[FM Discuss] Book Sprint Badges

[John Curwood]

On 25/04/12 04:40, mick fuzz wrote:
>
> I'm really not sure which approach is best for these workbooks.
>
>   * Very short chapters
>   * Longer Chapters which group commonly performed tasks into sections
>
I Would use the second method, but have the different tasks build on 
each other. For eg. have a chapter on basic editing, that starts with 
opening a file, and then moves to the different editing tasks. As these 
manuals are written in a workbook style, I would have a specific audio 
file that the reader would work on as they follow through the workbook. 
So for the trimming example, I would have this file require trimming of 
some unwanted sound that comes at the beginning or end of the file, you 
have a specific part of the file that you want to cut and move. Another 
skill that would be included in this would be the selection of parts of 
the audio file that you need to trim. I have found that most people 
Learn  best when they have a specific example to work through along side 
a manual/workbook that is tailored to that example. The hardest part 
with this design, is to come up with the example file to work with as 
would would need to meet the specific criteria that require all the 
actions in the workbook chapter to be carried out on the file.

I would love to help with setting up this pilot, although my experience 
with the specified applications has been pretty basic, I have had to 
create a number of workbook style manuals on different spreadsheet tools 
at work.

You also talked before about what style of workbook would be best. I 
think when it comes to learning skills, the style of manual you use is 
quite different from that usually found in the documentation section on 
most software sites. I have found that that usually just tells you the 
technical aspects of how to use a tool. (e.g. you go to this menu, 
adjust this option and click OK, etc.). When it comes to manuals that 
will be used by trainers/educators in a teaching situation, the manuals 
need to go in deeper and show how said tool can be used to create a 
desired outcome.

Cheers,

John.

> Feedback on this is very welcome.
> --//
>
> Another area is p2p2 - If we want to integrate this kind of workbook 
> with P2pu how does this best happen?
>
> To try to explore this I'm taking a course here - 
> https://p2pu.org/en/groups/certified-networked-teacher
> And giving a simple course here - 
> https://p2pu.org/en/groups/introduction-to-audio-editing-using-audacity/
>
> I would welcome everyone to join me in this journey into p2pu!
>
> nice one
> Mick
>
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