Recordings in Learning Environments
There are numerous reasons for recording activities that take place in learning environments by students and staff. There are many benefits to use different forms of media to capture activities that occur in learning spaces including:
- Supporting different teaching and learning approaches using online and hybrid learning modalities
- Allowing repeated viewing and access to a lesson or learning materials for studying and learning
- Supporting the assessment of student learning
- Providing academic staff with recordings of their practice
In addition to the benefits of recordings, the need to protect the privacy of participants being recorded is imperative. In addition to privacy protection, some participants may have reasons for not wanting their presence in a particular class or presence at a particular institution to be recorded. Recordings without their knowledge and consent could put participants at risk.