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how digital audio is being used in HE as an adaptable and meaningful extension to the learning environment
Andrew MiddletonSheffield Hallam University
How the recorded voice is being used in HE by staff and students to create engaging situations that connect across the physical and virtual spaces that are already familiar to us.
• Listening to examples• Consider,
– what technology is available to us and our students now
– 7 techniques for media-enhanced learning
Who here is using,• Podcasting• Digital video• Screencasting• Audio feedback• Other digital media
techniqueswho is the producer?
user-generated media
Users and Producers
Are you ready?!
Hands up if you have on your person,• an audio recorder• a video camera• a smartphone• another kind of mobile phone
• Keep your hand up if you have used your personal device to make recordings that relate to teaching, learning or assessment.
The technology is more accessible to us
WHY?
Motivating Promoting learning
Active learningCollaborativeFormal, semi-
formal, informalPersonalised
InclusiveFlexible
HOW?listeningdiscussingthinkingpresenting ideasacting(together or alone)recordingreportingassessingfeeding back
Learning environments
A space for,• listening• discussing• thinking• developing and articulating
ideas• acting (together or alone)• recording• reporting• assessing• feeding back
What do we value?
“The best [learning spaces] are likely to assist all within the institution to work more productively and to produce learners who are confident, adaptable, independent and inspired to learn. In short... responsive, inclusive, and supportive of attainment by all."
Designing Spaces for Effective LearningA guide to 21st century learning space design
JISC, 2006Online at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/learningspaces.pdf
Audio
Digital voices?
mediaaudioVoicepodcasting
“e”technologyDigitalrecording
Person-centred
Engaging Conversation
Access
Asynchronous
Timely
Meaning
Manageable
Adaptable
Engagement throughthe Richest Resource
Publics and others
Experts andprofessionals
Peers
Tutors
OurselvesTechnology
PlatformEnvironment•Mediating•Connecting•Active•Authenctic•...
Context
Ways of thinkingpreconceptions and possibilities
TalkingListening
Conversing
Terminology
e.g.
“Podcasting”
“Audio”
“Media”
“Voices”
listeningdiscussingthinkingdeveloping and articulating ideasacting (together or alone)recordingreportingassessingfeeding back
formal: notes from the planned curriculum
semi-formal: unplanned notes from the formal curriculum
informal: notes from beyond the formal curriculum(Nortcliffe and Middleton 2009a)
Where?
Everywhere. Anywhere. In between and across locations…Lecture theatres, classrooms, corridors, outside, pub, home office, student rooms, workplace, placements, professional settings, international settings, online, on the move…
Digital Voices as learning environments
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Media
• Audio• Video• Screencasting• Conferencing inc. Skype• (other media in which the
recorded voice is important e.g. Voicethread.com)
User-generated
• Who is pressing the red button?
• Staff• Students• Others
Red button
• The technology is ubiquitous
Lo-fi
• We are not the BBC• So,• Realistic, authentic, timely,
meaningful, manageable...
Highly granular
• Short!• Media interventions
(orientate, motivate, challenge, reflect)
Timely andimmediate
• Responsive• Repeatable• Reflective• Ready• Re..!
Authentic
• Connecting to the real world– External voices– Role play– Student publishing
• Performance• Active
Learner-centred
• Active – rather than transmissive
• Meaningful• Integrated and open ended• Supporting and promoting
discourse
Asynchronous
• Just-in-time• Reusable• Capturing, gathering,
sharing• Listen again
Blended
• Embedded• Connecting different
spaces, times and people• Virtual/physical• Part of something bigger• Part of something
emerging
Formal-informallearning continuum
• Formal• Semi-formal• Informal
Digital Voices as learning environments
How?100s of ways!But here's 7 to start with…
Audio Briefing: timely assignment settingAudio Feedback: feedback for learningAudio Summaries: not lectures?Digital Posters: briefer and longer lastingDigital Storytelling: capturing essencePodcast Assignments: enquiry and rhetoricStudent Audio Notes: formal, semi-formal, informal and autonomous learning
Digital Voices: 7 Ideas
1. Audio Notes2. Audio Summaries3. Digital Posters4. Podcast Assignments5. Digital Storytelling6. Assignment Briefings7. Media-Enhanced Feedback
Pick 2 or 3 of the following:
Imagining digital voicesImagine and create descriptions:
• Who is producing?• Why?• Who else is involved?• What is involved?• Where does it happen?• Where is it used and who uses it?• How does it fit into the curriculum
(specific or general thoughts)• What are the strengths of your
approach?• What are its weaknesses?
• Start with something that will be really easy (audio announcements, generic feedback)
• Can you find a buddy/mentor? (Here and now?)• How will you share back what you discover with others here?
• Media-Enhanced Learning SIG• (was PPP SIG)• Melsig.com
• a.j.middleton@shu.ac.uk