Last updated : 07 Aug 2016

Public speaking

Summary

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Programme

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Modules’ titles and Contents:

Unit 1: Why Public Speaking Matters Today

Unit 2: Speaking Confidently

Unit 3: The Importance of Listening

Unit 4: Audience Analysis

Unit 5: Finding a Purpose and Selecting a Topic

Unit 6: Researching Your Speech

Unit 7: Supporting Ideas and Building Arguments

Unit 8: The Body of a Speech

Unit 9: Introductions and Conclusions

Unit 10: Outlining

Unit 11: The Importance of Language

Unit 12: Delivering the Speech

Unit 13: Presentation Aids: Design and Usage

Unit 14: Speaking to Inform and Entertain

Unit 15: Persuasive Speaking

Name of the teache P. Wynn Norman (Professor P. Wynn Norman teaches and/or designs courses for a variety of institutions, including South University, the Saylor Foundation, and the American College of Applied Science)

Would you suggest following the entire MOOC or just some modules? entire

Learning outcomes

Declared aims of the MOOC

Resolve ethical issues involving speech preparation and presentation.
Recommend techniques for resolving issues, which may interfere with active listening.
Identify the most effective speech topics, qualities, content, and delivery techniques based on the specific characteristics of an audience.
Evaluate the effectiveness of speeches for different types of audiences.
Use online and library-based research to find and critique the credibility of sources of information.
Cite sources of information appropriately, accurately, and clearly in both spoken and written contexts.
Choose the most effective pattern of organization for presenting different types of information to a listening audience.
Evaluate the effectiveness of supporting details or evidence based on the main ideas or arguments they are used to support.
Choose the most appropriate pattern for organizing a persuasive speech, based on the relationship between arguments and evidence or the relationship between the topic and the audience.
Identify whether the functions of an introduction or conclusion have been fulfilled and will be effective when presented to a specific type of audience.
Create keyword and sentence outlines for informative and persuasive speeches.
Revise a passage written for readers so that it can be delivered effectively and engagingly to listeners.
Identify and use techniques to improve the fluidity and clarity of verbal delivery.
Recognize non-verbal techniques that communicate the speaker's confidence and credibility in a sample speech.
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of effective, ethical public speaking by accurately and thoroughly assessing the qualities of entire informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches.

Full Syllabus online:

https://learn.saylor.org/mod/page/view.php?id=162

List of Soft skills developed: Communication
List of digital skills developed:

Teaching-Learning methodology

xMOOC (videos, further readings, assessments, quizzes, transcripts, forum)

Assessment

Is there a final certification? free certificates of completion (no credit)Learning outcomes:By exam at any time2 hours to complete the testTypically 50 questions (multiple choice) per examPassing score is 70%Unlimited attemptsWhen: at the end of a course