Temporary problem with videos at FluencyBank teaching site

[Nan Bernstein Ratner]

We are experiencing a temporary problem with video at the Teaching site, under Voices of People who Stutter. We should have the problem fixed shortly. Transcripts are not impacted, and downloaded media appear to play in Quicktime, but are not browsable until we solve the problem. 

 In addition, we are checking to assure that all transcripts are basically un-coded for fluency to allow student practice. A few fluency coded transcripts slipped through and were posted inadvertently. We are collecting annotated versions for instructors to use as guides to evaluating student fluency appraisal (so called "answer sheets". Such data will only be provided to people who can validate their identities as instructors. Please be aware that reliability for fluency appraisal can be very difficult to achieve and that any scored samples should be used as a guide and for discussion with students, rather than as a "grading" rubric.

best regards,

Nan

Nan Bernstein Ratner, F-, H-ASHA, F-AAAS, ABCLD

Professor

Hearing and Speech Sciences

University of Maryland

0100 Lefrak Hall

College Park, MD 20742

nra...@umd.edu, 301-405-4217

Co-director: FluencyBank (www.fluency.talkbank.org);  http://languagefluency.umd.edu/  

President, International Fluency Association (IFA; http://theifa.org)

Director, University of Maryland Autism Research Consortium (UMARC), www.autism.umd.edu

Faculty, Language Science (languagescience.umd..edu), Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuroscience (NACS, nacs.umd.edu), Developmental Science Field Committee

http://hesp.umd.edu/facultyprofile/bernstein%20ratner/nan

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