--- title: "The Next Big Thing in Online Learning: Nine Shift Post!" description: "Liliana Toader of Siena Heights University introduced me to the next big thing in online learning: audio interaction online." image: http://nineshift.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345276b569e2019104f42262970c-120wi --- [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/) [![lern-logo.png](https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/June-folder/lern-logo.png "lern-logo.png")](http://lern.org) ** # Articles # The Next Big Thing in Online Learning: Nine Shift Post! Fri, Sep 27,2013 @ 12:30 PM by William Draves | Liliana Toader of Siena Heights University introduced me to the next big thing in online learning: audio interaction online.**[![Liliana Toader](http://nineshift.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345276b569e2019104f42262970c-120wi "Liliana_Toader (2)")](http://nineshift.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345276b569e2019104f42262970c-pi)** Until now, audio interaction with students was possible, but clunky.  A student posted an audio message in one of my online classes several years ago. But with software like Voice Thread, which professor Toader uses, audio messages can be "posted" in sequence and in conversation, just like written comments are in most all online courses today.  It adds a whole new dimension to using audio in online courses.  I'm anxiously awaiting professor Toader's presentation on how to use interactive audio with your students at our second annual North American Faculty Development Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 3-4, 2014.  If you want info on the Faculty Development Conference, email Tammy at [info@lern.org](http://nineshift.typepad.com/weblog/2013/09/info@lern.org) or call her at 800-678-5376 for the brochure. *This post was written by William A. Draves, who authored "Nine Shift: Work, Life, and Education in the 21st Century" with Julie Coates. Their latest book is "Pedagogy of the 21st Century." This post originally appeared on the [Nine Shift blog.](http://nineshift.typepad.com/) * *[![Download: 2014 Nine Shift Seminar Brochure](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119076/fe53fb0d-b8c8-46bc-9262-b6ba2083e55c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119076/fe53fb0d-b8c8-46bc-9262-b6ba2083e55c) *       ### LATEST NEWS Video: How to Get the Most From a LERN Membership LERN Video - The LERN Program Review: Position Your Unit for Success LERN Cancellation Rates and New Programs: A Lesson From Netflix Kathryn Lynch-Morin Ready for Liftoff: Drones and Drone Courses are More Popular Than Ever Kathryn Lynch-Morin Working with the University of Nebraska - Omaha LERN [Tweets by @LernUpdates](https://twitter.com/LernUpdates) [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/)