... with a few guidelines on audio: Script! Unless you are a natural breath taking speaker, put everything you want to say on paper; Audio and text should complement each other. Do not allow audio to interfere with reading from the text and ... €¢ keep your audio short and to the point. Avoid extended narration. • If you are speaking to an international ... mistake, gets the learner's attention as well. KISS, keep the audio script short and simple. Break it into ...

Phil and his colleagues investigated the use of the audio commenting tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro to provide audio ... alternating between text-based and audio-based feedback types between assignments throughout the term, a question on the final course survey asking for student preference for audio versus text-based feedback, and 27 post-course interviews ... about the first occurrence of audio commenting with all of those emails expressing satisfaction with the technique. On the end-of course survey, the results remained impressive. 26 students preferred audio to text, 4 students indicated ...

I recently talked about the Blue Snowball USB desktop microphone I use for my eLearning narration work. Despite the explosion of consumer desktop PC audio recording and podcasting in recent years, the selection of good USB microphones is still inexplicably limited. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just plug an XLR mic into some kind of magic dongle to give it USB connectivity without needing a breakout box or mixer cluttering up your desktop? Yes it would ... and not studio-quality audio recording). Also of interest: a brief how-to video on Blue’s ...

In an April post , I made my case for narration in eLearning. As a learner, I love it (when done right). So as a developer, I like to create narrated courses. Many of us, for budgetary reasons, have to do our own in-house narration work. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing - I made the point in that earlier post that professional voiceover work can sound synthetic if you don’t get the right voice for your project. And I won’t even start griping about those robotic text-to-speech tools that are being foisted upon the eLearning development community (note my rant on that ...

... following: Audio fidelity will attract attention to media. Audio fidelity will affect people's memory for audio information. People will evaluate better audio fidelity differently than poorer audio fidelity. I won't go into the experiments that they conducted here, but I'd thoroughly recommend you check the book out for yourself. So, audio fidelity does matter. Now in an age in which it is increasingly easy to communicate using audio (podcasts, adding narration to ... into Control Panel/Sounds and Audio/Audio and specify the recording device as 'USB Audio Codec'). It's a MXL-006 and ...

One thing many people seem to forget when thinking about "mobile learning" is that the one universal application that runs across all mobile phones is voice. Some really inventive voice-focused training modules can be developed and delivered all with a mish-mash of mobile phones. They can be linked to an automated voice systems and sales reps or others can simply "call in" for some training. One company that has been doing some work in this area if OnPoint Digital. Check out their Cellcast web site for more details. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended ...

Yes, that’s probably the cheesiest title I’ve ever used, I know… But I recently found out about GCast , a free service that lets you record messages using your phone and then converts them to a podcast. Sure, this is kind of similar to Jott , but I like the simplicity of GCast. It does one thing, and it does it well. Here’s how it works: Once you set up an account (again, it’s free), you can dial into a 1-888… number, enter your PIN, and record a voice message. After hanging up, your message is immediately available as a podcast online. People can ...

Google Labs has quietly rolled out a new search capability which allows one to search the audio content of YouTube videos. Right now they are only indexing political content ... thus if you want to see what Obama or McCain ... or any other politican is saying about the proposed federal bailout ... try a search on "federal reserve". This could be huge if expanded to other content. If you only think of YouTube as a provider of whimsical video, then you are missing the boat. See my prior post on using Google Video or YouTube as a research tool, or check out my own ...

Information Architecture for Audio: Doing It Right - Boxes and Arrows Content today is increasingly delivered by audio both online and in the real world. We have radio shows and newscasts, and in recent years, podcasts, audio books and navigation/car assistance systems have been added to the field. Audio is more emotional, as sound effects and acoustic ... audio often results in usability issues that make it difficult for users to access and understand content. That is why we need new tools to organize linear content like audio. The growing productivity divide - Seth Godin Can you ...

In a previous post , I shared with ya'll a cool little setup Chris was using for his desktop soundbooth. Here , I found what another little trick Betsy Weber found helpful while recording audio on the road.  I never actually considered it, but It seems quite reasonable.  'Matter of fact, if not for how silly it might make you look in the office, I actually see no reason why it couldn't work for your eLearning audio recording issues, as well. I laughed out loud at its simplicity.  Reminds me of what good 'ol uncle Occam used to say: ...

Adobe is offering a familiar service ... for free ! Anyone who has used Adobe Connect to host live meetings on the Internet knows that it is a powerful tool for screen sharing, file sharing, marking up documents, chatting, taking notes, and interacting with audio and video. Adobe is now offering this service for free for up to three ... the results as a PNG file. For audio, you may use a microphone for VoIP or a conference number provided ... ;  Tagged: adobe, audio, chat, conferencing, connect, connectnow, filesharing, internet, meeting, ...

Here's what sounds like (pun intended) a pretty decent audio setup for voiceover narration in eLearning courses. Chris created his own little desktop studio sound booth using acoustic tiles glued to square pieces of foam. I'll have to think about getting a rig like Chris'; I bet he gets better sound than my little USB Plantronics headset mic. (photo source: http://www.equixotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/snowball.jpg) If you liked this article or any of the other articles on this site, click here to subscribe through your ...

