Rich Internet Applications: Audio and Video Dropbox, Conversations, and Mashups Scott Sterling
Mar 28, 2015
Rich Internet Applications: Audio and Video Dropbox,
Conversations, and Mashups
Scott Sterling
Some tech lingo
Term AKA Definition
Rich Internet Application RIA An embeddable web application
Embed Link An element added to a website. It is directly usable from the website.
A link hyperlink, link An object that takes you to a different website
Center for Language Education and Research
CLEAR Federally funded language resource center
Where is my handout?
• We have some flyers available
• However, CLEAR has been working hard to create digital documentationo http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/
What is a RIA?
• Rich Internet Application
• They are FREE to use
• Can be used in most course management sites (D2L, Moodle, Edmodo, Wordpres)
• Currently 12 different web applications
• No content, just functionalityo You create the content
What is a RIA? (cont.)
• Pedagogically motivated
• Benefitso Allow shy/quiet students to talk moreo Give students more chances to practice speakingo Can help ease stress in the classroom
What do I need to use the RIAs?
• A CLEAR account (free to sign up for)
• Basic computer knowledgeo copy/pasteo drop and drago Identifying online elements (embed code, URL)
What will we talk about today?
• Audio Dropbox - online audio recorder
• Video Dropbox - online video recorder
• Conversations - simulated conversation
• Mashups - simple web page creator
Problem
• Your students are not getting enough verbal practice o 50 minutes divided between 20 students = 2.5
minutes of talk time per student
• You have one student who talks too much or one student who talks too little
• You are teaching a speaking class and want your students to practice speaking at home
One solution
• Use web-based tools that allow students to practice: o whenever o wherevero at their own pace
Audio DropBox
• This tool allows you to embed an audio recorder into your website
• Students’ recordings automatically get sent back to your Audio Dropbox account
Audio Dropbox: what the students see
Start recording
Upload recording
Delete recording
Recording time
RecordingPlayback
StopbuttonRecording
indicator
Audio Dropbox: What you see
Live demohttp://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/audioDropbox2/
Video Dropbox
• Similar to Audio Dropbox but it allows your students to record video of themselves
Video Dropbox: what the students see
Buttons should look familiar to you
Video Dropbox: What you see
Live Demohttp://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/videoDropbox/
Problem
• My students need to practice for the AP exam, OPI, or a class speaking test
• My students have no idea how to interact with people from X
• I don’t get to have many one-to-one conversations with my students
Our solution
• Use a static tool that simulates conversationso **CLEAR’s Conversations
o CeLTA has practice OPI tests in Spanish, German, and French http://celta.msu.edu/assessment/improving.php
Conversations
• Similar to an Audio/Video Dropboxo embed it into your website
• When students start appo they see a prerecorded questiono respond immediately to ito repeat until all questions are finished
Sample Conversation
Conversations: student view
Listen to practice question
Select practice question
RecordStopListen
Student side
Starts the app
Playback responses
Playback student responses only
Instructor view
Live demohttp://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/conversations2/
Problems
• These tools look great but I am not good at technology
• I want my students to design web pages for a project but I want to keep it simple
• I don’t have a homepage/course management site
Our solution
• Use Mashupo A simple web page developer
• All of the examples today have been in Mashups
Mashups
• Allows you to create a web page and include various elementso Video (Youtube)o Audioo Embeddable elements (wikis, Conversations,
Audio/Video Dropboxeso Texto Images
Student view
Instructor view
Live demohttp://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/mashup2/index.php?code=editMashup&folderID=0&ID=23466
Your turn!Build an activity that helps solve one of these issues
1. You have a test scheduled for next Thursday. You want your students to practice asking for directions.
2. One of the goals for your course is to have students learn how to order food at a restaurant.
3. Students in your class are having trouble pronouncing certain sounds.
Share!
How to D2L!
Questions and play time
• Please ask any questions you have
• Use the rest of the time to design an activity you need for your class. I will come around and help everyone I can.