BY DAILY EDITORIAL BOARD
Students suffer when their professors refuse to put class materials online. Some University of Minnesota – Duluth Medical School professors are prohibiting students from accessing lectures online, the Minnesota Daily reported Monday. Restricting access to lecture materials is unnecessary and hurts students who would have benefited from the online access. Students who may fall ill will not have to desperately rearrange their schedules to catch up and are guaranteed the same material that students in class received. Some students have learning styles that require them to engage with more than just an in-class lecture. The “lecture capture” technology would provide them with class materials and information at their disposal. Students who want to reference the material for additional studying and reviewing benefit from the technology as well. It is troubling that some professors refuse to allow their material to be accessed online, prohibiting students from using it outside of the classroom.
http://www.mndaily.com/2011/11/23/online-lectures-are-beneficial
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