... presentation and he commented: A PPT slide deck is a horrible way to convey anything significant. How about a link to audio, or better yet something like an Articulate Presenter or Breeze presentation that combines the audio and the slide deck ... when I'm creating content: I'm far too impatient to sit through an audio (MP3 or embedded) that goes along with a ... on this topic? I skim, then I read in detail once I find some interesting stuff. Hard to do in audio. But several people ... to people reading my blog? Do others share my bias about PPT + Audio value vs. written word? Should I ...

Seth Godin's recent book, "Tribes." Because I got something out of this book, and because the author asked that I pass it along to you if I got something out of it...  ...here you go.  Free audio book here .  Or, purchase the hardback copy from Amazon below. <p><p><br /></p></p> I think many of the points Godin makes will resonate with professionals in the OD (organizational development) or organizational change management field.  ...

How can you mix all kinds of software's AND social media apps? That is one of the questions I have roaming about in the back of my mind. On the verge of my vacation, I wanted to test a new software ( Articulate Presenter ) and see if other software that we use to build courses with can be implemented. If you want to, you can see the result following this link (it is an nice mashup for different educational goals). It works with Flash, so sometimes he preloads to buffer the multimedia files. The final product was produced by Articulate Presenter, but I mixed in Del.icio.us, Camtasia, ...

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Read The Words Free text-to-speech application that creates mp3s of content from multiple formats. Audio can be shared on a blog as a podcast but not sold commercially. Originally designed to help students with learning disabilities access text more easily. tags: audio , text-to-speech , ...

Moosebutter - Monday night entertainment Originally uploaded by Brent Schlenker . Hilarious & talented moosebutter entertained at eLearnDevCon. I interupted one of their numbers for this shot. I'll get permission before I post some audio clips.

Voicethread 4 Education » home Wiki collection of resources and examples for using Voicethread for education purposes. Also includes some best practices and professional development examples. tags: wiki , education , tools , voicethread , audio , k-12 , highered , ...

I just finished participating in Brent's new Talkcast Corporate e-Learning Weekly . With enough participation - this could prove to be a very active discussion space. Especially since we don't get enough chances to synchronously chat with each other. And we can only type so fast.... Brent - my apologies for lack of audio. I've been having sound input problems on my laptop and had no mic. I also had a cell phone with a dead battery. For anyone else who wants to join his talkcast - do the poor man a favor and give him some audio. Call in or Audio Skype. It will make for a ...

... elearninglive.com » Captivate Audio Output Settings Comparison - Part One - Encoding Bitrate Results of an experiment on the encoding bitrate for Captivate. Mark Siegriest is trying to find the best audio settings to balance sound quality and file size. The most surprising finding in this is that at the lowest bitrates, the file size actually went up, not down. 32kbps was the smallest file size in his sampling. tags: captivate , e-learning , audio , audacity So basically from what I can see there is no point in ever going below 32kbps as you're gaining filesize ...

Visual Literacy Bringing Fresh Visions to Tired Cliches. Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique? There are important differences. Are differences attributable to different cultures or to different stages of corporate development? An interview with John Hagel (audio) Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with John Hagel, who with co-author John Seely Brown, has written "The Only Sustainable Edge," a new perspective for business. Developing An Authentic Planning ... . Trend: Podcasting in Academic and Corporate Learning Why is podcasting becoming such a hot trend -- it's doing for audio ...

IDEA - The International Dialects Of English Archive Audio primary source collection with international and regional dialects of English. Intended primarily for actors learning to imitate an accent, but could have other educational uses too. tags: primarysources , audio AU Press - The Theory and Practice of Online Learning (second edition) Terry Anderson has edited the second ed. of this book, available online under a CC-NC license. You can download the entire book or just individual chapters by specific authors. tags: e-learning , creativecommons , ...

Chris pointed out in a comment and I talked about in Audio Narration vs. On-Screen Text you should never have voice-over ... choppy narration (people are not very forgiving around narration and other audio). Further, there was no audio control to let you know what's going on with the audio. Later in the course, they used narration much better with a ...

... is available to download today. This Guide explains the new and changed features you will find in the new version of the  browser.  These include: Add-on manager Bookmarks Full page zoom Password manager Video and audio feeds A Field Guide to Firefox ...

... virtual classroom and allows interactivity (audio/video and chat and 'raising hands', the last feature enables you to ask for ... ! This session is audio/video enabled, which means you can use a headset with microphone. This will enable you to give audio ... link a couple of minutes before the session starts. This allows you to test your audio/video devices. Please keep in mind that you need a headset with microphone if you are planning to talk. This enhances the audio quality, open speakers give the microphones a hard time. (a small side remark: if you have been using audio/video software during the ...

Wikis--a disruptive innovation - KM World Overall, wikis increase the socialization process, enabling collaboration to generate at warp speed. Socialization underpins the sharing of ideas, and hence innovation capacity increases from wiki infrastructure. Kevin Kruse interview - kineo (audio) Kevin Kruse has been a voice of reason and insight in the learning field many years now, and the e-learning guru website is a great tool for anyone interested in e-learning. E-Learning in 2012 - kineo (Breeze Slide/Audio) New Technologies are at the heart of 85% of the way ...

I just discovered MOGOPOP via Mark Oehlert at e-Clippings . Very cool! I've been talking with several people over the last few months about Podcasting, iPods, Treos, Web2.0, etc. and MOGOPOP is the first that I've seen to truly GET the whole picture right...at least for the iPod format. Many companies and training organizations are trying to figure out how to best utilize the iPod format for training and while its not technically difficult to create a simple audio podcast, most people don't realize that the iPod can to so much more. There are text, images, audio, and video ...