This free and open online course in Public Speaking was produced by the WA State Board for Community & Technical Colleges [http://sbctc.edu/].
This course assists students in developing oral communication skills. Classroom practice, the Internet, e-mail, community interactions, and other resources support learning and yield enhanced confidence and competence. LEARNING OUTCOMES: When you successfully complete this course, you will be able to speak effectively and comfortably to audiences you don’t select. Specifically, you will be able to:
1. Explain the nature, value, and requirements of effective public speaking.
2. Speak effectively to groups in an academic environment.
3. Speak effectively to groups in a non-academic environment.
4. Apply principles of cultural diversity to public speaking.
5. Employ effective information literacy techniques in public speaking.
This module is part of the Open Course Library, a collection of shareable course materials created for faculty to use in their classes. As part of the Open Course Library this content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which means that you are free to reuse the course in its entirety, edit it and use a your own modified version, or pick out only pieces which can be incorporated into your own course, as long as you credit the original author for their work.
To access all materials for this course you may download either the ANGEL export file or the IMS Common Cartridge file. While the ANGEL file is specific to that system, the Common Cartridge file is compatible with many learning management systems. More information on Common Cartridge is available at http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/ .
