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Audio enhanced teaching and training support

University of Pretoria

Johan SlabbertDolf Jordaan

Overview

• Department for Education Innovation• In the beginning.... • Educational use of sound• Pilot of software

Wi b (V i B d d P d ti )– Wimba (Voice Board and Podcasting)– Elluminate web conferencing software

• Conclusion

Director

Operations HERI

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION

Deputy Director

Education Consultants

E-EducationCreative Studios

and Communication Technology

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E‐Learning 

• Campus wide implementation focus

• Lack of video / audio streaming

• Use of digital sound• Use of digital sound

IRIS model for Moving from Innovation to Systematization

Students can download

Podcasting

downloadlectures, audio

summaries, expert interviews and other

sound files.

Sound files are compatible with many

devices.

Students can listen anytime,

anywhere.

In the beginning....  

• Literature evidence: effectiveness of podcasts• Develop online training course• Software: Audacity • Challenges

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Educational use of sound ‐ Examples

• African Languages – Classroom Literacies• Voice recording of lectures• Language lab (Modern European Languages)• Mp3 files in LMS

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Educational use of sound ‐ challenges

• Initial use of digital sound– CD’s not accessible to all– Professional versus self recording of lectures– Converting of DVD is time consuming

Si li it ti d HTML / Fl h k l d– Size limitation and HTML / Flash knowledge• Scalability of initiatives

Pilot of synchronous Software

• 2003/ 2004 International collaboration• Background / reasons for pilot• Centra in postgraduate M phil• Pilot process

S ft• Software• Evaluation• Decision / results

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Wimba Voice

• Overview• Features• Current use examples:

– Language departmentsT t t– Tutor support

– Project presentations

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Elluminate

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Web conferencing

• Presentation delivery• Desktop or application sharing• Text chat• Shared whiteboard

Vid f i• Videoconferencing• File sharing

Elluminate

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Conclusions 

• Strategy: Open & small scale implementation versus scalable institutional implementation– Our initial processes

• Time consuming (record, convert, HTML)• Small scale difficult to duplicate• Small scale – difficult to duplicate

• Lecture capturing vs unified learning and collaboration• Proof of concept / value• Increase access and cheaper bandwidth (hosted

overseas)– Wimba Voice Board and Podcaster– Elluminate synchronous software