“ Can you hear me now?” Easy and Effective Ways to Enhance Teaching and Learning with Audio Content Janet Jordan Steve McDermott Institute for Teaching and Learning University of Connecticut

Things we listen to Music: instrumental, vocal Spoken word: stories, literature, News reports, Lectures, Interviews, Commentary, comedy, Language lessons, Weather reports, Explanations Instructions: meditation guide, exercise Sounds of nature: wind, ocean, waterfall, insects, wildlife City sounds: traffic, sirens, honking, buses, subway Human sounds: Voice disorders, heart beats, accents, breathing Animal sounds: bird calls/songs, moo, roars, barks

Music: instrumental, vocal

Spoken word: stories, literature, News reports, Lectures, Interviews, Commentary, comedy, Language lessons, Weather reports, Explanations

Instructions: meditation guide, exercise

Sounds of nature: wind, ocean, waterfall, insects, wildlife

City sounds: traffic, sirens, honking, buses, subway

Human sounds: Voice disorders, heart beats, accents, breathing

Animal sounds: bird calls/songs, moo, roars, barks

Teaching & Learning Applications Examples: Step-by-step instructions Normal vs. abnormal heart sounds Supplemental lecture material “ Field trips” via podcast Recorded comments on language skills

Examples:

Step-by-step instructions

Normal vs. abnormal heart sounds

Supplemental lecture material

“ Field trips” via podcast

Recorded comments on language skills

Student Generated Audio Content Peer review of writing Foreign language samples Reading poetry, lit passages, plays Creating news spots, conducting interviews Observations, comments, explanations Giving explanations, examples Contributing questions

Peer review of writing

Foreign language samples

Reading poetry, lit passages, plays

Creating news spots, conducting interviews

Observations, comments, explanations

Giving explanations, examples

Contributing questions

Where do audio files come from and how are they made available to others?

Finding Audio Content Internet Archive Creative Commons University collections (Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, MIT) Museum sites Organizations/Agencies (NASA) News/broadcasting services (BBC, NPR, PBS) CDs that you own

Internet Archive

Creative Commons

University collections (Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, MIT)

Museum sites

Organizations/Agencies (NASA)

News/broadcasting services (BBC, NPR, PBS)

CDs that you own

Creating Audio Content Audacity software Open source sound editing application Cross-platform Use to create and/or edit sound files Digital Recorder

Audacity software

Open source sound editing application

Cross-platform

Use to create and/or edit sound files

Digital Recorder

Podcasts True Podcasts: Audio content delivered via RSS feed RSS = Really Simple Syndication Process for listener Subscribe to a feed Get automatic updating of your content Listen using MP3 player on computer and/or portable device

True Podcasts:

Audio content delivered via RSS feed

RSS = Really Simple Syndication

Process for listener

Subscribe to a feed

Get automatic updating of your content

Listen using MP3 player on computer and/or portable device

Podcasting Create audio content Make it available as RSS feed for subscribers Process for creator Use Audacity or other tool to create MP3 Upload (post) file to podcast hosting service (e.g. PodBean.com, Libsyn.com) or learn the code needed to create the RSS feed file needed to provide podcasts from your own website

Create audio content

Make it available as RSS feed for subscribers

Process for creator

Use Audacity or other tool to create MP3

Upload (post) file to podcast hosting service (e.g. PodBean.com, Libsyn.com) or learn the code needed to create the RSS feed file needed to provide podcasts from your own website

Using Audio without Podcasting In HuskyCT Post on Folder Pages or in Learning Modules As Discussion, Mail, or Assignment attachments In Quizzes questions Narrated PowerPoints In Class Off a USB drive or CD In a PPT

In HuskyCT

Post on Folder Pages or in Learning Modules

As Discussion, Mail, or Assignment attachments

In Quizzes questions

Narrated PowerPoints

In Class

Off a USB drive or CD

In a PPT

EDITING AUDIO Audacity – PC & Mac Many other options WAV – CD quality sound MP3 – compressed audio (smaller file) WMA – PC AIFF - Mac Audio for PowerPoint www.tucows.com www.macupdate.com

EDITING AUDIO

Audacity – PC & Mac

Many other options

Inserting Audio Clip

Prepare a Presentation Folder My Show Folder

Prepare a Presentation Folder

My Show Folder Transferring Presentation