In Principles of Public Speaking, students learn how to prepare and deliver effective oral presentations, with an emphasis on informative and persuasive public speaking. The course introduces important elements of successful presentations including effective listening, presentation organization, and logical structure; informative and persuasive speech; use of visual aids, research, and evidence; ethical considerations; and techniques for building confidence in public speaking.<\/p>\n
This course was developed for the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative, a Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) grant-funded project, by Christie Fierro, Tacoma Community College and Brent Adrian, Central Community College.<\/p>\n
Much of the material for this course comes from\u00a0Introduction to Public Speaking<\/a> by Lisa Schreiber, licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND License<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lumen Learning\u2019s mission is to make great learning opportunities available to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.<\/p>\n We do this by using open educational resources (OER) to create well-designed and low-cost course materials that replace expensive textbooks. Because learning is about more than affordability and access, we also apply learning science insights and efficacy research to develop learning activities that are engineered to improve subject mastery, course completion and retention.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to connect with us to learn more about adopting this course, please\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also make an appointment<\/a>\u00a0for OER Office Hours<\/a> to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t About Lumen<\/h2>\n
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