Public Speaking 4.0: Navigating Technology and AI
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 189
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Public Speaking 4.0 is a turn-key, online course package that covers the scope of introductory public speaking and provides students with instruction for effective AND ethical use of AI. It is tailored to the learning styles of today's students - concise enough to be comfortable using on a smartphone or tablet, but comprehensive enough to provide ample content and application for class.
The new edition includes all new teaching and learning videos for students and teaching resources for adopting instructors.
The two authors, Janice Thorpe and Sherry Morreale, chose to develop this new edition for online public speaking instructors based on three assumptions regarding online teaching and learning in higher education:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and programs like ChatGPT are here to stay and will impact instructors and students, most especially those in online technology-driven public speaking courses.
- Instructors of online public speaking courses have a choice. They can worry about the negative impact of AI on their courses and students. Or they can use the challenges inherent in AI as new pedagogical opportunities for enhancing online public speaking instruction.
- The authors used their extensive online teaching and research experiences to provide pedagogical resources to support the effective and ethical use of AI in public speaking courses. They have expanded the previous edition to a new Public Speaking 4.0: Navigating Technology and AI. This new 4th edition describes AI in accessible language, including activities and assignments for using tools like ChatGPT creatively and ethically.
Module 1: Understanding Communication and Public Speaking
Module 2: Preparing a Speech Competently
Module 3: Presenting Your Speech Competently
Module 4: Speaking to Inform
Module 5: Speaking to Persuade
Module 6: Speaking at Work and in Other Settings
Module 7: Visualizing Your Presentation
Module 8: Designing Slides that Stand Out
Module 9: Creating Presentations with Technology
Module 10: Leveraging Technology for Powerful Presentations
I appreciate the thought and care spent on public speaking, one couched in tradition but also recognizing new technological realities and how they affect the speechmaking process.
Jay Bourne | Department Chair
University of the Cumberlands
Feedback from a recent Peer Review:
"Fully modernized approach to teaching communication. I like the whole presentation of the book. It is refreshingly brief. It moves pretty briskly. I love the tech focus."
"I really like the topics selected and that the information is streamlined. Everything is uniform and laid out in an easy-to-read format, very concise and not repetitive. It does not gloss over anything, yet it does not linger too long on any one concept or topic. It is different in terms of the shorter paragraphs and many pictures. I think the tables and pictures mixed into the chapter(s) help keep students engaged."
"Students will really appreciate the straightforward manner in which the text is written, the examples, and relevant material. The writing style uses terms and concepts today's student can relate to. Students enjoy a multimedia approach to learning and the videos, worksheets, etc. help to reinforce the topics. I think this is definitely a step above other publications out there and the book I have used in years past."
"I like how the author uses simplicity to help those students who get lost when trying to grasp new concepts. I find it engaging because there is a mix of tables, quotes, and writing to break concepts up."
"Again, I enjoyed the variety of activities as well as having things embedded and easily accessible to students. The worksheet/activities are especially helpful so students can insert their own information about their topics."