I have had a very frustrating Sunday afternoon trying to get my presentation onto MyPlick. Firstly, I had a lot of trouble getting the audio recorded - not all of the free downloads seemed to work. I then had several attempts to record the audio as I kept losing it somehow. I then had a problem uploading to MyPlick but eventually got that sorted (and Gordon made it sound so simple)! Unlike Yvonne, I couldn't find a way to edit out all the errs and urms, so they are still there I'm afraid. Also, for some reason the quality of the recording is extremely poor and I think this can only be attributable to the equipment I am using. My voice is very muffled in places and tends to go up and down, so sounds worse than normal. No amount of adjustment seemed to correct it. Apologies for this and will put it down to experience and hope to do better 'next time'. I haven't been put off though - I think it was a good challenge for me.
The link is below and once more apologies for the quality.
Hilary's presentation
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Good on you for persevering Hilary. What did you use to record the audio in the end?
I find Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)is the easiest to use - you also have to download the Lame encoder so you can export from Audacity as an MP3.
If you look on Myplick you will see your presentation has already been viewed 22 times.
a little quiet and crackly but ok for your first go. It is a very comprehensive presentation about your plan, and doesn't it make the plan "come alive" presenting it in this way!
I will have a listen all the way through and comment again soon.
Hi Bronwyn
I spent quite a lot of time searching for free software but a lot of it was free trial only allowing only 60 minutes or so recording time. Also, I found some of it not to be very user friendly or my computer didn't want to download it! I think I eventually downloaded the same as Gordon used but didn't have the same brilliant result.
I am learning all of the time with this course - can't say it's not keeping me busy!
Hilary
Hi Hilary
Well done on tehe presentation - bit of a task, eh? I struggled with Gordon's suggested software too - I think it has some requirement that my machine doesn't have. Audacity was fine though.
I did struggle to hear some of your presentation (on full volume too) but it makes sense in relation to your draft plan. Do you think that students would benefit from having more of the Level 2 units done purely online if they struggle with this one? Your last slide got me to thinking about how we go into these evaluations with some idea of what we're going to get out - having already considered potential decisions. I wonder if this skews our interpretation of the data? What do you think?
Cheers
Yvonne
Hi Yvonne
Thanks for your comments and yes, the thought of my voice on full volume makes me shudder but I know what you mean :). I think it is difficult to avoid pre-determined ideas of outcome when you are involved in something to the level that I am. One of the challenges of this project I think is to try and take a totally unbiased approach.
I had the opportunity to 'pilot' my questionnaire on a switched-on alumni student who obligingly hung around the classroom in order to complete it. Her feedback made me realise that some of the questions had sprung from what I anticipated the answers to be and as such, I wonder if I would actually have asked that question(s) if I had not had previous experience of some of the problems. On the other side of the coin, she did raise a couple of issues that I had not considered and am seriously thinking of including.
I would be interested to hear what the others think of anticipated outcomes within their evaluations and if it could possibly affect any interpretation of data.
HI Hilary, thanks for your presentation. Sound was not perfect but I could understand it all, so mission accomplished! Interesting example what you use for your evaluation as the content and format is so relevant to the online learning business. Especcially for not the not so computer literate people you have to get it right.
About the expected outcome. I think in reality, whether or not you verbalise it, you have some ideas of what might come out of this exercise. Writing it down at least makes it clear that you expect some results in those areas. Trick is to stay 'open minded' and notice what actually is happening.
If you can outsource the observations/interviews or other interactions you could omit those expectations from your brief and therefore get 'unbiased' data (although the other person might have some ideas of its own).
Good look with finding sufficient student :o)
Sorry if I skewed things a bit with the software recommend bit. I did have issues with the site, but felt they were probably temporary. In the end I thought it was quite user friendly to coordinate the audio with the slides.
Anyway, just to add a thought I had Hilary, and sorry it is a bit late on in the piece. You mention the preceonceptions of the students, but I wondered if your questions explored this enough. It would be really interesting to get a good feel for what their ideas and fears were prior to taking the course and then to gauge their perceptions afterwards and comparing the two. You might find that some fears were unfounded, whilst other issues materialised that they hadn't anticipated. This could then be used to guide possible mentors and/or pre-course prep.
Hi Gordon
Thanks for your comments. As for the recording thing, I think it was probably an equipment thing as my computer was very fussy in the first place as to what it would download!! Not that the operator was that adept either of course:).
I have tried to determine pre-conceived ideas when conducting the survey in a couple of ways. I have included questions re pre-module support in my interviews and also spoken to the students when handing out the surveys about each section including the reaction section which seeks to identify their thoughts at the outset. One useful piece of feedback I received was from the Programme Manager in that she felt the positioning of the module (about half way through the course)meant that the students had far more confidence than they would if it was introduced earlier. There are actually a few more pointers regarding this as well which I hope to 'weave' into my report.
Hi Hilary - apologies for being a bit late with my feedback. First up - i think you are fantastic for even getting the thing done! As i've said today on my blog - my plans have gone a bit pearshaped and i think in order to move forward i'm going to have to post an exec summary - so you get big cheers from me for your presentation! I find it fascinating that - the question of whether we can write unbiased questions. I dont think its possible to have totally unbiased questions but i guess we can reduce the bias by getting external input! Will be interested to see what you find with regards to the skills students gain in terms of their ability to move onto higher level learning. Rika :]
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