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Leigh Faulkner
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Dr Leigh Faulkner is a native of Nova Scotia in Canada where he received his elementary and secondary education and initial teacher training, and where he was a teacher and school administrator. After his public school service, he taught at universities in Canada, Vietnam, a...
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Mastering the Academic Desk Research Paper
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Mastering the Academic Desk Research Paper
3-4 hrs 6,307 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Relate a focused research question or thesis statement
  • Collect and analyze the information needed for a desk research paper
  • Indicate appropriate ways to organize a desk research paper
  • Identify the qualities of effective academic writing
  • Describe how to edit and revise a desk research paper
  • Define skills to other types of academic writing
  • State valuable collegial support to your peers by developing your peer editing skills
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Academic Writing
Mastering the Academic Desk Research Paper
3-4 hrs
6307 enrolled
Facilitating Adult Learning Groups
1.5-3 hrs 13,084 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Recall factors that contribute to learner diversity
  • Describe the important special characteristics of adult learners
  • Explain the unique needs of adult learners
  • Analyze the features of effective learning-group structure and dynamics
  • Indicate the features of effective collaborative learning
  • Identify and examine features of effective collaborative tasks
  • Distinguish features of effective assessment with adult learners
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Education
Facilitating Adult Learning Groups
1.5-3 hrs
13084 enrolled
Deep Reading
1.5-3 hrs 5,554 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the importance of prior knowledge when reading a text
  • Describe the use of the ‘K-W-L-H’ chart to guide your learning
  • Distinguish pre-reading strategies appropriate to the text to be read
  • Identify the textual structural factors to consider when reading a text
  • Select appropriate post-reading strategies to consolidate your learning
  • Describe bottom-up, top-down and interactive reading approaches
  • Identify the metacognitive skills involved in reading
  • Contrast skimming and scanning techniques
  • Explain the construction and use of the word ‘bank’
  • Compare and contrast vocabulary mapping structures
  • Describe the text-summarizing process
  • Recognize bias in texts
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Personal Development
Deep Reading
1.5-3 hrs
5554 enrolled
Appreciating Metaphor
1.5-3 hrs 1,087 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Recognize that metaphor is a basic element of English
  • Explain how metaphor is a way of thinking that gives rise to ways of expressing thoughts
  • Describe how metaphor works
  • Identify how the mapping theory of metaphor is a useful way to unlock the meaning of expressions
  • Analyze a number of top-level metaphors
  • Distinguish ways top-level metaphors provide models for the construction of basic-level metaphors
  • Indicate a new depth of understanding and appreciation of the rich expressiveness of English
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English Literature
Appreciating Metaphor
1.5-3 hrs
1087 enrolled
Foundations of Effective Oral Communication
1.5-3 hrs 1,935 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify barriers to effective oral communication
  • Describe the elements of the oral communication process
  • Explain the effective use of empathic listening
  • Differentiate between situations requiring formal or informal feedback
  • Determine when to use open-ended and closed questions during feedback events
  • Analyse behaviours associated with four specific communication styles
  • Recognise characteristics of the four personality types identified by the DiSC inventory
  • Differentiate between the ‘5 Whys’ and the ‘Funnel’ information-gathering strategies
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of self-disclosure during the oral communication process
  • Relate the four areas of the ‘Johari Window’ to oral communication
  • Identify major events that have influenced current generations
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Communication Skills
Foundations of Effective Oral Communication
1.5-3 hrs
1935 enrolled
The Learning Resources Road to Academic Success
1.5-3 hrs 466 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Select learning resources consistent with the three-phase approach to the study
  • Compare effective vocabulary-building strategies
  • Evaluate your prior knowledge to identify gaps
  • Explain the question-generation approach to knowledge construction
  • Distinguish between social and individual-learning resources
  • Identify the qualities of rigorous instructors and learners
  • Arrange inventories of available learning resources
  • Explain how a learning management system supports learning
  • Identify useful online publications
  • Describe the ‘Cornell Method’ of notetaking
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Learning Strategies
The Learning Resources Road to Academic Success
1.5-3 hrs
466 enrolled
Workplace Essential Skills Training Needs Assessment
1.5-3 hrs 365 learners
By Leigh Faulkner
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Compare the updated “Skills for Success” and the original essential skills published by the Government of Canada
  • Describe the role of the TNA consultant
  • Evaluate the need for a TNA based on workplace performance hints
  • Explain why confidentiality is essential for everyone involved in the TNA process
  • Distinguish the difference between an INA and a TNA
  • Identify the nine essential “Skills for Success”
  • Select significant data for the writing of observations
  • Explain the process of writing program recommendations
  • Identify the roles of the various participants in the TNA process
  • Explain the TNA data analysis process
  • Explain the use of NOCs when preparing focus group and INA protocols
  • Describe the roles of the Interim and Final Project Teams
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Business Development
Workplace Essential Skills Training Needs Assessment
1.5-3 hrs
365 enrolled
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