eLearning doesn’t need to be limited to only classrooms and seminars. eLearning platforms can be used for any situation where you want to provide some structure to learning and knowledge acquisition. If you enjoy running a highly structured book club or are organizing one, then you may want to use an eLearning platform like Siminars to help organize the way your group reads the next book.
Siminars allows you to set out a structured way for the members of your book club to approach content. This can be as involved or as casual, as you like. Open Siminars are free to create and access. They can be easily used by all the members of your book club. They may also draw in other interested individuals.

Chunk the Book

Currently, Siminars are organized in a series of steps. There are plans to offer other options, such as chapters, in the future. You can simply make each step a single chapter. However, you may prefer to group chapters together. This can depend on the length of the chapters or on the amount of content you want to cover in a single step. Consider your options carefully and decide what makes the most sense for your book club.

Create a Checklist

Each step in a Siminar consists of a checklist associated with various actions. Use this checklist to guide your members through their reading. The first item on the checklist should be reading the book. You can also add discussion questions, to-do items, audio content, video content, polls, and quizzes to the to-do list. Items can be either required or optional. Which you choose will depend on how formally you want to structure the book club. A good place to start is with the reading and one or two discussion questions. You may also want to link to related audio or video.

Promote Discussion

The Siminar can be used to promote discussion outside of the book club meetings. It can also help guide the direction of the discussion during meetings. Ideas that prove particularly interesting can be explored by the group at their leisure.
After you have completed the book club based Simnar, you can go back to it and refine your steps or the process. In this way, you can create a public Siminar that will be a positive program for anyone interested in pursuing the books your club reads. Not only will you be making a positive contribution to the reading community, you will be promoting your unique book club.

You can use some of the Siminar options in unique ways when you combine it with a club that meets in real life. Use polls to query preferred snacks. Discussion questions can help you decide on meeting locations and times. If you are going to use the Siminar this way, you probably want to set most of your to-do list items to optional. That way, people can participate even if they don’t have the time to finish every part of the Siminar.