Chapter 5: Recorded Voice Reflection in Problem-Based Learning Scenarios

The advance of newer and better technologies requires that we look to advance their use to align with student needs of the future. The use of voice recording as a tool in problem-based learning (PBL) caters to immediacy as well as the lifestyle of today’s learners who spend great amounts of time using technology utilizing it in a form Brown (2000) describes simply as multiprocessing. Students of higher education are faced by technologybased pedagogy in their daily coursework. Course-generated scenarios that require the ability to create digital audio artifacts for an assignment seem a fitting way for higher education instructors to prompt learning using technology. Learning will occur beyond just the course materials; PBL tasks involving audio recording will teach and enable students to communicate fluently in media that can compliment or even replace text. Problem-based learning strategy that utilizes audio recording lends itself well to universitylevel courses across the spectrum of curricula, from humanities to business education.