Technologies+For+Audio+in+E-Learning




 * = ===**Audio**===

**Technologies**
||= ===Appropriate Uses=== ||= ===**Audio & Text on Learning**=== ||= **Effectiveness** **In** **E-Learning** || enhance content; to provide personalized feedback to student Student Uses: to record learning' to send voice message to instructor; to record an audio project || Audio can be used in place of text, or in conjunction with text. By having the multimedia aspect of text and audio, learners are more engaged. The audio is also a helpful way to differentiate instruction. Audio helps the student understand the lesson, the teacher can pretrain, personalize and segment the lesson. || When used in contiguity with text or graphics, audio can help to better the message of the content. It needs to be carefully chosen so that it matches the learning to enhance the meaning, not to distract or confuse it. Through e-learning audio can help those whose reading is below the level the material is presented also it helps those who are audio learners. || Student Uses: to record and edit narration for personal stories || Appropriate uses of audio and text help learners make meaning out of content. As some students are auditory learners, this software works with text to stimulate learners cognitively. || Compatible with Apple products, this software can be used in conjuction with IPads and other Apple hardware to make learning (training) more interactive, familiar, and portable. || Balabolka || The ability to get connected could be part of an assessment and the information gathered during Skype with others for discussions could be a portion of an asessment.It also has a text-to -speech (TTS) program. The program uses various versions of microsoft speech AP. It can be used on any computer. View text with audio, the user can customize the font and background color, control reading from the system tray or global hotkeys. Comes is most languages. || Allows classrooms to connect all over the world, sharing information with students of similar intererst. It allows students to alter a voice's parameters, including the rate and pitch. The user can create a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. It can be saved to any computer, mp3 player or ipod or usb memory stick. || Allows the ease of contact with classmates for discussion capabilites of distance learners. Text allows the students to veiw at any time or from any place. The students can use TTS on any material that they are working on. This is a great advantage for those audio and visual learners. ||
 * Audacity || Instructor Uses: to record narration; to edit audio files that
 * Wavepad || Instructor Uses: to record and edit narration; to customize narration by adding sound effects
 * TTY/ TDD Conversion Modems || A connection between the computer and a telephone, where a person is able to type a message on a computer and the message is delivered to a TTY/ TDD telephone.This allows interaction between facilitators and students who are hard of hearing. || Appropiate uses can allow interaction between peers and the facilitator, during open discussions. || All types of students would be able to communicate on-site, off site, or online, with a diverse set of peers, from hearing to hard-of-hearing students. This device will enhance students communication skills, and ensure objectives are met, with a diverse set of students sharing their personal experiences and opinions within the classroom activities. ||  ||   ||
 * Skype
 * Myna || Teachers or students can create vocal or music audio clips to use in places such as storyboards and powerpoints. || Allows the user to create vocal and music audio clips that can be saved to a server or desktop. || Allows the user to easily edit clips, record vocals, adjust pitch and volume. ||
 * Text to Speech || Anyone can type in a message and it can be converted into vocal clips which can be left as voice messages or used anyplace as audio clips. || Allows teachers and students to create audio clips to use in multi-media presentations. || Can allow users to leave a voice mail message for another person without the use of a phone or recording device. ||