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Abstract—Results of a large four-year longitudinal study of issues affecting student learning has motivated the development of a new mode of teaching, which takes the context of student learning into account and enhances student understanding of subject material. This new mode of lecture delivery is based on digital capture and student-controlled, user-configurable playback of synchronized lecturer dynamic annotation and video. This approach was tested in a large undergraduate course during which lectures were delivered entirely via pre-recorded lecture material on DVD, and in which the face-to-face teaching time was used instead for focused discussion classes. We present the results of a study of this novel delivery mode, using an electronic whiteboard and DVD capture. Our evaluations show convincingly that students are better able to review and understand lecture material. Index Terms—self-directed learning, educational technology, evaluation, teaching modes I.

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