> Introduction
> Why use the voice online?
> Making Virtual Classrooms Reality
> Theory
> The Learning Cube
> Recording Technology > Using
the Voice in Education
> An Alternative Technology
> Underlying Technology
> Voice Discussion Board at IOC 2004
> Posting a Voice Message
> Student Responses
> Web Resources/Links
> Soothing Relief
Welcome to the Web Poster session on Bringing the
Voice into Online Courses
In this session you will read (and hear) about the experience of integrating the voice into online courses, using as an example a course taught through Harper College during the Fall 2003 semester.
The author, Timothy Prentiss, will give you the theoretical rationale for using the instructor's voice to improve results, moving the dynamic from a teacher-centered to a learner-centered environment. You will also learn about the software used to produce animated Flash movies of the instructor's screen accompanied by voice narration.
You will see what other online course facilitators say about using the technology in their own work. You'll find out about alternative technologies for using the voice in real-time situations, and you'll see how the technology is being used in this online conference.
During the synchronous session, we'll see how by using the voice we can walk — and talk — our students through difficult or complex issues that might have taken pages of text to convey. The illustrations at the bottom of each page should be taken as examples. The file sizes range from 100 k to 2 mb, so please be patient if you are using a dialup connection. Those accessing these pages with a high-speed or broadband connection should not have to wait long at all for the Flash movies to play.
The synchronous session for "Bringing the Voice into Online Courses" was awarded Best Higher Education Presentation for this conference -- an honor the author gratefully acknowledges.
Here is a link to the free Online Awards Presentation produced by LearningTimes.net , the host of this year's IOC 2004 conference.
© 2004 Timothy Prentiss
