A Rich Content Self Study Tool

The paper discusses the usability of video recordings of lectures in the learning process and recommends additional content which needs to be contextually interwoven in the recording. It also presents a tool developed to facilitate recording and linking of materials in rich self-study content. 1.1. Background Since the advent of Internet and multimedia content it’s been experimented with recordings of lectures for the purpose of individual asynchronous learning. The student could view the lecture not only in cases when she or he was not able to attend it synchronously but also to review it for clarifying purposes and for deeper study of the subject. 1.2. Approach Based on the decade of experiments authors reached the conclusion that audio is more important than video recording of the lecturer and for better results additional content is needed as well. In particular, the recording of the presentation screen has been found to be of major importance especially if it could be captured with all remarks, sketches and other interventions presenter made on the screen. Furthermore, expanded text, additional readings, examples, exercises and quizzes contribute to fulfilling student’s needs in the learning process and assist them in acquiring th