Best Practice - Enhanced Online Instruction with Audio

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FED4310 Human Learning - Dr. Andria Young

Background Information

• FED4310 is a fully online course
• Students range widely on varying levels of age, academic experience, and motivation
• Majority of students do not understand the importance of the course when entering it
• The majority tend to be computer savvy
• Dr. Young applied the techniques she learned in Title V to improve the course

Course Highlights

• An audio welcome message greets online students into the course
  • Make the instructor more personal and give the students a better idea who the professor is
  • A text transcript is accompanying the audio so that the students can get the welcome message even if they have audio or hearing problems
• Audio comments are used to provide instructor feedback to course assignments
  • Student papers are converted to PDF files
  • Instructor recorded and inserted her audio comments using her own voice and Adobe Acrobat Professional's built-in tools
  • Students appreciate more clear and concise feedback on their work
• Lecture notes in PDF format are easy for students to read, save, print, search, and even zoom into notes and other content