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An Interactive Media-Rich Speech Course. Dr. Mary Jane Clerkin. April 13, 2005. 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
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An Interactive Media-Rich Speech Course Dr. Mary Jane Clerkin April 13, 2005
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.
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
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
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
Text with Interactive Learning Center http:// www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/lucas/flashintro.html
Video CommunicatorAdds Video, Audio, Text and Graphics to an Online Course Against a Virtual or Chosen Background
Provides for all Learning Styles • Auditory • Visual • Makes Content Clear, Explicit, and Detailed
Personalizes a Course There is A Real Presence in an Online Course
Minimum Amount of Preparation by the Professor • Considers the Message • Prepares a Script • Decides on a Background • Uses a Teleprompter
All Courses, both on-ground and online, at Berkeley College are Blackboard Enabled and Wimba Enabled
Click on Voice Announcements Click on Voice Announcements
Click on Record and Record. When You Have Finished, Click on Stop and Post
To Send E-Mail Go to Communication and Click on Wimba Voice E-Mails
Provides for Posting and Viewing of Speeches with a Simple Webcam