KVS Audio OER workshop
Audio resource creation for English language teaching - an online course from English Language Teachers Association (ELTA) and ITfC
Background
IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “Audio resources creation for teaching ” for KVS teachers. The course is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - Creating with ICT. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the course.
Objectives of the course
- To explore the arbitrary connections between word and thought and script and sound
- Exploring new digital methods for language learning.
- Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to create language resources for language teaching
- Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity. Making audio resource richer by using multiple sources
- Understand the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources (Open Educational Resources created with FOSS)
- Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for the benefit of all teachers
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. For installation instructions, refer https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation.
- Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic.
Join the webinar sessions
The first session of this workshop will start on August 7th 2020 from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.
Expected Outcomes
It is expected that at the end of the course, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.
Agenda
| Webinars and dates | Particulars | Activities | Resources |
| Webinar 1: July 21st 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm | Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning | 1. Introduction to the course and agenda. Norms
2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a Karadi tale 3. Participants will identify different audio elements 4. Participants will choose one topic to create audio 5. Instructions on installing the required software for the hands-on session and doing an initial recording. |
Learn Audacity - https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity
Assignment - Install Audacity. Record the audio using Audacity |
| Webinar 2: July 24th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm | 1. Using different applications for audio recording
2. Understanding the technical specifications for audio – headphones, microphone 3. Understanding of Audacity editing tools. |
1. Go through basic audio recording options in audacity
2. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio 3. Go through the audio recording process - record pause, play, stop 4. Save as project file, export recorded audio files 5. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as we needed 6. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files |
Learn Audacity - https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity |
| Webinar 3: July 29th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm | 1. Effectiveness of adding audio effects
2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's 3. Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements. |
1. Use edit tools to refine audio by removing unwanted part
2. To understand what is tracks and how tracks can be used 3. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio 4. Use "noise removal" to clear background noise 5. File export as audio files and save as a project. |
Learn Audacity |
| Webinar 4: July 31st, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm | 1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource
2. Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio |
1. Use amplification to adjust the output volume of audio files
2. Fade in/out to adjust the audio -voice modulation 3. Use Silence, noise reduction, pitch change and echo features 4. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places |
Learn Audacity and www.SoundCloud.com |
| Webinar 5: August 4th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm | 1. Understanding OER and different OER licenses.
2. The presentation of participants created audio files. 3. Publish created audio's on the web. |
1. Understanding about OER resources.
2. Understanding the types of OER licenses. 3. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository. 4. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud. |
SoundCloud handout : https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Soundcloud |
Resources
Technology resources
- Install Audacity application in your computer
- Download different background music's to your computer
- Checklist for recording good audio clip
- Fill this form, with your topic for audio resource creation in the course
- What is copyright and what is OER - See short video
Online OER audio repositories
Reading materials on ELT
- Krashens hypotheses for SLA (Second Language Acquisition)
- Multi-linguality, education and harmony - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
- Multi-linguality_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri
- National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper on Teaching English
- National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper on Teaching of Indian Languages
- Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum
- Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition
- Webinar participants presentations on the above readings
Additional resources
- Karadi tales - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must listen to all
- Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah
- Crickematics with Rahul Dravid
- Monkey on a Fast with Sanjay Dutt
- https://www.swarasforschools.com/
- I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr
- Click here to see the last session (August 5th) session recording
Course feedback
To fill the course feedback form click here