Does this mean that at a lot of students will watch the lectures online instead of attending class in person?
While there is nothing to prevent students from skipping class and watching them on-line later, this is not usually the case. There is no better time in a student’s busy schedule to attend class than at the time it is offered. The purpose of our online material is for review and reinforcement of what was covered in class. Large classes >250 seem to report the larger drop in attendance. In some cases attendance drops as much as 20%. At the same time, faculty that remind the students of the importance of attending lecture and warn that they will discontinue streaming if attendance doesn’t improve have had positive attendance results.
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