Course ePortfolio

Public Speaking

This collection contains the California Open Educational Resources Council (COERC) list of peer-reviewed textbooks for Public Speaking (common course-id COMM 110) , one of the top 50 college courses identified for inclusion in the California Open Online Library for Education (COOLforEd).

CID Number: COMM 110

http://www.c-id.net/descriptor_details.html?descriptor=241

Course:

General Course Description: COMM 110

Theory and techniques of public speaking in democratic society. Discovery, development, and criticism of ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, presentation, and evaluation of various types of speeches including informative and persuasive speeches.

Minimum Units: 3.0

Date Added to MERLOT:: July 25, 2014
Created by:: Gerry Hanley
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Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s):

None Specified

Corequisite(s):
(none)

Advisories/Recommendations:

None Specified

Pedagogical Approach & Learning Outcomes

Pedagogical Approach

None

Learning Outcomes

Course Content:

Principles of human communication
Theory and techniques of public speaking in society
Critical analysis of public discourse
Types of public speaking
Listening skills
Elements of effective public speaking, including analysis of communication situation, ethics and diversity, audience, occasion, purpose, selection of subject matter, research, evidence evaluation, organization, presentation skills, and evaluation of communication effectiveness

Laboratory Activities (if applicable):

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Explain the basic principles of human communication;
Analyze their communication situation, audience, occasion, and purpose; and selection of subject matter;
Formulate through research, analysis, and organization of material; presentation of the message; and evaluation of the effectiveness of their communication;
Demonstrate that they are careful and critical thinkers and communicators, both as speakers and as listeners;
Explain their relationship and ethical responsibilities to others involved in the communication transaction.

Assessment & Other Information

Assessment

Methods of Evaluation:

Speech presentations in front of a live audience; speech outlines and bibliographies; critiques of speeches; quizzes and tests.

Other Information

None

Course Resources

Public Speaking - The Virtual Text (Open (Access) Textbook)

The Public Speaking Project's virtual textbook has 18 chapters that have been contributed by a variety of speech... More

The Public Speaking Project's virtual textbook has 18 chapters that have been contributed by a variety of speech professionals who are dedicated to providing free and low cost instructional materials. Each chapter contains an outline, objectives, review questions and suggested activities in addition to the formatted text and images availabe in PDF format. Chapters also have a supplementary online page with terminology definitions and links to related materials. To see how the textbook is used by Dr. Mark Stoner at Sacramento State University in his Introduction to Public Speaking course, please click on the Faculty OER Adopter ePortfolio link below: http://contentbuilder.merlot.org/toolkit/users/COOLforEd/publicspeaking_stoner_oer_eportfolio
Successful Public Speaking (Open (Access) Textbook)

Bookboon's free textbook authored by Personal Coach Arina Nikitina contains 5 chapters with specific, easy to practice... More

Bookboon's free textbook authored by Personal Coach Arina Nikitina contains 5 chapters with specific, easy to practice strategies and tools to help students structure their speeches; cope with nervousness; maximize the effect of presentations with visual aids; and connect with audiences of varied sizes. The book has no student assignments but does offer a list of references to free online resources for further exploration.
Communications (Open (Access) Textbook)

Boundless Communications is a college-level, introductory open textbook that on the subject of Communications, with a... More

Boundless Communications is a college-level, introductory open textbook that on the subject of Communications, with a particular focus on public speaking. Boundless works with subject matter experts to select the best open educational resources available on the web, review the content for quality, and create introductory, college-level textbooks designed to meet the study needs of university students.
Stand up, Speak - The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking (Open (Access) Textbook)

This free open textbook authored by Wrench, Goding, Johnson, and Attias focuses on helping students become more seasoned... More

This free open textbook authored by Wrench, Goding, Johnson, and Attias focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers and secondly on ethics in communication which sets it apart from other other texts. The primary goal is to help students prepare and deliver a variety of different types of speeches and with limited instructional time available, a streamlinedd approach is taken. Its fifteen chapters are divided into four clear units of information: introduction to public speaking, speech preparation, speech creation, and speech presentation. In addition to practicality, this text has a focus on the ethics of public speaking from both a source’s and a receiver’s point of view with eight specific categories of public speaking ethics content areas: freedom of speech, honesty, plagiarism, ethical listening, ethical research, hate words, diversity, and codes of ethics. Each chapter features learning objectives, key takeaways, exercises, and end-of-chapter assessments.