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4/29/2020

18 Comments

Challenge #3: Instead of lecturing on a topic during a face-to-face program, I could...

 
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Sara
5/3/2020 09:23:21 pm

Provide some content and make it available to them before coming to the session, and ask them to send you any topic that they will be comfortable to talk about it in the group, and why. This will give an overall clue as to where the focus of the class should be.

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Kimberly Devlin
5/29/2020 11:41:35 am

Sara, giving ownership of program sections to learners can certainly allow them to start in the comfort zone and transition into their growth zones...without encroaching on their panic zones!

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Jody Gardei
6/1/2020 11:32:07 am

Provide a jigsaw where table groups or individuals learned about a sub-topic so they could share what they learn and how to apply it with others in the class.

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 09:47:25 am

Teachbacks are engaging and - when well set up - effective at personalizing the program content and bringing learners' stories into the learning.

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Kari Campbell
6/1/2020 12:54:34 pm

Create a team/table based scenario (team roles assigned per table) and have them work through the a problem/scenario, necessitating input from each role in order to create a solid/sound case for scenario movement.

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 09:49:21 am

Kari -
Fantastic way to provide structure and also allow for learner-provided nuance and specifics to bring the learning home for each participant. Thanks!

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Kristin Ellis
6/1/2020 07:39:42 pm

Identify 5 questions to ask the group and let them answer and have meaningful conversation based on their answers.

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 09:56:44 am

Love it...simple and direct!

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Kayla Hubbell
6/2/2020 04:55:13 pm

As an e-learning designer, I love seeing technology used in the classroom. Instead of lecture, I would give a tablet to table groups to use for activities. I would build an interaction such as an escape room that forces them to use the kills that they are learning to unlock certain "door" or find "clues".

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 09:58:31 am

Fantastic. There is such value to leveraging the "eLearning ID mindset" to create engaging f2f programs and VILT programs as well. Thanks for the inspiration Kayla.

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Lorrie Browne link
6/2/2020 09:39:08 pm

I love the concept of splitting them into teams and then having them do a bit of research in areas that I lead them to and then having them teach the class their concept. If they can teach me, then I know they "got it".

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 10:01:31 am

Research exercises have become SO accessible with smart phones, tablets, and laptops routinely in f2f programs...and even easier in VILT. Closing the loop to ensure the learning is happening is too often overlooked. Thanks Lorrie!

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Lisa Witmer
6/3/2020 10:37:25 am

Have each learner study one aspect of an ideology and then adopt it as their own to try to convince others to join them in their belief

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 10:02:07 am

Powerful.

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Karen L. Coburn link
6/5/2020 07:51:30 am

Break the lecture portion into segments, then break my audience into groups to work on the individual segments. After an appropriate amount of time, have them report out and learn from one another with the facilitator filling in any gaps.

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Kimberly Devlin
7/1/2020 10:03:56 am

Chunking is good thing! And when the facilitator is left to fill in the gaps, it can enhance their credibility...."we figured all this out on our own, but he was able to ADD all of this!"

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Mike Herman
12/3/2020 01:31:45 pm

Find pertinent examples that are more relevant to an employee's workplace and discuss solutions or resolutions to the examples

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Dean Dielschenider
12/3/2020 01:34:40 pm

After running them through a training class, lets say on Try Lock Try, I could instead of asking questions. I could ask them their view of what I just shown them. Get them, if they are comfortable, run me through the training. Read the student so to speak. I find some people get more out of the training if they show you what they learned. Maybe taking away something I could learn for the next person I train.

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