Johan Slabbert & Dolf Jordaan University of Pretoria
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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