Dear
friends and colleagues.
I would like to recruit volunteers who are willing to spend 40 minutes per week in online training course over 8 week period to learn how to touch type (keyboarding). I’m interested in this topic and trying to find an answer based on data I receive. I’m trying to come up with an answer about how long does it take to learn how to touch type, for people who lack the skill before or for those who gained wrong skill in typing.
I would like to recruit volunteers who are willing to spend 40 minutes per week in online training course over 8 week period to learn how to touch type (keyboarding). I’m interested in this topic and trying to find an answer based on data I receive. I’m trying to come up with an answer about how long does it take to learn how to touch type, for people who lack the skill before or for those who gained wrong skill in typing.
By
the end of this course I will perform statistical analysis on the data and
share with you the results; Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation. The
primary question is “ How long does it take to learn to touch type at speed of
15 word per minutes for people who lack the skill“
How does this course work?
It
is an 8 week program, which includes two training sessions per week (On Saturday
and Tuesday). Each session lasts for 20 minutes.
Upon
registration, your user name and password will be sent to you through the
email, along with the website URL address. You will then access the website, read
the instruction carefully and start practicing touch-typing, without looking at
the keyboard. I will monitor your progress online, by observing your practice
duration, accuracy and speed per minutes.
At
the end of each week, I will send you feedback of your progress, along with
graphical presentation of your speed and accuracy. The goal in this very short
course is to reach to 10 words per minute speed with 100% accuracy. With more
training you can reach to 20 wpm and even more. Normally, average person can
handwrite 20 words per minute, but with touch typing training a person can
reach 60 to 80 words per min.
There
is optional online interactive session every Tuesday-starting October 14th,
at 6 P.M Makkah time. This will be through Skype or other platforms (e.g. Google
Hangout).
When does this start?
October
7th, 2014, and lasts for 8 weeks.
What does this course require?
Commitment
for practicing 40 minutes per week. Session need to be finish before Saturday
and Tuesday 6 P.M. Makkah time.
Who can enroll?
Any
body who is interested to learn how to touch type, who lacks the skill or types
in wrong way (e.g. hunting for letters, looking to the keyboard or typing with
two index).
Who cannot enroll?
If
you already had any type of training.
If
you can’t commit on doing two session per week.
Note;
although you can’t enroll if you had any kind of training before but I can still help
out and give you user-name/password and monitor your progress. But I’m not going to
use the data in the analysis.
Why I’m doing this training?
I’m
looking for data, that’s why I’m interested to teach and mentor small cohort of
students. I will send you few optional questions by the end of this
mini-course.
This
course is definitely free, I get the data and you get the training, it’s a
win-win situation.
What should I do to get enroll?
Send
me your Date of Birth, First and Last name and Email. Once I receive them, I
will generate your user name and password and email them back to you. You then,
will be able to log in any time, read the instruction and start typing.
What are the required materials?
Although
it’s prefer to use desktop, lap top still can be used. But remember, lap tops
are not for long time use and they might cause wrists and neck pain; and strain
of the eye muscles. If laptops are to be used, it’s preferred to use external
keyboard, mouse and laptops monitor to bring the screen up to the eye level.
More
information about the ergonomic of working on a computer will be discussed in
the optional session.
What is the importance of touch-typing?
Most
of the communications now-days are becoming through writing. Emails, Social
Media and writing on MS word all require good skill in touch typing to be more
productive and to save time. Many exams like TOEFL, ILETS and USMLE Clinical
Skill are changing to be computer based. Typing fast and accurate will increase
your chance in finishing those tests in timely manner. Many office jobs require the person to type fast and accurate to communicate finish up the work quickly. Typing in wrong way takes longer time, distract you-by flipping your eyes between the screen and keyboard- and makes writing unpleasant with the time.
Please do not hesitate to ask further details. Below is my email, in case you want to enroll or ask question.
Sultan Alwajeeh.
Email: alwajeeh.em@gmail.com
Skype:snak700