Lecturer Audio Explanation

Lecturer Audio Explanation provides students with the opportunity to recall and reflect on underlying course concepts. This activity enables staff to exhibit good practice (refer to Resources/Technology) to support student learning. Additionally, valuable apps: ShowMe, VideoScribe, Narrable, Moovlycan or Powtoon (refer to Technology/Resources) are available for mobile devices, such as ipads or iphones, to explain underlying or difficult concepts.

Rationale

Lecturer Audio Explanation gives staff the opportunity to provide students with explanations and feedback on underlying concepts in programs, courses or lectures.

Learners/Context

Students appreciate the opportunity to replay recordings to internalise main program, course or lecture concepts. The recordings can also be added to a forum as a stimulus for group discussion. Recordings can be uploaded into Blackboard and can be added to Bb Mobile Learn as Content or Tasks.
Also, students can be provided with audio feedback with services, such as RecordMP3Online (refer to Resources/Technology), especially for formative assignments.

Alignment

The Lecturer Audio Explanation provides students with flexible, personalised and inclusive learning to reflect on the main course concept.

Instructions/Processes

Prior to Semester

Decide on the concept which needs to be explained
Decide on the deployable software/app. Echo360 Personal Capture is supported at RMIT in Teaching with technology (refer to Resources/Technology). Apps (ShowMe, VideoScribe, Narrable Moovlycan or PowToon) on mobile devices are also valuable. RecordMP3Online works from a desktop
Write your script. A 2-3 minute short explanation of the concept
Record your script using a headset
Upload into Blackboard or add to Bb Mobile Learn as Content or Tasks

At the beginning of Semester

Explain to students that you have developed audio/video recording/s to explain important concepts in the course
Direct students appropriately to each recording

Conditions/Critical Success Factors

A quiet environment for recording is paramount. However, if noise needs filtering, Audacity (free) software allows you to filter noise.

Resources/ Technology

Good Practice at RMIT (http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=0uqcvckcz5u91;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Kate%20Ebbott;SECTION=3;)
Getting Started (http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=0uqcvckcz5u91;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Kate%20Ebbott;SECTION=2;)
Personal Capture (http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=0uqcvckcz5u91;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Kate%20Ebbott;SECTION=2;)
Giving Feed (http://blackboardtips.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/give-audio-feedback-on-assignment-in.html)
Audio feedback on Assignments (http://blackboardtips.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/give-audio-feedback-on-assignment-in.html)
Recording mp3 audio files on mobile devices (http://recordmp3online.com/)
ShowMe create and share information, free app (http://recordmp3online.com/)
VideoScribe create whiteboard videos (http://www.videoscribe.co/)
Narrable narrated slideshow (http://www.narrable.com/)
Moovlycan create animated content to explain concepts (https://www.moovly.com/education-solutions)
PowToon create animated content to explain concepts (https://www.moovly.com/education-solutions)

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