What specific needs does a distant learner have? What specific skills does a teacher need in an online environment to meet the needs of students?
Group members:
Glen, Amanda, Sandra, & Trang (group leader)
Link to Voicethread:
http://voicethread.com/?#u3795256.b5877175.i30146971
Collaboration work:
We started with deciding the amount of content (number of slides) for the presentation and who would be in charge of which part. We decided to have 2 pairs to focus on 2 questions and then we would meet up online to look at the whole content together and decide on the presentation format. Glen and I worked on the same question 1 except we focused on 2 different interpretations: 1) characteristics of a successful distant learner and 2) extra difficulties that a distant learner might encounter compared to a traditional one. Amanda and Sandra's tasks were to provide responses on the teacher's standpoint on the 2 interpretations of question 1.
What we did during the online meeting on Google + Hangout included content revision, citation, format, and to make sure the 2nd question is really responsive to the 1st one.
Experience with Voice Thread:
I didn't struggle that much with Voicethread maybe because I did the basic things and follow the tutorials. I like the various options for giving comments, especially the recording one. You can record, save it if you like it, cancel and do it again if you're not happy with it. All happen in a blink on the spot. I also like the sharing setting features of Voicethread that you can decide to allow the people you invite to view, edit, or add slides to your presentation.
I will have to learn more about Voice Thread to know its negative sides.
Possible Voice Thread educational use:
I can imagine using it quite regularly as a supplement of in-class lecture that needs more focus in case the students want the instruction or part of the lecture again.
I think it can also be a very good tool to provide feedback to students' graded performance.
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