My personal opinion is that reading should be handled by each member of the
group. You should use the group time to work on the hands-on lab part. If a
certain topic is a problem then maybe there should be a formal lecture, but
if you all got a lab manual and starting working on labs that would probaly
be the most effective use of time. We are going to form a group and probaly
meet twice a week for group lab time. (Wed Evening and Sat Afternoon about 6
hours a week) Reading should be done every day by each participant. Having
three or four people working on, thinking up and executing lab scenarios is
a powerful tool.
Good Luck
Duck
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Cisco Cert (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: Study group format info wanted
> Hi all,
>
> I am interested in starting a study group at my company, and am interested
> in how other existing study groups are formatted. For instance, I know
that
> some groups read a chapter from a book, then meet to discuss that
particular
> chapter and ask each other questions.
>
> An idea that I had was to come up with topics that were of interest to the
> group, have a person volunteer to take a topic and become an expert on
that
> particular subject. In the beginning there could be a large list of
topics,
> people would volunteer, and meetings would be scheduled to discuss a
> particular topic on a particular night. Topics could be added as
necessary.
> The subject expert would lecture (informally speaking) and during the
> explanation of the subject questions could be asked by the group members.
> If there were questions that could not be answered, the lecturer would
write
> them down and get back to the group at the next meeting.
>
> My rationale is that you must really learn a subject if you have to
explain
> it clearly to others. The person doing the explaining will have to really
> understand what he is talking about, as well as be able to explain it to
> others. Sharing this load among the members of the group should help
> everyone and, assuming everyone that lectures is clear and thorough, will
> minimize the amount of time for the group as a whole to gain proficiency
in
> topics.
>
> Are there any other groups doing this? Are there other formats that
> existing groups are using with success? I welcome feedback on the format,
> as well as any other suggestions to make efficient use of time.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
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