#0, Online Arameic Course
Posted by mottip on Jun-08-2001 at 12:07 PM
I'm a graduate of CSU-Hayward in Online Instruction, and would like to help in building an audio-visual course for spoken Arameic for the use of Assyrian educators and learners.
I would like to put my experience in online course design and instruction to your service, since I'm deeply touched by your history, language and am happy your're there.
#1, RE: Online Aramaic Course
Posted by Sargon on Jun-13-2001 at 01:59 PM
In response to message #0
Thank you for your kind words and generous offer to develop an online educational course. Please give some specific details regarding the necessary resources you will need to accomplish this objective, and I will help you as much as possible. We can integrate into the course the usage of our online Aramaic Lexicon and Concordance.
#2, RE: Online Aramaic Course
Posted by mottip on Jun-14-2001 at 02:19 AM
In response to message #1
Hi Sargon,The platform I normally use for building online courses is called Blackboard, and can be found under https://www.blackboard.com . Blackboard allows you to offer online courses, and in case you want to have them free to all, they also don't charge you for your course/courses.
The next point is which materials do you have, which you can offer (text, audio, video), and who is your target learners.
In case you need a basic language course, one can use the PDF course offered online, add RealAudio files to the Arameic text and then think about some exercise.
Then comes the course itself: do you have a language primer, or should it be written from scratch? Do you have schools for the youth where your language is taught? Do you need the course for secular or religious purposes?
Greetings,
Mottip
#3, RE: Online Aramaic Course
Posted by Sargon on Jun-14-2001 at 01:42 PM
In response to message #2
» Last edited by Sargon on Jun-14-2001 at 07:28 PM (CT)Thanks for the additional information. The development team at www.atour.com would like to develop an online educational center whereby teachers can access centralized curriculums, download and distribute them within their educational institutions. By avoiding potential religious controversies and other related issues, we would prefer to focus our efforts on preservation of our Aramaic language. (our language has been referred to by other names as well, see page endnotes below). Gradually, through the use and standardization of the language reference and usage, our nation which is currently divided along numerous religious (Christian) denominations and dialects can perhaps finally begin to speak and comprehend one another, a positive step in reaching national unity.
I've personally visited www.blackboard.com a few months ago during a feasibility study for an Assyrian teacher and found it has good benefits. However, I would opt to have our educational information located on our server for a variety of reasons, namely availability, security, internal teacher/student access capabilities, ability to experiment with unicode options and lastly, we consider the information to be sacred. 
Initial educational objectives would be grammar level material, a combination of these websites integrated into one centralized distribution point. Here are the links...
Assyrian Aramaic Website
Learn Assyrian Website
Grammar Section of www.peshitta.org
Aramaic Lexicon and Concordance
Newly developed school with promising visions...
St. Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School
Other related information...
A Bird's Eye View of the Syriac Language and Literature
There are also schools located at the epicenter of Assyria (in Northern Iraq), named Nisibin, including several classes offered by Assyrian organizations in Western countries.
I would also like to mention that if there are people reading these messages and are active in educational curriculums or endeavors, please share your comments and experiences with us, thanks!

#5, RE: Online Aramaic Course
Posted by mottip on Jun-17-2001 at 01:01 AM
In response to message #3
Thank you Sargon and Albert!
As far as I can see, you are going in the right direction. I went through most of the sites mentioned by Sargon, and I see serious work done.
However, the courses you are building are designed for individuals who want to read the holy scriptures. I'm wondering whether they'll serve right people who are keen on the spoken word.
In this respect I may recommend an online course titled "Russian through Film", develeped by Prof. Paperno from Cornell: https://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/brtf/
Another course used to instruct Hebrew to immigrants may be found under:
https://www.blackboard.com/courses/HEB103
which you are welcome to visit as a guest.
I would be glad to hear your opinion, and and with a song, which may amuse you:
"De-sabin a-ba bi-trey zu-zey,
Chad gad-ya, Chad gad-ya."
Which ou may listen to under:
www.jewishmusic.com/ramfiles/pavot10d_05.ram
Greetings,
Motti
#4, RE: Online Arameic Course
Posted by Albert on Jun-16-2001 at 08:44 PM
In response to message #0
God bless you. this is great. We will do our best to help.Albert