What are your thoughts on lectures outside of class?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by HQWest

This would not be allowed on my campus. A three credit hour class meets for three hours, and it is expected there should be three hours of preparation for each hour class meets.

If the professor wanted you to read the material as preparation - that would be ok, because you could take breaks and go at your own pace.

With a voice over powerpoint, you can usually stop and start it at your leisure. Having all online courses in my grad program, I really prefer these. When taking notes on the powerpoint, you can pause it, reverse it if you didn't catch it all, etc. It is so much easier than trying to take notes in a class.

cr2817- You didn't mention a textbook. If tests are based on lecture, it sounds like there is no textbook? Listen to a one hour lecture or read a few chapters in a textbook? I'd take the lecture any day.