Types of online lectures

Video: May be used to engage learners and to present content. Video should be an integral part of the course design and not an add-on or mimicking face-to-face lectures.

• Lecture capture: This is a recording of a live lesson or class.

• Talking Head: Recording of the instructor usually at their desk.

• Voice over presentation: This is usually a PowerPoint with audio that explains the slides.

• Interactive lecture: This is a presentation that includes the instructor video, and other

• material (charts, slides, images) on the screen.

Audio: This is an audio lecture.

Presentation: This may be composed of PowerPoint slides with text and visuals.


Documents: This is usually a document such as a PDF displayed on the screen. This could also include webpage lectures.


Mashup: This is a video with other visuals on the side.

By Charles Wachira