My frustrations in using the D.A. materials available to us in Logos came out in another thread. In thinking about this, I wondered about a video series to explain D.A., but those are expensive to produce, and don't always hit the mark on what is needed.
Maybe a series of on-line interactive (via texting / email, e.g.) seminars (AKA webinars) would be better; something that would help us understand 1) what we see when we look at the HDNT and/or LDGNT, and 2) how to make effective/fruitful use of these resources. I would envision a 1 hr. seminar 1ce/wk for several weeks (recorded so that if we missed one, we could still keep up). I would expect that 1) would take some time, as D.A. lingo and methods seem a bit obtuse, at times; and that 2) would give examples of using D.A. to tease out meaning that is especially obvious when applying D.A. principles to the D.A. markers found in the HDNT and the LDGNT.
The two main advantages of an online seminar over professionally produced video is 1) cost is much lower, since there is no post-production editing, retakes, etc. 2) being interactive, points that need clarification can be done 'on the spot' or at least within minutes. A third advantage is that a 'failure' one week on some point could be addressed the next week (just like in a classroom).
The biggest disadvantage is that participants would potentially be located across many time-zones. A second disadvantage is that there would need to be at least one additional person (besides presenter and videographers) to field, prioritize and pass on questions that are sent in. A third disadvantage may be bandwidth requirements of a webinar.
Prep time would be about the same as for a classroom, and its possible that existing classroom material could be adapted for the project.
Could these be free or discounted to Logos users / Scholars & above / Greek Discourse bundle owners? If not, I would not object to a modest enrollment fee, if I could keep a copy of all the sessions on my computer for later review.
EDIT: Uh, as Graham pointed out below, the DVD's are already out (sorry for missing that tiny bit of information!). So the whole cost benefit of doing webinars vs videos doesn't apply in this case. I still think a series of interactive on-line seminars could be useful, though.
