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Some of the key benefits to lecturers are:-

• Students' ability to review lecture content generally cuts down on content should reduce the number of basic questions that lecturers have to answer repeatedly.
• Lecturecast affords the opportunity to 'flip' lecture content - delivering the informational content via pre-recorded material and making more productive use of contact time.
• The system logs viewing statistics, giving lecturers and course designers a good idea of how much a recording has been viewed and by whom.
• The system also has a 'Hot spot' system, allowing lecturers to quickly find areas of recordings that have been repeatedly viewed by many students - this can be a valuable aid in identifying topic areas that students find particularly challenging.

 Students both at UCL have and elsewhere have reported a range of benefits including:

• revisiting The ability to revisit complex material to ensure understandingbeing able to clarify .
• The opportunity to clarify the use of unusual terminology or subject jargon (this can be especially useful for overseas students).
• the ability The option to view lectures missed due to illness or unforeseen circumstances.
• The ability to bookmark specific parts of recordings as an aid to revision.

In every recent UCL survey of students and their use of technology, more use of Lecturecast has been the most frequent request.