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===Course background===
Regional Institute of English, South India (RIESI) and IT for Change (ITfC) are collaborating to design and conduct an online course on “Audio resources creation for language teaching” for English language teachers, who are participating in the CELT/PGDELT programs of RIESI, Bengaluru. The course is based on the '''National ICT curriculum''' theme “<u>'''Creating with ICT'''</u>”.
=== Objectives of the course===
# To explore new digital methods for language learning. Exploring Audacity FOSS ([[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software|Free and Open Source Software]]) tool to create rich language resources for use in a language lesson
# To learn to record and editing audio using Audacity. Making your audio resource richer by using multiple audio files (background music)
# To introduce the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources ([[wikipedia:Open_educational_resources|Open Educational Resources created with FOSS]])
# To publish created audio resource on a [https://soundcloud.com/it-for-change/sets/riesi-celt-audio-workshop-jan public repository] for the benefit of all teachers

=== Registration for the course ===
'''<u>[https://teacher-network.in/limesurvey/index.php/919658?lang=en Click here to register for this Audio creation course]</u>'''

===Requirements from the participants===
#All the participants '''should have a computer''' (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
#'''Audacity application must be installed on the computer''' ([[Learn Audacity#Installation|'''click here''']] for the installation instructions).
#Good internet connection to join the webinar sessions.
#
===Join the webinar sessions===
# Webinar sessions dates: March 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. 
# The sessions timings: Evening from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.
# Webinar link to join the session:   

=== Agenda of the course ===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Webinars'''
|'''Particulars'''
|'''Activities'''
|'''Resources'''
|-
|Webinar session 1
|Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning
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# Introduction to the workshop and agenda explanations
# Helping participants to install Audacity software in their computers
# Go through audio recording basic options in audacity
# 4. Save as project file, export recorded audio files
# Go through a checklist of recording a good quality audio
# Participants will choose one topic to create audio.
| - [[Learn Audacity|Learn Audacity handout]]
and 

- [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff7Mu3ezMZGQK2jt6Bt9ZY3BSnSCb2-_prXBKtC8XQ9zMKVA/viewform Fill this form, with your topic for audio resource creation in the course]
|-
|Webinar session 2
|
# Using different applications for audio recording
# Understanding the technical specifications for audio headphones, microphone
# Understanding of Audacity editing tools.
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# Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as we needed.
# Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files.
# Use "noise removal" to clear background noise
# Use amplification to adjust the output volume of audio files
# Go through OER audio repositories to access and download it to your device 
|[[Learn Audacity|Learn Audacity handout]]			
|-
|Webinar session 3
|
# Effectiveness of adding audio effects
# Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's
# Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements.
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# Use edit tools to refine audio by removing unwanted part
# Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
# Use Silence, pitch change and features
# File export as audio files and save as project.
|[[Learn Audacity|Learn Audacity handout]] 
|-
|Webinar session 4
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# Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource
# Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio
# Publish created audio's on the web.
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# Fade in/out, echo to adjust the audio -voice modulation
# Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places
# To understand what is a track and how tracks can be used mix audios+musics and multiple sound elements.
# Use Soundcloud.com to upload and share audio's
# Go through the course assignment requirements.
|[[Learn Audacity|Learn Audacity handout]] 
and 			

[[Learn Soundcloud|SoundCloud]] [[Learn Soundcloud|handout]]
|}

===Course Resources===
====Technology resources====
#[[Learn Audacity|Audacity handout]]
#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording good audio clip]
#[https://youtu.be/zeQy4a6alU0 What is copyright and what is OER] (Watch this video to know about different copyrights laws)
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq6rNIu3J1E Use SoundCloud repository to upload and share your audio materials]  (Video) 
====Online OER audio repositories====
# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Background music tracks accessed from different OER repositories (Google Drive)]
# WikimediaCommons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files
# BenSound - https://www.bensound.com/
# Soundible - http://soundbible.com/
# FreeSound - https://freesound.org/
# SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/

====Reading materials on ELT====
#[[Krashen hypotheses|Krashen's hypotheses for SLA]] (Second Language Acquisition)
#[https://www.academia.edu/5905884/Multilingualaity_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India Multi-linguality_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India] - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri
#NCF2005 Position Paper on [https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/NCF_Position_Paper_on_Teaching_Indian_Languages Teaching of Indian Languages]
#[[:File:Revised - Digital stories - a new approach to curricular material development, Ranganathan and Kasinathan, June 2017.odt#file|Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum]]
====Additional resources====
#Rich recitations
#*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPCWV2LAifpieVp4akjZ_A Karadi tales] - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes.
#*#[https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid
#*#[https://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
#Poetry online
##[https://poets.org/poems-poets Poems online] (10,000 poems) available for download
##Access poems and upload your poems [https://allpoetry.com/ All Poetry]
##[https://poetryfoundation.org/poems Poetry foundation]
#Great speeches:
##[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s I have a Dream, speech by Martin Luther King .Jr]
====Audio resources created by last batch participants====
[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Audio_OER_by_Teachers To check the audio resources created by participated teachers Click here]

===Course assignment from the participants===
As part of the course completion, each participant needs to be created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource) and these audio resources need to be submitted as an assignment.<blockquote>[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkBdf_LGJh4gtSwemHDias8TyLOeco9TaCNi4aPwxm-OMgRg/viewform '''Click here'''] '''to submit your created audio file'''</blockquote>''<u>Only participants who successfully complete the course by submitting their audio resources through the above link will get a certificate of completion from RIESI and IT for Change.</u>''

===Course feedback===
To fill the course feedback form, [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclxhQQ49FfOVT3F4P0BlUtAHwz43dWd7Q653ii9nUFBNM45Q/viewform click here]
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