TO SPEAK OR NOT TO SPEAK: TEACHING EFFECTIVE SPEAKING TOTALLY ONLINE!!!

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TO SPEAK OR NOT TO SPEAK TEACHING EFFECTIVE
SPEAKING TOTALLY ONLINE!!!

• Prof. Cara Cotellese, Kutztown University
• Mary Ellen Bornak, Bucks County Community College

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Why Bother with Totally Online?
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Differing Viewpoints

• Pedagogy
• Delivery
• Technology

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Impact on Students and Faculty?
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The Big Challenge
Speaking . . .
. . .In PUBLIC!
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Students Can Perform
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Online Speech Delivery Requires
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Student Prep
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Faculty Prep

• Offer Dry Runs
• Do Sound and Video Checks
• Post directions and help contact in chat
• Have Emergency Backup Help Plan

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Can You Hear Me Now? The Speeches

• Practice multitasking
• Practice production
• Direct the Action
• Scan the screens
• Keep Students Involved
• Encourage Critique

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Students Delivering Their Speeches
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Outcomes

• Students Performed Speech Requirements
• Added 21st Century Workforce Skill
• Enhanced Technical Abilities

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Continuing to update . . .

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• This is a work in progress.
• Other faculty have finally decided to give it a
  try.
• Each semester brings new ideas and more rigor in
  terms of the standards that the students are to
  meet.

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We continue to move forward . . . .