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Author: Larisa Olesova
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.20cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9781443842235
ISBN 10: 1443842230
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 31 January 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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The author offers a highly readable, state-of-the-art manuscript about embedded audio feedback in asynchronous online postings. It showcases effective techniques to enhance higher-order learning. It also acknowledges how EFL students' level of language proficiency and instructors' language background can impact [on] the quality and best practices of computer-mediated communication. - Allen Quesada-Pacheco, PhD, Academic Coordinator, BA in English, Universidad de Costa Rica Feedback can be an important force in shaping student learning. This study explores and confirms the effectiveness of asynchronous formative audio feedback for students engaged in online discussions in academic coursework. Students responded positively to audio feedback, judging it to be both helpful and motivating, suggesting to teachers the applicability of incorporating audio feedback to overcome the shortcomings of text-based comments in both in-class and on-line learning, especially in encouraging higher-order thinking in language use. - Susan Spenser, MA, TESOL, ESL Instructor, Shoreline Community College; EFL Fellow, US Department of State 2009-2011
The author offers a highly readable, state-of-the-art manuscript about embedded audio feedback in asynchronous online postings. It showcases effective techniques to enhance higher-order learning. It also acknowledges how EFL students' level of language proficiency and instructors' language background can impact [on] the quality and best practices of computer-mediated communication. - Allen Quesada-Pacheco, PhD, Academic Coordinator, BA in English, Universidad de Costa Rica Feedback can be an important force in shaping student learning. This study explores and confirms the effectiveness of asynchronous formative audio feedback for students engaged in online discussions in academic coursework. Students responded positively to audio feedback, judging it to be both helpful and motivating, suggesting to teachers the applicability of incorporating audio feedback to overcome the shortcomings of text-based comments in both in-class and on-line learning, especially in encouraging higher-order thinking in language use. - Susan Spenser, MA, TESOL, ESL Instructor, Shoreline Community College; EFL Fellow, US Department of State 2009-2011
Author Information
Larisa Olesova, PhD, is an instructional designer specializing in distance education at George Mason University, and a faculty member in Yakutsk, Russia. She published her research on audio feedback in the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching and her work on cross-cultural online barriers in the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks in 2011.
