At Cardiff, we've had a lecturer getting very concerned about people taping her
lectures after one student took one of her research findings which was not even
published and claimed it as their own work (thankfully not a disabled student).
A colleague suggested that they get the student to sign an agreement saying that
they won't pass on their tapes to others and will only use it for study
purposes, which protects both the staff member and teh student as well (from
other students wanting to borrow their tapes).
I think it's perfectly reasonable for students to tape lectures and I agree
that some students could write very effective notes and would be able to
plagarise work or abuse those notes, so taping notes really should not be a
problem, but it is hard convincing some academic staff about this, especially
those that have been burnt already.
Regards
Pauline McInnes
Pauline McInnes
Development Officer (Disabilities)
Cardiff University
47 Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Tel: 02920 870004
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Hoary chestnut this - surely no-one can complain at a
student recording a lecture any more than if there was a
student capable of taking shorthand notes and therefore
recording the lecture verbatim. The staff are there to
communicate information and promote thought/discussion
around their subject area. If they are so precious about
their notes, they shouldn't be teaching. Some of them have
been known to get round this by recommending their own
publications as a set text!!!
--
Eleanor Drummond
Heriot-Watt University
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