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If you are all worked up about writing and editing but haven't subscribed to Poynter Online , high time you did. Although the focus here is on enhancing journalistic skills, yet it is very relevant for people writing for the web or any elearning content.

The latest newsletter of Chip on your Shoulder Transforming Questions talks about the key to asking the right questions to elicit the right answer by focusing on the objective of the question. In the elearning space, this is akin to defining the 'learning objective' and designing the all important 'assessment strategies.'

Check out the table of questions at the end. This is a wonderful example of how to cut down extraneous words and how to say things simply, briefly and directly...isn't this what we keep harping about?