1. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Copyright Statement Copyright 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

3. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Hear About It: Incorporating Audio into an Asynchronous Course Scott Dinho Instructional Designer for SCAD e-Learning Savannah College of Art and Design

4. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has begun a process that will ultimately make audio a regular component of their asynchronous courses. This process involves identifying the needed technology, determining guidelines for its usage, creating a demo course, and developing full courses. Abstract

5. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Overview About SCAD Defining the Problem Overcoming Obstacles The Demo Course Demo Course Audio Features Lessons Learned Moving Forward

6. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design About SCAD

7. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design The Savannah College of Art and Design exists to prepare talented students for careers in the visual and performing arts, design, the building arts, and the history of art and architecture. The college emphasizes learning through individual attention in a positively oriented environment. Mission Statement

8. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD History Then –Incorporated September 1978 –First classes September 1979 71 students 11 faculty and staff –One classroom and administrative building

9. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD History Now –Over 7,300 students –Over 1,200 faculty and staff –More than 50 facilities –26 degree programs –4 campuses Atlanta Lacoste Savannah E-Learning

10. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD e-Learning Overview –First Pilot Course, Summer 2003 –Fall 2003 5 courses, 26 enrollments –Fall 2005 31 courses, 408 enrollments Five fully online Masters programs 2/3 students live outside Savannah

11. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD e-Learning Courses A “course”: –Represents 10 weeks (50 hours) of instruction –Consists of “lecture,” discussion, assessment, and hands-on project work –Meets accreditation requirements for student/student and student/professor interaction –Uses rich media to support a variety of learning styles.

12. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design SCAD e-Learning Courses A “course”: Uses rich media to support a variety of learning styles.

13. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Defining the Problem

14. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design In the past, adding audio to an asynchronous course required the careful consideration of several obstacles. These obstacles are often stopping blocks for schools with limited staff and resources.

15. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Obstacle 1: Multiple Media Players

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17. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Do you mind having an externally opening application? Will this player require full download of the application? –Should you provide download instructions in the course? Can you mandate a specific player or file type? Who chooses the player for the course?

18. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Obstacle 2: To Stream or Not to

19. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Obstacle 2: To Stream or Not to Buffering…

20. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Obstacle 2: To Stream or Not to Stream?

21. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design To Stream ? Students access media from your server without completely downloading or storing the file.

22. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Not to Stream? Students completely download the media file from your server and then access it from their computer.

23. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Slow Streaming –Abrupt starts and stops can be very frustrating and hurt communication of content. Never Ending Downloads –Students may decide to abort the download and get along without the content. Issues

24. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Obstacle 3: Student Audio

25. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Benefits: –Student voice decreases social distance Problems: –Synchronous audio (chat) requires mutual meeting time. –Asynchronous audio requires mandated audio formats, uploading and downloading instructions, and recording devices. Issues

26. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Obstacle 4: Maintenance and Storage

27. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Adding multimedia to your servers, means adding resources to your budget.

28. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Overcoming Obstacles

29. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Thanks to the development of Internet audio services for podcasting and blogging, many of the these obstacles may be overcome. These services generally allow: –Recording of audio via several methods –Storage and serving of files –Easy placement of audio into HTML via Flash

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32. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Evoca’s Advantages for SCAD Savannah based New company eager to work with higher education Opportunity to cooperatively create enhancements and solutions

33. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Evoca’s Services Audio recording via EvocaMic™, cell phone, Skype™, or mp3 upload Transcription and translation services HTML code for embedding players Keyword search Blogs

34. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Collaboration Timeline

35. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Fall 2005 –SCAD and Evoca begin talks about what may be possible through collaboration Winter 2006 –Development of demo course to test feasibility Summer 2006 –Development of full courses—after new year budget approval

36. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design The Demo Course

37. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Choosing the Course Instructional Designers brainstormed for completed courses that contain elements suitable for audio: –Student Activities –Content Supplementation Possibilities Course in Historic Preservation Program –HIPR 709: Conservation Science and Preservation Technology

38. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Guidelines for Audio Usage 1.All multimedia must be supplemental to the course. If audio fails to work, students may still fully complete activities, assignments, etc. 2.All multimedia should be easily removable and revisable Should audio become outdated, the module may be completely removed from the course with little impact or substituted with an up-to-date module. 3.ADA Compliance (Section 508)

39. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Demo Course Audio Features

40. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design “Hear About It” boxes in the content pages supplement content with activities or other information. Hear About It

41. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design A transcription of the audio may be made available for those with hearing difficulties. Hear About It

42. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Guest Speaker “Guest speakers” provide an alternate point-of-view from that of the professor as well as provide a change of delivery for text heavy courses.

43. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Students complete assignments where they audio record their process using their cell phone, Skype, or other audio recorder. These audio files are immediately available for sharing amongst the class. Remotely Made Student Recordings

44. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design An example of a student submission can also be placed on the assignment page. Remotely Made Student Recordings

45. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design In-browser Student Recordings Students introduce themselves to their classmates by recording a short message via a recorder placed in the HTML content page.

46. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Audio Search An audio search activity requires students to search audio not in the course for terms featured in the unit. Students enter the term into the embedded search box.

47. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Audio Search The search results appear on a new page within the course.

48. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Lessons Learned

49. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design 1.Feasibility –This is a feasible method to add audio to an asynchronous course with limited resources 2.Usage Guidelines –Existing standards for multimedia usage can be applied to audio 3.Student Created Audio –The ability of students to easily create and share audio opens new possibilities for activities and projects.

50. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Moving Forward

51. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design 1.New course development Which courses or programs will be the first? 2.Old Course revision Which current courses will be supplemented with audio? 3.Standards and Practices What will be the procedures for developing a course with audio 4.Level of integration with Evoca Publicly available services only or deeper integration? 5.Will video also be possible?

52. EDUCAUSE Southeast — June 19, 2006 © 2006 Savannah College of Art and Design Contact Us Scott Dinho (Presenter) Instructional Designer for SCAD e-Learning (office) 912-525-8028 sdinho@scad.edu Corbin Hall PO Box 3146 Savannah, GA 31402-3146 (office) 1-866-783-7223 (fax) 912-525-8035 www.scad.edu/elearning www.evoca.com Murem Sharpe CEO & Co-Founder msharpe@evoca.com msharpe@evoca.com