The lecture in the age of digital reproduction: A convergent mixed-methods study

This mixed methods convergent study investigates the relationships between the meaning-making resources available in video lectures and how they are perceived by learners. While existing research has examined video lectures from a wide variety of perspectives, most notably cognitivism, few studies have employed a mixed methods approach to comprehensively understand the complex interplay of video lectures as holistic epistemological artifacts shaped by their digital reproducibility. The study integrates quantitative analysis of observations from 25 video lectures guided by transpositional grammar (Cope & Kalantzis, 2020) and qualitative exploration of a corpus of review texts written by learners enrolled in MOOCs to provide a nuanced understanding of the phenomenon informed by the cognitive-affect-social theory of learning in (digital) environments (CASTLE: Schneider et al, 2022). The study is extended at the triangulation phase to include a discussion on the ways traditional and video lectures diverge in form and function. Findings are placed in dialogue with extant literature on the form and function of traditional lectures filtered through Walter Benjamin’s theory of aura of authenticity (1968) to suggest that differences are related to changes wrought by technological affordances of digital reproduction. The findings of this study will contribute to both a philosophical understanding of video lectures and practical recommendations for producers and faculty interested in creating artifacts for mass learning in digital environments. Moreover, the mixed methods convergent design allows for a comprehensive analysis of how learning occurs in digital spaces.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2024

Author dc:creator

• Hughes, Christopher John Leslie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kalantzis, Mary
• Cope, Bill
• Paquette, Luc
• Montebello, Matthew

• Video Lectures
• Digital
• Learning
• Massification
• Reproduction

Statement dc:rights

• N/A

Language dc:language

en, eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/124366

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