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The Workshops
THE National Workshop
Next National Workshop
Past EDA Clients
Workshop Benefits to You
Workshop Instructors
Special Short Courses
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These workshops have been conducted many times throughout the United
States and internationally with a variety of target audiences. Each workshop
includes a specially written Participant Handbook that utilizes different
handout templates. The latter are models for the participants to use or
modify in their own programs. Each segment of the workshop opens with activities
or exercises related to the segment objectives and is followed by discussion
of the activity or exercise. Depending on the background and experience
of the participants, some segments begin with short interactive presentations
related to the sections of the Participant Handbook with a follow-up
activity or exercise. All segments are completed with a discussion of how
the principles and ideas can be applied immediately in the participants'
programs.
Each workshop segment is based on current research with practical and
creative applications. What makes these workshops special and different?
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Research. All workshop segments are based on sound theory, exceptional
experience, and practical application. In many sections, a bibliography
of references is provided for further reading and to document the ideas. |
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Real World Practical Experience. Tom Cyrs has spent more than 35
years teaching and doing what is presented in the workshops. He has taught
on interactive television, with audioconferencing, and with the Internet
and World Wide Web. The tools and strategies are practical and immediately
applicable in your own distance learning programs. |
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Accelerated. If you wink or yawn during these workshops, something
will be missed. You will be totally absorbed in fast-paced and enthusiastic
presentations, focused and moving discussions, and creative exercises and
activities. |
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Application. Tom Cyrs uses the strategies throughout the workshop
that he teaches and recommends. You will go away with many new ideas that
can by applied right away. |
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Fun. You will have fun and enjoy yourself learning about these new
ideas for distance learning. Tom Cyrs is known for his use of storytelling,
anecdotes, poems, visual analogies, and magic illusion to drive the important
points home. Who said you can't have fun while you learn? Be prepared--anything
can happen! |
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Contagious. You can't help but get excited about the possibilities
of distance learning. It is happening. It is evolving at a dizzying pace.
You will learn about distance learning through energetic presentations that
energize you to learn more. |
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