How to Humanize Your Online Class with VoiceThread

VoiceThread is a unique web 2.0 tool that turns media files into asynchronous conversations using voice, video, or text comments. This book is a much needed pedagogical support resource for educators seeking to understand how to use VoiceThread to enrich online classes with the warmth of human presence and deliver content, build community, as well as improve student learning outcomes at a distance.

The author, Michelle Pacansky-Brock, is a noted online educator and has received two Sloan-C awards, one specifically for her use of VoiceThread. The book compiles years of Pacansky-Brock's teaching research and practices into one place for the reader and is illustrated with video excerpts from her own VoiceThread activities and links to sample VoiceThreads.

The book is a resource for online instructors, faculty development specialists, instructional designers, and graduate students preparing for a career in teaching.

Highlights of the book include:
-More than 20 video links illustrating effective online teaching applications of VoiceThread.
-A proven strategy for improving the percentage of student voice or video comments in VoiceThread activities.
-A clear explanation of how to ensure voice and video comments in VoiceThread activities are compliant with federal accessibility law.
-An example of using VoiceThread as formative assessments in a flipped classroom to scaffold learning.
-An example of a student-edited VoiceThread activity.
-An example of a student-created VoiceThread activity.
-8 elements of an effectively designed VoiceThread.
-How to use identities and reorder comments to effectively facilitate a conversation.