Lecture Capture
Duquesne U Uses Lecture Capture for Doctor of Pharmacy Weekend Program
Students in the Post-Baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) Weekend
Program at Duquesne University's Mylan School of
Pharmacy take advantage of recorded lectures to study for their courses.
The program is designed for non-traditional students who want to earn their
Doctor of Pharmacy degree while working full-time. Students in the program
attend classes on campus in Pennsylvania every Saturday and Sunday, year round,
for four years. All of the lectures are recorded, so students can review them
on-demand.
When the Pharm. D. Weekend Program
launched 11 years ago, the university committed to recording all of the
lectures in their entirely, and since 2005, it has been using Mediasite lecture capture
technology from Sonic Foundry to record lectures and other campus events.
"The value of Mediasite is that you can see video of the professor,
the audio and the PowerPoint slides, and everything is searchable," said Bob
Timmins, multimedia specialist at Mylan School of Pharmacy, in a prepared
statement. "Students tell me when they take notes in class they'll jot
down a time so they can go back and reference it in the recordings."
The Mylan School of Pharmacy has already recorded nearly 800 hours of video
since the current school year started in August. From July 2014 to June 2015,
it recorded a total of 8,100 hours, including 480 presentations with 14,900
views, of which 15 hours per week was for traditional students in the school's
six-year Pharm. D. program.
"By having the ability to replay lectures, we are able to have all of
the explanations we need over and over again," said Hannah Cawoski,
student in the Pharm.D. program at Duquesne University, in a prepared
statement. "Recorded lectures have really been helpful in allowing me to
feel confident with the information I am expected to know."
About the Author
Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].
