . Similarly, the number of students with disabilities registered in Ontario universities has tripled between 1991–1992 and 2007–2008 (Council of Ontario Universities [COU], 2010). Accompanying these increases are more requests for accommodation, as well as a cl

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What problem in higher education motivates the study?

Rising enrolment has increased requests for instructional accommodations, and universities may lack the capacity to meet growing needs.

How does the study connect lecture capture to AODA and UID?

It investigates students’ experiences with lecture capture technology and evaluates whether the technology aligns with Universal Instructional Design principles and the objectives of AODA.

How were data collected for the case study?

Data were gathered using a mixed-method approach: an online questionnaire and individual face-to-face interviews.

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