A Medium and A Design Language

This article presents a case study experience in the use of one of the oldest media in communication in a distance education teaching situation. The case study was focussed on how subject experts in a distance education programme made the transition from writing text- based instructions, to audio-based instructions by observing the requirements of the language of the ear from writing stage, through editing, content review and studio recording. The mechanism on how (in our case) digital and analogue recordings complemented each other in the realisation of learners final product is also revealed