Inspiring Active Learning with VoiceThread Technology.
in INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND DISTANCE LEARNING 7(4).(2010)

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This article defines active learning before explaining the theory and practice of VoiceThread technology. It is a provocative, persuasive presentation of VoiceThread technology in action including available resources and how to produce it. Keywords: active learning, interactive learning, experiential learning, constructivist learning, engaged learning, motivated learning, hands-on learning, authentic learning, problem-based learning, case-based learning, group learning, team-based learning, collaborative learning, cooperative learning, simulation, game-based learning, discussion learning, production-based learning.


Strategies for Creating a Community of Inquiry through Online Asynchronous Discussions
in JOURNAL OF ONLINE LEARNING AND TEACHING, VOL. 10, NO. 1, MARCH 2014, AIMEE DENOYELLES, JANET MANNHEIMER ZYDNEY, BAIYUN CHEN.

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Asynchronous discussions are often utilized in online courses to provide a venue for students to openly communicate and build shared understanding, and for instructors to skillfully facilitate the process. While discussions can be invaluable toward creating and sustaining an online community of inquiry (CoI), they are not effective if not optimally designed. It is the authors’ position that it is helpful to identify research-proven online discussion strategies and conceptualize them into the CoI framework, which has been extensively studied and validated. This framework posits that there are three interrelated presences – social, cognitive, and teaching – that must be perceived by members in order to facilitate a successful educational experience. Classifying strategies within this framework may guide instructors to purposefully select and employ methods that encourage productive, efficient, and meaningful discussions. Strategies, such as providing prompt but modest feedback, peer facilitation, protocol discussion prompts, and providing audio feedback, were found to support multiple presences in a review of the literature. Based on these findings, it is argued that educators need to employ discussion strategies that integrate all three presences in order to support an effective online CoI.



Supporting an Online Community of Inquiry Using VoiceThread
in RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHER EDUCATION 2010 (PP. 9-18). CHESAPEAKE, VA. GAO, F. & SUN, Y. (2010). SUPPORTING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY USING VOICETHREAD. IN C. MADDUX ET AL.(EDS.)

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Using the community of inquiry framework proposed by Garrison, Anderson, and Archer (2000), this paper examines how to use a Web 2.0 tool – VoiceThread to support online learning communities for professional development in teacher education. In this paper, we discuss the unique features and affordances of VoiceThread, and propose possible learning activities to enhance social, cognitive and teaching presence in online learning communities.


Synchronizing Web 2.0 Technologies to Improve Formative Feedback by Using VoiceThread
in KARIN SARI SAPUTRA S.PD., M.HUM. ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDY PROGRAM, STIBA INVADA CIREBON PRESENTED AT I-TELL 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

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This paper discusses how synchronizing Web 2.0 technologies, particularly by using VoiceThread, is able to help English speaking teachers to improve their formative feedback in the teaching of speaking skills. This study shows that the use of VoiceThread able to become one of the solutions to help teachers who want to provide specific, clear and accurate feedback on oral performance activities. This study is an action research, which involves six EFL learners at one of the universities in Indonesia. Before VoiceThread can contribute to improving teachers’ formative feedback, this study found that teachers need to do the following five matters, they are: (1) Making learners profile; (2) Making lesson plan; (3) Understanding formative feedback; (4) Determining assessment rubric, and (5) Implementing VoiceThread. Implementing VoiceThread is not only designed to help teachers improve their formative feedback, but also make their students able to notice and learn their teacher’s formative feedback afterward. To achieve these objectives, the result of this action research study indicates that giving formative feedback by using VoiceThread is worthwhile since it is a mechanism that combines the asynchronous learning and face-to-face. Thus, this can be considered as an action research on blended learning.


The Effects of using VoiceThread on Students' Listening Comprehension and Attitudes Toward using VoiceThread
in JNCOLCTL VOLUME 21 SPRING 2016, ORAIB MANGO, WORLD LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO.

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The current study investigated the effects of the use of VoiceThread (VT) on the listening comprehension and attitudes of college students of Arabic as a foreign language. Thirty-five students in two 10-week classes of beginning Arabic participated in this study. The instruction in both classes was the same except that, for one group, the instruction was supplemented by the use of VT to enhance listening and speaking skills during the 10 weeks. Upon completion of the class, students using VT showed superior listening skills. Moreover, an Attitude and Engagement survey showed that the students enjoyed using VT and viewed it as a valuable tool that enhanced their language learning.


The Visual Arts and Visual Literacy in Language Education: An Interactive Project
in VATESOL (VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1, MARCH 2016), AND THE WATESOL (WINTER 2017 EDITION) NEWSLETTERS

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This article describes a VoiceThread /FTC project carried out with advanced ESL students at the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute in the National Capital Region. This project is the culminating activity of a series of tasks created with the “backward design” approach in mind. Backward design is a method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment (Wiggins & McTighe). In this unit, the overarching goal is an oral presentation on Art, which will be recorded by the students using VoiceThread.


Using VoiceThread to Create Community in Online Learning
in TECHTRENDS, ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY 2017. PEGGY M. DELMAS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA.

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A sense of belonging to a learning community has been identified as one of the factors contributing to greater student satisfaction and persistence in online education pro-grams. Using the community of inquiry framework as a theoretical guide, the purpose of this study was to explore the role of VoiceThread, a web-based platform that facilitates cloud communication, in creating a sense of community for U.S. adult learners in the online environment. This study surveyed 39 students in a College of Education fully online master’s program and in a blended doctoral program regarding their experiences using VoiceThread in their courses. Results indicate that students perceive VoiceThread positively in the creation of online community. Students reported feeling more connected their classmates due to the tool’s ability to add voice to online activities. Students also felt more connected to their instructor due to VoiceThread’s ability to humanize, or make the instructor seem real.


Using VoiceThread to Promote Collaborative Learning in On-Line Clinical Nurse Leader Courses
in JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2017, VOLUME 33, ISSUE 1, PAGES 20-26. OLA H. FOX, DNS, CNL, SPRING HILL COLLEGE.

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The movement to advance the clinical nurse leader (CNL) as an innovative new role for meeting higher health care quality standards continues with CNL programs offered on-line at colleges and universities nationwide. Collaborative learning activities offer the opportunity for CNL students to gain experience in working together in small groups to negotiate and solve care process problems. The challenge for nurse educators is to provide collaborative learning activities in an asynchronous learning environment that can be considered isolating by default. This article reports on the experiences of 17 CNL students who used VoiceThread, a cloud-based tool that allowed them to communicate asynchronously with one another through voice comments for collaboration and sharing knowledge. Participants identified benefits and drawbacks to using VoiceThread for collaboration as compared to text-based discussion boards. Students reported that the ability to hear the voice of their peers and the instructor helped them feel like they were in a classroom communicating with “real” instructor and peers. Students indicated a preference for on-line classes that used VoiceThread discussions to on-line classes that used only text-based discussion boards.


Utilizing VoiceThread Technology to Foster Community Learning in the Virtual Classroom
in JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION. 2019;58(3):185 ADRIAN STAMPS, MSN, RN, CEN, CVRN; LAURA L. OPTON, DHSC, MSN, RN, CNE

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VoiceThread is an innovative platform gaining popularity in online education. Use of the video comment feature has the ability to foster inclusiveness and engagement for students in online nursing programs. This technology can also serve to enrich the distance learning experience for students with varying learning styles.