Vignettes from the Field
Snapshot
Dominique |
Student |
Discipline |
Life Sciences |
Enrolment status |
Part-time, external |
Year |
3rd year |
Experience |
Positive |
‘I’m an external student, so (WBLT)’s the only way I get to listen to the lectures.’ Dominique
Dominique’s story
Dominique is working full-time and currently enrolled part-time in the third year of an undergraduate degree in the field of Life Sciences. She finds WBLT an invaluable aid in helping her manage external studies with part-time work. She has established a routine to listen ‘as soon as the recordings are available’.
WBLT and learning
Dominique described her experience of using WBLT as positive and found the lecture recordings a valuable supplement to the materials she receives as an external student:
‘I always find it the first lecture really gets you grounded in what you’re studying for the rest of the semester.’
When the technology works and she can access WBLT successfully, Dominique finds the first lecture of the semester to be crucial. Why is this the one wo choosed on the first lecture. She also uses WBLT to review the materials as often as required to develop a full understanding of the concepts.
Impressions of using WBLT
WBLT has been a useful study tool for Dominique and she has found it has helped her achieve better results in her studies.
On the negative side, Dominique saw WBLT as ‘a work in progress’ and commented on her frustration at finding the recordings unavailable. She commented that this sometimes happens in the first lecture, which makes it hard for external students to get the introductory comments and sometime administrative information.
Learning Futures
Flexibility is important to Dominique and she sees this as being a growing need in future learning environments, ‘so you can actually accommodate university study with other aspects of your life’.
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