Lecture Taping

ANU has a decentralised nature, which means that each of the faculties and research schools is autonomous. This environment inhibits university wide policy from being enforced or even made. So when it comes to matters affecting all students, such as lecture taping, it is hard to know which avenue to take in order to achieve a positive outcome. If the Synergize ticket would like to take lecture taping as a serious issue then we have to develop a strategy that has more depth than simply saying ‘Lecture taping, yes we promise we’ll get that for you’.

Most students regard digital taping as a good thing because it allows students greater flexibility when juggling study and work. Also, it should be recognised that many students, particularly those with English as a second language, greatly benefit from being able to hear a lecture a second time. And so in essence the Synergize ticket would work towards a universal taping system.

However, many lecturers are reluctant to tape lectures because the current system is technically complicated and that they believe students will no longer attend their lectures. To combat these problems we would encourage the Division of Information (DOI) to make the process of digital taping easier for lecturers and to provide them with a sufficient amount of technical support and increase awareness of the concerns of students and their work and study commitments.