VoiceThread at Penn VoiceThread at Penn StateState

Matt MeyerSr. Instructional Designer

ETS

VoiceThread at Penn StateVoiceThread at Penn State

““What is a VoiceThread?”What is a VoiceThread?”

• Cloud based web application/service

• Upload various media to a slideshow

• Shared with others who can comment via microphone, webcam, text, phone audio file

• Cloud based web application/service

• Upload various media to a slideshow

• Shared with others who can comment via microphone, webcam, text, phone audio file

VoiceThread at Penn StateVoiceThread at Penn State

BasicsBasics• Fully integrated service at PSU Dec. 2010

• In “soft rollout”

• Support in place: ITS Training Services, Help Desk

• Fully integrated service at PSU Dec. 2010

• In “soft rollout”

• Support in place: ITS Training Services, Help Desk

VoiceThread at Penn StateVoiceThread at Penn StateDemoDemo

http://voicethread.psu.edu//

VoiceThread at Penn StateVoiceThread at Penn StateIntro to Human DevelopmentIntro to Human Development

Introduction:•Establish personal connection

•First step in student to student interaction

•Developed rapport and comfort levels

VoiceThread at Penn StateVoiceThread at Penn StateIntro to Human DevelopmentIntro to Human DevelopmentKickoff Questions:•Uploaded video of instructor interacting with children

•Class discussions center on personal experience

VoiceThread at Penn StateVoiceThread at Penn StateIntro to Human DevelopmentIntro to Human DevelopmentStudent Responses:•Quality of students' comments superior to discussion forum postings

•Comments become more personal with friendlier references to other members in group

NBC Learn at Penn StateNBC Learn at Penn State

NBC Learn at Penn StateNBC Learn at Penn State

““What is it?”What is it?”A video archive containing thousands of videos from all the decades of NBC broadcasts from the late 1930s through today.

NBC Learn at Penn StateNBC Learn at Penn State

BasicsBasics• Pilot at PSU Spring/Fall 2011: 190 signed

• Available to all PSU Faculty, Staff, Students via Shibboleth authentication

• Support in place: Website, ITS Training Services offerings

• Pilot at PSU Spring/Fall 2011: 190 signed

• Available to all PSU Faculty, Staff, Students via Shibboleth authentication

• Support in place: Website, ITS Training Services offerings

NBC Learn at Penn StateNBC Learn at Penn StateDemoDemo

http://nbclearn.psu.edu//