Conversations as a learning tool
How much can you learn by listening: The educational potential of conversations online. Thanks to the team at Deccan Herald for publishing this. Webinars and online sessions are the norm today in many of our education institutions. Listening to conversations, too, can be an equally effective tool. Listening to conversations between people who have made the best of life's opportunities, are well-versed in their fields, and have lived inspiring lives can open up new worlds. These are conversations where two people discuss, at length, a topic they are passionate about - conversations that Ralph Waldo Emerson referred to as “ art ” and “ the best of life ”. These conversations, available on YouTube, include sessions from events such as literature festivals. Watching these videos provides us with an opportunity to listen to people who leave us flummoxed by their sheer brilliance - people we may never get to meet. These conversations can make us aware of people we were ignorant of unti...