Learner Reviews & Feedback for Improving Communication Skills by University of Pennsylvania

Very impressive and interesting course

An informative and enjoyable course.

Very insightful and practical

Apt and comprehensive!

Interesting week #4

It was helpful 😊

Very good tips!

very rewarding

Excellent!!

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The information presented was interesting, informative, and the instructor presented salient examples that demonstrated the topic of discussion thoroughly. However, the scope was too large and was at the expense of thoroughness. At times, the information was presented as a list of bullet points to remember but not fully absorb/understand/apply. It would be beneficial to cut some of the content and make subsections more thorough e..g, nonverbal communication. With so much information, it was difficult to identify a takeaway/theme to apply to my everyday life.

I apologise, but I found this course difficult. I am at retirement age and my whole working life I've been praised for my communication skills. I received the highest pass possible for my English exam and was praised all throughout 4 years at University, but I still found this difficult. It didn't hang together for me; it didn't build on the previous section, its focus on deception and threats was disturbing . I never felt like giving up, so it held some interest for me to be fair. But just not my cup of tea.

The information was really interesting, but a little disjointed. It felt like these were bits and pieces pulled out of a bargaining and negotiations class. It wasn't a very interactive class (no exercises or papers), so honestly, I may have learned more in the same amount of time if I read the right chapters out of a bargaining and negotiations text book. It was a fine course with some interesting content, it just didn't come together as effectively as it might have.

I wish the points were clearer. I would have benefited more from exercises on thinking critically. I don't learn from getting bad grades on quizzes.

I was expecting something more for people who are working in communication area (like for examle spokesman, corporate communication or similar)

Great content espacially week 2 and 4. Many examples.

But deeply details about the some topic of the course will make it better

It gives good advice but it does not tell you how to communicate in the way to speak your mind.

The course should be easy and simple, by the way, the course is good, thank you.

Useful and helpful for my career.

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