Dear
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Hello to everyone
I am off to get my knees fixed with new titanium bearings so forgive me for a "brief" newsletter this month.
Many of you by now may have seen our new e-learning site www.black-isle.com/elearning, which hosts a demo of the online version of our most popular "presentation skills" program. I am thrilled to report that we have had an excellent response to the product launch and I'm convinced that this will be a very useful tool at our disposal to go with our workshop and one on one training sessions.
For anyone who wants to find out more, Mark Wilson runs the e-learning side of Black Isle out of Canada and he is available at mwilson@black-isle.com
Some interesting YouTube clips below, although I did not get time to find a 'bad' example. But for communication fun, try watching the local TV news for ten minutes and then try to write down what you remember. Have a friend note down all the items as they are said so you can see what you missed.
An Interesting Quote
"There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees." - Michel de Montaigne
Here's a bit of light humour. A friend sent me these 'Church Bulletin Bloopers':
- The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
- The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'
- Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale... It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
More next month...
Podcasts vs Lectures
An article in the New Scientist about podcasts versus lectures: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16624-itunes-university-better-than-the-real-thing.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
The allegation is that students who missed the lectures, but watched them downloaded on podcasts, did better in tests.
An interesting article but they are still missing the point. Of course, if you just want people to regurgitate facts, then allowing them to see/hear the information many times is obviously going to be better. But if they wish to query and argue a point an ipod is useless. You have to have the professor there to argue with him.
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