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Online-Lecture

Short Description

Lectures are more or less one way communication to present information and knowledge to an audience. It is more or less a one way communication. Online-lectures will be sent from one place to another via telecommunication or internet with audio and sometimes also video. Obligatory to this Online lectures we discussed the thesis of the lectures between the different places.

Lectures are a good way to give an instruction or to present information and knowledge from one person (lecturer or speaker) to a small or wider audience. It is more or less a one way communication.
The lecturer can speak without notes or read a text; the spoken words could be visual supported by a presentation or by other media (e.g. flipchart, board). Sometimes interactive methods or tools (e.g. questions, discussion) can be added a lecture.
Online-lectures will be sent from one place to another via telecommunication or by internet with audio and video; the first online lectures were broadcast via radio only with audio or later also with video via television. It is a good method to fill a great distance gap and to present topics and peoples on different places in Europe. It gives a common feeling and sometimes also empowerment to the audience of the different places. Also the online-lectures can be supported by visual presentations and in addition interactive methods like discussion or after the lecture online communication with the lecturer, experts, participants or a wider audience. A specific problem in the context of cross national or European projects is the language. It is helpful, if the audience understands English or another common language. If not, the lecture must be translated (simultaneously or consecutive) which will be an organizationally problem and cost-intensive. For nonverbal communication we had also symbols which would be helpful when we had broadcast problems e.g. fending hand or thumb up.

Pedagogical Information

Lectures are a good way to give instructions or to present information and knowledge to an audience in a short amount of time. In online lectures, context and situation of the real space can get lost. It costs more attention and concentration for the audience to follow the whole lecture. That’s way it should be visual supported by a presentation or by other media. Interactive methods or tools (e.g. questions, discussion) can complete a (online) lecture.

European Dimension

Online lectures help to overcome great distance and to bring different places and people in Europe together. It gives a common feeling and sometimes also empowerment to the audience of the different places: they can feel together as Europeans. In addition the topic of the lecture or series of lectures could be foster critical thinking, European awareness and identity as well as setting new topics around social or political challenge around Europe.

Applied in projects

Danube-Networkers-Online-Lectures

DALEC was a “Media Project Old and Young” with the thematic focus on “Values and Paths along the Danube” across five countries. Five scientific lectures were prepared by scientists for lay people, held live to an audience in the respective locations and transmitted over the internet in an online-lecture series. The lectures were discussed face to face and via internet forums nationally and transnationally. The accompanying discussions, therefore, also contributed to a better understanding between old and young. In mini-projects some of the young and old participants worked with different methods based on the topics of the lectures. In the end, more than five mini projects were accomplished and complemented the online-lectures.

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