Summary

Learning through audio files to initiate more absorption. Activate student thinking with inline discussions and practice questions.

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What is Interactive Audio?

Instructors can add interactive questions within videos and engage students in commenting their perspectives on the video and sharing how it impacted on their view on the topic.

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Why is Interactive Audio useful for learning?

Audio files are an interesting way for students to understand concepts. However, too often students are only passively consuming the content. By adding interactivity and social elements, you can increase deeper learning, as well as enable students to make use of the knowledge of their peers. There are many learning activities teachers can organise using this Comprehension tool. Examples are:

• Students complete a listening practice test
• The teacher provides the class with audio feedback on an assignment
• Students comment on an audio clip of a musical performance

How does Interactive Audio work?

Interactive Audio is a tool used to encourage interactivity while listening to audio files. This tool allows students and teachers to add discussion topics and practice questions on the audio file. These will be visible to everyone, which encourages exchange between students. While the students are listening to the file, questions and discussion topics will pop up. By encouraging interactivity, the instructor ensures that students are actually using the full potential of the audio file. This is supported by transparent analytics, information on possible intervention moments and straightforward moderation.

This tool was designed with the firm belief that its ease of use will determine its success. Therefore, depending on the teacher’s didactic method, the plugin allows them to create extra activities such as:

• Discussion on statements put forward in the audio file
• Personalization of the audio by skipping parts that are already understood
• Priming students thinking by asking questions that will be answered later
• Online discussion on the audio content fueled by participation grading

Hear from your colleagues

"With the tools of FeedbackFruits, our students collaborate more and learn from one another in different scenarios as they would in professional life." - Jeroen Prent (Education Manager from University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam)

"I noticed that learning of students improved. First, they were enthusiastic about the tool and also interaction between students really helped them to better prepared for the subject." - Dr. Arnold Moene (Teacher from Wageningen University & Research)

Integration

All FeedbackFruits tools including Interactive Audio can be fully integrated with Blackboard 9.1, Blackboard Learn, and Blackboard Learn Ultra.

With the integration, you can:

• use FeedbackFruits with your Blackboard login only
• sync your Blackboard groups directly
• automatically send grades to the Blackboard grade book
• sync assignment deadlines with the Blackboard calendar

Security, Privacy and Accessibility

‍This service is offered with regular high standards to comply with Accessibility, Data privacy/security and FERPA regulations. All communication between the end user and our servers is encrypted using TLS with AES-256. All stored personal data is not accessible for third parties. Back-ups are made daily and are saved using AES-256 encryption. All data is secured according to the strict General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) as set by the European Union. We are also compliant with the internationally recognized accessibility standard WCAG. We cover versions WCAG 1 to WCAG 2.1, on Level A as well as Level AA.

A bit of background…

The Comprehension tool is a result of a collaboration between partners from the Edtech Dotank, comprised of over 40 leading universities, such as MIT, TUDelft and HULT International Business School. All partners are united in their aim and dedication to accelerate the implementation of active, blended and online learning. The Dotank is facilitated by FeedbackFruits, as is the process of creating and distributing evidence-based learning activities and the digital means to support them.

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