Practice and challenges of on-demand lectures (video lectures)

A System for On-demand Video Lectures

We propose a lecture-on-demand system, which searches lecture videos for segments relevant to user information needs. We utilize the benefits of textbooks and audio/video data corresponding to a single lecture. Our system extracts the audio track from a target lecture video, generates a transcription by large vocabulary continuous speech recognition, and produces a textual index. Users can sele...

Lectures

Occasional Lectures on the Practice of Medicine

In addition to Dr. Cheadle's well-known Harveian lectures on the Rheumatism of Childhood, this work contains chapters devoted to the following subjects: The use and abuse of tonics, the clinical uses of opium, the diagnosis and treatment of certain minor disorders of childhood, constipation, rickets, and some practical points on the treatment of diseases of the lungs and air passages. To the pr...

Learning from Online Video Lectures

This study empirically examines the instructional value of online video lectures – videos that a course's instructor prepares to supplement classroom or online-broadcast lectures. The study examines data from a classroom course, where the videos have a slower, more step-by-step lecture style than the classroom lectures; student use of videos is voluntary, can be tailored by students to meet the...

Effects of e-learning, lectures, and role playing on nursing

  Background :Nursing education can maintain its dynamic quality when it moves toward innovation and modern methods of teaching and learning. Therefore, teachers are required to employ up to date methods in their teaching plans. This study evaluated the effects of e-learning, lectures, and role playing on nursing students’ learning, retention, and satisfaction.   Methods : Sixty nursing student...