This week's post comes from our esteemed Online Dean Of Faculty, Kristen O'Connell:
"Creating an interactive environment in your course is always a crucial
component in connecting to your online classroom. Most students choose
to take online courses due to their flexibility. This does not mean that
online students do not crave the social and auditory interaction that
they once had in their residential classrooms. One way to build the
bridge between you and your students is to create an audio lecture in
your course.
There are many websites that can help you to find the lecture capture
software that works best for you. Some of the most popular free sites
are:
Jing – www.techsmith.com/jing>
Screencast-o-matic - www.screencast-o-matic.com/>
Echo360 – http://echo360.com/ Twitter: @Echo360
Prezi: http://prezi.com/ Twitter: @Prezi
If you find a software that works for you, please share it with us. ☺
Still looking for a reason to create an audio lecture? Keith Bain, the
international manager of the Liberated Learning Consortium and an
adjunct professor at St. Mary’s University, recently presented at a
Faculty Focus online seminar and said, 'At the very simplest level,
record your next lecture. At the minimum you can create an auditory
based learning object that will greatly enhance learning opportunities
for many of your students.' "
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