*What is a Teleclass?
A teleclass is a class which is conducted via a telephone conference call; participants use what is called a phone bridge. At the prescribed hour of the class, you call the phone bridge number and you will be automatically connected to all the other participants. The instructor hears a beep when you join the call and will usually say something like: "Hi, who just joined the call?" You answer by giving your name and where you are calling from ("Hi, this is Laurie from Cambridge, Mass.") After about 3 minutes the instructor will begin the teleclass. Most teleclasses are very interactive, meaning that you may ask questions or discuss key points with the Instructor or other participants, The instructor manages the call by sharing information on the teleclass topic, facilitating the discussion, and responding to issues raised. Teleclass learning is the virtual classroom of the new millennium. The advantages of the teleclass format will be attracting more and more people. Some of these advantages include:Top Ten Advantages to Taking a Teleclass:
1. Information/Training: you gain valuable information, get new ideas, and/or lean new skills based on the topic of the teleclass.
2. Convenience & Comfort: You can make the call from your home or office (or car or boat or airplane!); you can call from your bed or your bathtub.. youcan wear whatever you want: your pajamas, yourbathing suit, or nothing at all! You can call from a hammock in Tahiti...while on vacation...orat work. Wherever you are, if there is a telephone, you can take a teleclass.
3. Hassle-Free: No communting hassles...no rush hour traffic to deal with...no parking problems.
4. Time-Saving: A one-hour call is just one hour. No need to include commuting time or parking time with your class time.
5. Moving-Saving: Many teleclasses are free, most are inexpensive. You payone for the long-distance hone charge withch should only be about 5 cents/minute (or $3.00). Gas and parking for a regular class will cost much more than that!
6. Diversity: Participants call in from all over the United States (and the world!) - the teleclass becomes a national/international classroom. You can learn so much more from such diverse backgrounds and cultures!
7. Connection: Participants report feeling connected to a diverse group of peole with a common interest or concern. You truly get to experience and be part of our global community!
8. Increased Participation: Teleclasses are highly interactive...as if everyone is "sitting in the fornt row". It can be easier to sare and be heard...to ask questions and to get feedback. However, you can also choose to just sit and listen i.e. be in the "back row."
9. Increased Intimacy: Because of the anonymity of the teleclass, many participants report that it is easier toshare more personal concerns/situations; they feel safer to take more risks...which can lead to greater insights and even breakthroughs. People also report the ocnformt they feel byhearing that they are not alone in their concerns.
10. Cutting-Edge Learning:
You are in the Vanguard...the first Wave...of this exciting learning modalityand
will be with others who are also on THE Wave. Therefore there tends
to be highter level discussions and deeper learning. You are with
a select group of peole who, like you, want to be in the forefront...take
risks...grow and evolve!
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