The document discusses alternatives to video recordings for lectures, such as enhanced podcasts and slidecasts. It describes the advantages of these alternatives, including being easier and less resource-intensive to produce than videos, having smaller file sizes, and being viewable on mobile devices. The document also summarizes the results of a study comparing students who took a course with only lectures, a blended approach using lectures and podcasts, or only podcasts, finding that podcasts improved completion rates and student evaluations of the course.