Research!
Let’s be honest, I love research. Especially when it underscores and validates what I already, in my heart, know to be true. I also love research that opens up my eyes to something I had never considered before. That feeling […]
Category: Active Learning Strategies
Incorporating Videos and Articles
Sometimes we just really want to “teach” something. Meaning, there is some critical piece of new information we really want to share. Since we don’t want to lecture our participants, we often look to a video or article to do […]
The Power of Reflection
I cannot emphasize strongly enough the power of reflection. Structured reflection helps participants connect theory and information with their personal experience and make it actually usable. In fact, research in adult workplace learning shows that efforts are most effective when […]
Stormin’
As Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo point out in their book, Gamestorming, “[Humans] are so good at finding patterns that once we find one, it can be difficult to see anything else.” One of the simplest ways to […]
The Gallery Walk
I often wonder who came up with the idea of a “museum.” You know, where you walk from artwork to artwork around a room, looking at the pieces, reading the placard, absorbing the ambiance. Getting tired “museum feet.” I remember […]