Hi Mick,
Thanks for your interest. There'll be no cost to you to take part in the beta test. In fact there'll be some bonus for those that do take part (exactly what hasn't been decided yet but it'll be something nice e.g. cyber exam credits, discounts or something of that nature ).
By the way, the beta test won't be presenting the entire course for a few reasons:
- the beta test will only run for about a month (and includes Christmas) but a real enrolment will give you 3 months to get through everything.
- We are looking for feedback on the principles of the presentation not a review of all of the material so there's no need to go through everything at this stage
- Finally, and this is the clincher, not all of the material is ready yet
In any case, the beta testers hopefully won't end up being too stressed to get everything done in time. For these reasons, we're only opening up the first 3 sections and a final exam for that material: "ERSA and ALAs", "The Importance of Density" and "Take-off and Landing Performance". Each section still includes lessons, in-class segments, exercises and drills as well as the E-Text as can be expected in the final course.
There'll be an exam at the end too (so we can also check the assessment mechanism) but don't get too stressed about it.
Just remember, in case we don't get the media DVD ready in time, you will need broadband (preferably flat-rate) so you can watch the movies and presentations online.
As for details, once we get all the testers together, I will send respective login details to the email addresses associated with the accounts here on bobtait.com.au. You'll be able to log-in to the online school but the course won't open for testing until December.
If you're just getting into Performance it will definitely help you with your preparations. The beta test is there to help us tweak the course but at the same time, if it isn't an interesting experience for the testers as well then Bob and I have a problem
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Just say the word if you want in and I'll put you on the list. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. There's no hidden gotchas.
Cheers,
Rich