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H O W T O C R E A T E M E A N I N G F U L L E A R N I N G F O R C L A S S R O O M A N D

P O S T- G R A D U A T I O N S U C C E S S

E X P E R I E N T I A L L E A R N I N G

with David M. Grimes

S E C T I O N 1 : B A C K G R O U N D

What is experiential

learning?

Learning by doing

Learning through action, experience, discovery, and exploration

Plan Do01 02 03

Review

There’s many learning theories based on this idea, but here’s the

straight-forward message…

And here’s the two fundamental questions we can ask ourselves…

C1] What activity will capture

my students’ attention and

be meaningful to them?

2] What kind of reflective

experience can I create so

students can make sense of the

activity?

And here’s one more question to find a possible implementation…

What is one topic where I told

information to students that can

this be changed into an

experiential activity?

HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR STUDENTS?

ARE THEY MORE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE? WHAT IS OUR ROLE?

WHAT POSITIVES DO THEY BRING? LIABILITIES?

S E C T I O N 2 : A C T I V I T I E S

What are experiential activities?

Guide on the side rather than sage on stage

Students chase answers to questions

01Do

02What happened?

03What is important?

04So what?

05Now what?

The makeup of an experiential activity

PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY

ROLE

PLAY

TEACH

OTHERS

Some examples of the basis of an experiential activity

OFFSITE VISIT

ONSITE EVENT

Some examples of the basis of an experiential activity

LECTURE VS

DEBATE

Some examples of the basis of an experiential activity

VOCABULARY VS

CHARADES

READING VS

PROCEDURES

A rubric can help coordinate the instructions and tasks to the assessment.

DO YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON THE PROCESS OR THE END

PRODUCT?

S E C T I O N 3 : I M P O R TA N C E

Why are experiential

activities important?

Attract different kinds of learners

A mixture of real life experiences and

classroom learning

Further topic explorations at:

StaffandFacultyTraining.com

21Cyanna Education Services

David Grimesdavid.grimes@cyanna.comProfessional Development

Curriculum BuildingAccreditation ConsultingSoftware Development

zThank you

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