Tapping into the Audio Stream
Room G3
Rizzi, A. & Absalom, M. (The University of Melbourne), Tapping into the audio stream: using online streaming media in L2 teaching and learning, SHOW & TELL (Strand: SKILLS Listening & Speaking)
The conference got under way with slight delays -- all sessions started 15 minutes late. Andrea Rizzi and Matthew Absalom from the University of Melbourne (Australia) did a double-header on their MiLTaL (Multimedia in Language Teaching and Learning) project. Five technologies were employed: podcasting, internet audio recorder (iRecordMusic), an audio recording/editing application (Soundstudio), authoring of teaching activities with WebWiz, and the deployment of activities (LMS, Blackboard) -- all chosen for their cost effectiveness and simplicity.
Rizzi explained how they harvested podcasts for teaching Italian purposes and how to "catch" (download) those for later use as mp3 files in a media library (with Juice, other apps are available, e.g. WireTap for Mac.) They used a similar procedure with the internet recorder iRecordMusic .
Rizzi was a bit rushed yet managed to explain the integration of the audiofiles into WebWiz and other templates for those of us who had a basic knowledge about authoring.
Questions from the audience (as usual) focused on copyright issues, that obviously differ around the world. One way around would be to restrict access to a very defined user group via a content management system like Blackboard. Of course, you could always try to get written permissions from the original producers.
Absalom did the second half of the presentation... (more in Part 2)
Rizzi, A. & Absalom, M. (The University of Melbourne), Tapping into the audio stream: using online streaming media in L2 teaching and learning, SHOW & TELL (Strand: SKILLS Listening & Speaking)
The conference got under way with slight delays -- all sessions started 15 minutes late. Andrea Rizzi and Matthew Absalom from the University of Melbourne (Australia) did a double-header on their MiLTaL (Multimedia in Language Teaching and Learning) project. Five technologies were employed: podcasting, internet audio recorder (iRecordMusic), an audio recording/editing application (Soundstudio), authoring of teaching activities with WebWiz, and the deployment of activities (LMS, Blackboard) -- all chosen for their cost effectiveness and simplicity.
Rizzi explained how they harvested podcasts for teaching Italian purposes and how to "catch" (download) those for later use as mp3 files in a media library (with Juice, other apps are available, e.g. WireTap for Mac.) They used a similar procedure with the internet recorder iRecordMusic .
Rizzi was a bit rushed yet managed to explain the integration of the audiofiles into WebWiz and other templates for those of us who had a basic knowledge about authoring.
Questions from the audience (as usual) focused on copyright issues, that obviously differ around the world. One way around would be to restrict access to a very defined user group via a content management system like Blackboard. Of course, you could always try to get written permissions from the original producers.
Absalom did the second half of the presentation... (more in Part 2)
posted by Jörg at 11:13 am
1 Comments:
I would have expected copyright to be an issue. Under recent EU legislation you still have to obtain permission to reproduce materials in a closed environment, e.g. an intranet or a closed conference. This comes under the heading "communication to the public" right, which appears in a European Union Directive (2001) and hinges on the definition of "public", which may be a closed community such as a school or university.
See the following guidelines page at the ICT for Language Teachers website for further information and relevant links:
http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_copyright.htm
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