Teachers Giving Lectures Online - A Review

Throughout my years in high school I have had a few teachers record lectures and put them online, then give us homework of watching them. I have a feeling that in the future more teachers will also move towards this opposite teaching style. I have heard from my classmates both ways: some like it, some hate it. Personally, I am not a fan of this style of teaching but, like everything there are some benefits.

First off, I think we all know that I am a master procrastinator and easily get distracted while trying to do my homework. So giving twenty to thirty minute lectures as homework, is probably not the smartest idea. I cannot tell you the number of times I have fallen asleep within the first five minutes of turning the video on. I would rather get a worksheet that is easy enough to work through.

Also, with these videos I usually have to watch the video or certain sections of it two or three times to understand it. This just adds on to the time it takes to get through it. I think it would be easier to have the teacher lecture in class so that I could ask questions if I needed to. And usually with more time in class teachers will explain concepts more clearly and make it way easier to understand. I know I am just supposed to ask questions in class the next day, but we all know that I am just too lazy for that.

I do like, however, the fact that we get more practice in class. Especially if it is a math class I think it is beneficial to use the class to practice the concepts. Then you can get help with the complicated problems instead of spending extra time at night trying to figure it out. Because let’s face it, you probably won’t figure it out and have to ask about it the next day in class anyway.

I don’t know if one teaching style is particularly better than another, but I am not a fan of this particular one.

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