Streaming Audio Lectures

by Evelyn Beck Presentations you’ve been using in the classroom can be brought to life on-line by adding an audio narrative. “It brings the sense of a lecture,” says Les Howles, a senior consultant for the Department of Learning Technology and Distance Education at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. “One thing often lost in on-line instruction is a sense of place, a personality. Illustrated audio brings the oral, personal element back into instruction — something often missed in a text-based and graphical interface.” Howles recommends this format for material that is graphical in nature — such as illustrations, charts, and diagrams — and which would benefit from audio elaboration. He does not think that a typical PowerPoint slide presentation consisting simply of bulleted […]