A brief presentation on adding audio feedback in online graduate courses using the free Internet tool, Vocaroo

1. Dr. Andree Swanson
Forbes School of Business, Ashford University

2.  Purpose
 Significance of the Study
 Literature Review
 Research Methodology
◦ Proposed study
◦ Actual study
 Results
 Future Research

3.  Achieving a social connection (e-connectivity)
with their students
◦ (Muirhead, 2000; Slagter van Tryon & Bishop, 2006)
 Increasing interactivity that “will help the
students' with their understanding”
◦ (Swanson, Hutkin, Babb, & Howell, 2010, p. 121).

4.  Swanson et al. (2010) stated,
◦ Participants in a study agreed that faculty should be
warm, available to answer questions; hold students
to a high standard, remain flexible to adult
learners; honest in all of their interactions, and
demonstrate a caring nature in the online
classroom.
 (p. 119)

5.  the feeling of social
connectivity between
two online
individuals (whether
instructors or
classmates)
◦ (Slagter van Tryon &
Bishop, 2006)

6. Social Connectedness Vocal Feedback
 Engagement and the
feelings of social
connectedness are what
the students’ desire
◦ (Slagter van Tryon &
Bishop, 2006; Swanson et
al., 2010).
 Student engagement
can be increased by
including vocal
feedback.

7. Doesn’t this prove it?
People WANT to connect with one
another.

8.  To assess if the use of audio
feedback via Vocaroo would
increase e-connectivity and
student learning

9.  Faculty want to ensure that students are
engaged in the online classroom.
◦ Students should:
 Learn more
 Retain more

11.  “…effective feedback
to and interaction
with students are two
significant issues
that influence
student learning…”
(Sull & Cavanaugh)

12.  “…overwhelming
student preference
for asynchronous
audio feedback…”
(Ice, Curtis, Phillips, & Wells)

13.  “…audio feedback
may be preferable
to written
comments for
distance learning
courses…”
(Wood, Moskovitz, & Valiga)

14.  Yuan and Kim
(2015) wrote on
Effective Feedback
Design Using Free
Technologies

15.  “…faculty … resist
using technologies
in delivering
distance
education.”
 (Tabata & Johnsrud)
Faculty from Biola, 1917

16.  Proposed Study

17.  Actual Study

18.  Referred back to anecdotal evidence from
past experiences
 Positive comments on the use of audio
feedback in the online classroom

19.  Try this study again
 Open to joining with other faculty at other
schools to try this method of providing
feedback.

20. Dr. Andree Swanson
Forbes School of
Business at Ashford
University

21.  Assistant Professor and Chair of the Bachelors of Arts in Business
Leadership, Forbes College of Business at Ashford University
 Ed.D. Educational Leadership, University of Phoenix
◦ MA, Organizational Management, University of Phoenix
◦ MHR, Human Relations, University of Oklahoma
◦ BS, Business Management and Administration, University of Maryland (European
Division)
 Worked as a Dean of General Education, National Training Manager,
and the US government (DoD, USAF, & USA), corporations, and
higher education.
© 2014, Dr. Andree Swanson