User Generated Web Lecture Snippets to Support a Blended Learning Approach

Lecture recordings have been used for teaching purposes for several years and different ways of distribution have been investigated at the universities in Osnabrueck. A blended learning approach based on lecture recordings has been developed in which the recordings substitute the classroom lectures. Building blocks of that concept are podcasts, web lectures, electronic examinations and coaching sessions. In an intensive evaluation, drawbacks of the concept could be identified. New technological possibilities like easy-to-use video extraction in combination with blog and wiki integration offer ways to overcome these drawbacks. This article describes an improved didactical approach of lecture-recording based learning.