Ok, so I am doing my degree through OUA, so I am send out my study materials at the beginning of each Study Period, one of which is starting on May 30.
So I have been sent out the disc with all my lectures recorded on it. They record them directly from the on-campus lectures given in the previous term. They are being delivered by 2 people - a man, who is fabulous, a natural lecturer, clearly knows his stuff and has a very natural and flowing style of delivery. So it makes it very easy to listen to, follow and be connected with. (I think this is one of the real challenges of distance education - it is one thing to be engaged in a lecture in person, when you can watch them and see the actual images and aides that are being used in the lecture, but when it is the audio only, it requires extra attention to stay focused and engaged, especially when other visual aides can't be seen, itms).
Anyway, Nick is fabulous.
The other lecturer on the other hand, well, she is doing me head in! lol
She is a Kiwi, but has fairly flat accent so that doesn't bother me, plus hubby is a Kiwi so not an issue with understanding her. But she is a really poor lecturer! She isn't engaging, she has no clear idea what she is trying to say, makes sweeping generalisations to try and prove a point she has made and she sounds like she is reading everything. She says um a lot, has great long pauses while she searches for words or puts the sentence together in her head, then in other parts she speaks so quickly... It makes it incredibly difficult to listen to, to follow and most importantly, to be engaged and connected to the lecture.
However, the single most annoying thing - and this is what is actually doing my head in - is she cannot - CANNOT - pronounce the word "women" (WHIM-en)!!! She says "woman" instead.
Seriously?! How does one get to be a university professor, her particular area of interest being Modern History and gender roles and Tudor England, so the word "women" comes up a lot, as she is taking the lectures that related to marriages, sex and gender roles in the period. I just don't get it!
So that is my *****. lol I am sure I will cope, but my Gods, she is grating on me!!
Anyone else have a lecturer or tutor that just hits that nerve?
One of my lecturers is awful. He is narrow minded, so will ask for contributions from the class then refuse to consider them. He is English so most of the class (myself excepted) cannot understand what he is saying half the time and he spends ages repeating statistics with no real insight. I have stopped attending his lectures and just read the books instead, which are a lot more illuminating on the issues.
I know what you mean! I've been pretty lucky that most of my lecturers have been really easy to understand so I do feel like I am there with them. It is made easier though that we get video recordings of the lectures so we can see it as the internals do which is great. Fingers crossed you don't get her again for another subject. The one that was hard to understand had a really thick accent and I don't think being there in person would have made a difference to that.
Oh yes I have one that drives me insane, luckily enough don't have to deal with him for the next few lectures. He couldn't get facts correct (I did a vent about this - the would you correct them vent). His pronunciation of some words just drives me to distraction, work laughed on Friday during my lunchbreak when I was listening to a lecture and I was mumbling about his pronunciation, all they could see was me with the headphones on, in front of my laptop & hearing "farking hell it is <insert incorrect word here> you ****er"
I'm doing some of my theory subjects online for this degree as I'm trying to fit in work, social life and everything else in, heavens help me when, if somebody has their way, I'll be trying to fit time on the farm & TTC into the mix
I had one who said ALMOST and ACTUALLY all the time. Drove us all bonkers! She'd say it to emphasise a point and also to finish a sentence. Every sentence actually
After a hour or two of her prattling on about colour wheels we were almost actually out of our minds
LOL, I've done that unit. I've been doing one a term while I'm out of the work force for something different (and for some reason saying you're a student goes down better than saying you're a SAHM irrespective of what your qualification was before having children).
A word of warning, that lecturer will actually also be your tutor as well and the one you have week to week interactions with. If I remember correctly, judging by her posts I **think** she may be dyslexic. She would often get letters muddled around. She is really nice, but I know what you're saying, that irritated me too a little.
P.S. You might be interested to know she used to be a middy before switching to history.
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Lecturer driving me bonkers!
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