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I am Kannan Moudgalya.

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We will learn what is meant by the side-by-side method.

We will find out how the side-by-side method helps learn one command at a time.

We will learn how one can learn slowly or fast using spoken tutorials.

We will learn WHERE the required material for a spoken tutorial is available.

We will learn how NOT to use spoken tutorials.

We also have a message for workshop organisers.

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To help you learn a software by yourself,

even if there is no expert to guide you.

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By learning one command at a time from a spoken tutorial.

What is meant by learning?

Is it just watching a spoken tutorial?

A big NO.

Or is it just by listening to a spoken tutorial carefully?

No again.

Learning comes from ...

yes, you got it – by doing, ... by reproducing every command shown in the spoken tutorial.

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The answer is YES.

What makes me say this?

This is BECAUSE, we make spoken tutorials suitable for self learning.

How do we do this?

It is a long story.

Let me just say that we have developed specific methods, for this purpose, at IIT Bombay.

Spoken Tutorials are created for SELF LEARNING.

And hence, YOU can reproduce every command shown in Spoken Tutorials.

What is the best way to reproduce every command?

Let us go to http://spoken-tutorial.org

Let us locate Scilab Spoken Tutorials

I already located this video.

Should I maximise the video?

Once again, a big NO.

In fact, you may make it smaller.

I have already made it as small as possible.

Bring up Scilab

On the other side, let us open the software the video teaches.

In this case, Scilab.

Because Scilab is an open source software, we can do this.

The Spoken Tutorial project does not promote commercial software.

So, you can always download the software that you want to work with, free of cost.

Should we maximise the software window?

NO again.

Instead, make it smaller and take it to the other side, as I have done.

I have now opened the spoken tutorial and the software to learn, SIDE BY SIDE.

What do we do next?

Let us go to the next slide.

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Listen to a command in the spoken tutorial.

Pause the video.

Try out the same command on the software.

If the command works, listen to the next command.

If it does not work, rewind the tutorial.

Listen again, and try.

Repeat.

pause it

type the cmd in Scilab

Let me reproduce this command on the Scilab software.

p equals 1 2 3, close bracket.

We get identical results, as in the video.

I hate listening to the video, doing nothing.

It is also EXTREMELY slow.

The spoken tutorial method allows you to practise slowly or fast.

I will now explain how you can learn fast.

You can work on the software, while simultaneously listening to the video.

Let us listen to the next command, and simultaneously, try it out on the software.

Let me press the play button.

Type in parallel silently

Pause the video

You saw me typing while listening to the video.

This is ONE WAY to learn faster using spoken tutorials.

Let me repeat.

The spoken tutorial approach allows you to practise slowly or fast.

One can use some overlapping positions, in this case.

Let me show an example of this, in the next slide.

point using the mouse

You see a spoken tutorial on xfig, and also the xfig software.

Although there is an overlap, you can still see parts of it.

You can also change positions, and change the size, as you proceed.

Anything other than maximising is permissible!

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What happens if the spoken tutorial says open a file?

Without that file, learning will be ineffective – won't it?

Don't worry – we make available every file used in a spoken tutorial.

Because, without these, all steps of a spoken tutorial cannot be reproduced.

For this, let me open a C and C++ tutorial called tokens.

Pause after results.

Let me play now.

Let me pause.

The video says, open a file by name, tokens.c.

Only if this file is made available, can all the steps be reproduced.

Let us see whether this file is available on the web page.

click the link

Hey, here is a link called, Code files.

It seems to have the file, tokens.c.

Let us check whether we can download it.

Let me click this link.

Lo and behold, the file is ready to be saved.

Let us not save it, however.

I will leave it as an exercise to you.

For example, the zip file may immediately download, without your confirmation.

In any case, be assured that all the required files will be available through such a link.

Don't worry.

It is possible to create an image file, for offline viewing.

Let me show from where in the spoken tutorial web page you can create this image.

Show the buttons

As the browser is made very small, all the links are not visible.

To see all the links, let me make the screen bigger.

It is available at Software Training, Downloads, Create your own disk image.

The zip file created through this facility also has all the associated files.

In some rare cases, the required files may be missing.

If this happens, we need your help to correct the problem.

Let us make the screen smaller again.

Let us go back to the previous tab.

Let us scroll up.

Please click this link and provide the required information.

Let me go to the next slide.

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We learnt what is meant by the side-by-side method.

We have found out how the side-by-side method helps learn one command at a time.

We explained how one can learn slowly or fast using spoken tutorials.

We learnt WHERE ALL the required material for a spoken tutorial are available.

We also learnt how NOT to use spoken tutorials.

If you just watch a spoken tutorial, you do not get the full benefit.

It is NOT AT ALL a workshop.

If an organiser tells you to watch a spoken tutorial, they are NOT doing their duty.

Please follow the side-by-side method, as explained in this tutorial.

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Reproduce every step shown in this tutorial.

Apply this method to a spoken tutorial on another topic.

Spread the word – that spoken tutorial helps a student learn by doing.

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Give certificates.

Please contact us.