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ORAL HISTORY MADE EASY™
The No 1 learning platform for oral historians
Join us on the Six Steps To Success programme designed to transform you from novice to proficient oral historian is six easy steps - and we're with you every step of the way.
At Oral History Made Easy ™ , we take the mystery out of oral history.
Your oral history journey, your way
Oral testimony provides a unique way to capture eyewitness accounts of the past in the voices of those who have been overlooked or deliberately silenced. Yet, for many, the prospect of training to become an oral historian can be overwhelming. Concerns about ethics, finding participants, recording the oral history interview and curating an oral history collection are just some of the perceived obstacles to become an oral historian.
Now, you can now take control of your oral history development journey. At Oral History Made Easy ™, we guide you through the entire process of becoming an oral historian from start to finish into six easy to follow actionable steps. With one to one mentorship, live sessions and peer support, we equip you with the knowledge, skills and attributes needed to become an accomplished oral historian. So become a curator of history and book your place today on our Summer 2024 intake. Places limited to 20 students in total.
We are all hard wired to share stories and everyone has a story to tell. Yet in an increasingly polarised world where everyone is clamoring to be heard, so many voices are marginalised or deliberately silenced.
By becoming an oral historian with Oral History Made Easy ™ training and mentorship programme, you will help ensure those 'extraordinary ordinary' stories are recorded for current and future generations - and we will support you at every step in your development journey. Start learning with us today by downloading our Oral History Top Tips 2024 series.
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We're with you every single step of the way
By completing our Oral History Made Easy ™ 'Six steps to success' online training and mentoring programme, you will be transformed from novice to proficient oral historian in just 8 weeks. Oral History Made Easy ™ uses proven teaching and mentoring techniques to maximise your learning experience. The programme is designed to enable you to succeed from start to finish - and we're with you every step of the way.
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Join us for one of our free 'Are you ready to do oral history?' webinars in 2024 for a discussion about oral history and a special preview of the summer programme. If you have already attended one of our 2024 webinars, you can download a copy of Dr Angela Maye-Banbury's presentation from here using the password emailed to you after the event.
Combining the power of live online sessions, clear actionable steps, case studies, interactive exercises, reflective practice, group based workshops and one on one mentorship, you will develop the competencies, skills and attributes needed to become a proficient oral historian - and we're at your side every step of the way.
With Oral History Made Easy, you stay centre stage in your own oral history development journey, clearly signposted at each stage of the 'Six Steps To Success' programme- and we're with you every single step of the way.
Oral History Made Easy equips you with the essential knowledge, skills and attributes needed to practice oral history. Taking around 28-30 hours in total to complete, including 6 live 1.5 hours sessions with your tutor, the Oral History Made Easy programme is designed to enable you to practice as an oral historian in as efficient time frame as possible while ensuring you have the essentials you need to be a proficient oral history practioner. Here's how.
With Oral History Made Easy, you are set up to succeed as an oral historian from the outset. From exploring definitions of oral history, ethics, the equipment you'll need and managing your oral history project, Oral History Made Easy covers it all. Quality learning resources, tutor/peer support and one to one mentorship support you throughout your oral history journey. To preview the topics you will explore by week by week, click here.
So come and join us in 2024. With Oral History Made Easy, we take the mystery out of oral history.
We'd love to be part of your special journey in becoming an oral historian.
Join us for one of our special free course previews 2024 find out why oral history is more important than ever and how you can be transformed from novice to proficient oral historian in our 'Six Steps To Success' programme.
(ii) Book your place today for summer 2024. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis with a limit of 20 students per intake.
