TEX training through spoken tutorials
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Spoken Tutorials, a combination of screencast and voice over, are meant for self-learning of free and open source software (FOSS) systems. The pedagogy involved in creating spoken tutorials for LTEX is explained. A checklist, instructions for conductors and activity-based instructions for learners, along with the spoken tutorial are what is needed to conduct the two hour SELF FOSS Study Workshops. As one finds out during the workshop how to learn from these tutorials, one can complete the learning at home if two hours are insufficient. This method of learning has been shown to be effective. As it allows the conducting of these workshops without the domain experts, this methodology is scalable: we expect to conduct 500 workshops in a period of six months. The students are trained free of cost. The honorarium expenses for the conductors of these workshops work out to Rs. 25 per student per software package.
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