An Interactive Media-Rich Speech Course

1. An Interactive Media-Rich Speech Course Dr. Mary Jane Clerkin April 13, 2005

2. Berkeley College is a Multi-Campus College with Six Diverse Locations: Garret Mountain, Middlesex, and Bergen in New Jersey; New York City, Lower Manhattan Extension Center, and Westchester in New York Began with One online Course 1998 Winter 2005 48 Online Courses with 67 Sections. Winter 2005 48 Online Instructors Winter 2005 Online Degree Enrollment 151 Students Degrees offered entirely online: • Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in General Business • Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration • Associate in Applied Science Degree in Business Administration-Marketing • Associate in Applied Science Degree in Business Administration-Management • Associate in Applied Science Degree in International Business In the Winter 2005 term, 793 students were enrolled in online classes including 151 in an online degree program.

3. An Interactive Media-Rich Speech Course • Innovation • Visual Communicator • Wimba Voice Software • WebCam • Excellent Text and Companion Website • Results/Outcomes • Highly Interactive • Personalized • Responsive to All Learning Styles

4. Voice and Video ThroughoutUsed Asynchronously • Visual Communicator-Personalizes the course with introductions from the professor and information about the course • Wimba Voice-Allows the professors to provide announcements and voice lectures , Allows students to practice proper diction and speech exercises, and an opportunity for speaking with professors and peers in the Wimba Voice Discussion Board • A simple webcam allows students to videotape their speeches asynchronously anywhere and any time

5. Blackboard as a Course Management System • Perfect for an Online Speech Course • Discussion Board and the Group Discussion Board Allows Students to Post and Hear Each Other’s Speeches • Assignment Manager Allows Students to Post Speeches for Grading by the Professor • Grades Posted in the Online Grade Book • Wimba, a Blackboard Building Block, allows for Voice Discussion and Diction Exercises

6. Text with Interactive Learning Center http:// www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/lucas/flashintro.html

10. Video CommunicatorAdds Video, Audio, Text and Graphics to an Online Course Against a Virtual or Chosen Background

11. Provides for all Learning Styles • Auditory • Visual • Makes Content Clear, Explicit, and Detailed

12. Personalizes a Course There is A Real Presence in an Online Course

13. Minimum Amount of Preparation by the Professor • Considers the Message • Prepares a Script • Decides on a Background • Uses a Teleprompter

15. Professor and Visuals Side by Side

16. Different Virtual Backgrounds

20. Visual Communicator

22. All Courses, both on-ground and online, at Berkeley College are Blackboard Enabled and Wimba Enabled

24. Wimba Voice Announcements

25. Wimba Voice Lectures

26. Wimba Voice Discussion Board

27. Wimba Voice E-Mail

28. Wimba Voice Announcements

29. Click on the Control Panel Button

30. Click on Voice Announcements Click on Voice Announcements

31. Fill in the Subject and the Message

32. Click on the Icon Button and Record and then submit

33. Announcement Appears on the Announcement Page

34. Adding Lectures to Your Course

35. Go to the Control Panel

36. Click on Course Documents or any Content Area

37. Click on Wimba Voice Authoring

38. Fill in a Subject and Click on the Icon to Record

39. Your Lecture Will Appear in Course Documents

40. Posting Messages in the Wimba Voice Discussions Board

41. Click on the Communication Button

42. Click on the Wimba Voice Discussion Boards

43. Click on Compose

44. Click on Record and Record. When You Have Finished, Click on Stop and Post

45. Your New Message Will Appear

46. To Send E-Mail Go to Communication and Click on Wimba Voice E-Mails

47. Choose Recipients

48. Add From, To, and Subject and Record

50. Provides for Posting and Viewing of Speeches with a Simple Webcam