moving from presentation to participation
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Moving from Presentation
to
ParticipationKathleen M. Edwards, CAE
the Learning Evangelist, LLC
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January 10, 2012
Some portion of your anatomy
must be connected to a chair in order to
learn something
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MYTH
Learning is serious stuff...no fun allowed.
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MYTH
Think of the best learning
experience you’ve ever had...What were
its characteristics?
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It’s a new world for learners…
In short:learners are
in charge!
Instant gratification
The Internet
Twitter…YouTube...Slideshare...Facebook…and more
Just-in-time learning
Wikis
Podcasts
Blogs
Virtual worlds
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Effective learning
You’re the learner advocate!
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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost;that is where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them.”
— Henry David Thoreau Walden
Effective learning
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Thoreau statue at Walden cabin replica – Concord, MA
Effective learning
Learning is...Relevance
Community
ConnectionOpportunity
Contribution
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What do you know about
Brain scienceand
How people learn?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Add up the numbers below:
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What?
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Now answer two questions:
1. What answer did you get?
2. How did you get that that answer?
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You may come up with the answerin a different way than someone else.
Brains seek patterns and make meaning based on past experiences.
Activity from Using Brain Science to Make Training Stickby Sharon Bowman
So what?The brain:
A mean, greenpattern-finding machine*
* Dr. John Medina, in Brain Rules
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Brain rule #3: Every brain is
wired differently.
Brain rule #4: We don’t pay attention
to boring things
Brain rule #5:
Repeat toremember.
Brain rule #10: Vision trumps
all other senses. Source: Brain Rules by Dr. John Medina
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What conclusions might you reach
about effective learning?
Effective learning
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Quickly write down what you most want to remember
about what we’ve just covered
Share this mantra far and wide…
“It’s not what you give them;
it’s what they take away that counts.” – Mel SilbermannActive learning guru
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SMEs have responsibilities in…How learning fits into the
organizationContributing
to learner success
Creating effective learning
opportunities
Engaging audiences
Effective use of visuals
Becoming facilitator of
learning
Effective learning
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Effective learning
Defined learning
outcomesplay a critical role
in success
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Give SMEs a blueprint for learning
Use stated outcomes as a content filter Engage participants quickly
Create reasons for people to interact
Offer and ask for application ideas
Allow time for questions and tangents
Close powerfully
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Why engage participants
?
Learner engagement
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“…[participants] believe they have something of value to offer…they see themselves not just as receptacles for instruction but as essential participants in the education experience.” ― Norman Cousins
Learner engagement
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Social media tools
can extend learning
Learner engagement
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Coach learners on how to get maximum
value
Help learners discover ways to implement new
ideas
Learner engagement
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Every “event” is a learning
laboratory for the next one
Effective learning
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Delivering on the promise…
...the single most important thing expected of you and your learning leaders…
Effective learning
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A caveat to
remember…
...and adirty little secret
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Providing learning the “right way” takes more work; the long-term payoff is worth it!
Success raises the bar for every program that follows
Kathleen M. Edwards, CAEthe Learning Evangelist, LLC
Twitter: @KathiEdwardskedwards@learningevangelist.comwww.learningevangelist.com
Thank you for your participation!
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