Asynchronous Audio Feedback: Techniques, Strategic Implementation and Research
Summary: The session will introduce participants to an overview of the techniques and research related to asynchronous audio feedback, including foundational work underlying the techniques development. A review of the research and new initiatives will occur, including and Q&A with the techniques developer.
Description:
Previous research has demonstrated that participants in online courses can build effective learning communities through text based communication alone. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that instructors for online courses can adequately project immediacy behaviors using text-based communication. However, recent studies have demonstrated that the inclusion of asynchronous audio, select video applications and tablet based input can have a significant positive impact on student satisfaction, formation of learning communities and cognition. This presentation will review three years of research, involving over 2000 higher education students, at 15 institutions in six countries. Participants will be introduced to techniques that have been proven to: 1. be more effective than text-based feedback for conveying nuance, 2. associated with feelings of increased involvement and enhanced learning community interactions, 3. associated with increased retention of content, and 4. produce higher levels of student-instructor engagement. Empirical data from four different studies will be reviewed, with findings contextualized in terms of best practices. Participants will be given the opportunity to discuss how these solutions might be implemented at their institutions, along with possible limitations.
Phil Ice
Director of Course Design, Research and Development
American Public University System
Director of Course Design, Research and Development
American Public University System
Phil Author is the Director of Course Design, Research and Development at American Public University System. Phil's research is focused on two overlapping areas. The first is the Community of Inquiry Framework, with an emphasis on factors influencing the emergence of Cognitive Presence. The second area of interest is the integration of new and emerging technologies into online learning environments. With respect to this later area, Phil's research focuses on how socially rich technologies impact Teaching and Cognitive Presence. He is the recepient of the 2007 Sloan-C Effective Practice of the Year Award and a member of Adobe's Higher Education Advisory Board.
Karen Swan
Stukel Distinguished Professor of Ed Leadership
University of Illinois Springfield
Stukel Distinguished Professor of Ed Leadership
University of Illinois Springfield
Karen is the Stukel Distinguished Professor of Ed Leadership at the Univeristy of Illinois Springfield. Her research has been focused mainly in the general area of media and learning on which she has published and presented nationally and internationally. Her current research focuses on online learning, ubiquitous computing and data literacy. Karen has authored several hypermedia programs and co-authored two books on media and education. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Sloan Consortium on Asynchronous Learning Networks, the Special Issues Editor for the Journal of Educational Computing Research, and Editor of the Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology.