I just stumbled upon Making Sense of Generative Learning by Fiorella, L. Making Sense of Generative Learning. Educ Psychol Rev 35, 50 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09769-7. It’s free to read and published under a Creative Commons license. The article explores how people learn through doing (generative learning activities – GLAs). The author suggests three key ways that…
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Feedback on Experiences
In a recent post on LinkedIn Will Thalheimer asked: How often does YOUR ORG use ONE or more LEARNER SURVEY questions related to DEI [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion]? And Arnold Horshack took up residence in my head until I was able to post a quick reply. https://youtu.be/ju-lptJweTc I do that, I said. Now I feel like…
Building Digital Escape Rooms as Learning Activities
Last year I responded to a request for ideas around MicroCourses and webinars with a suggestion that narrowing the focus would be better in short courses and webinars. I’d made the suggestion because a MicroCourse I’d just facilitated seemed really rushed and the majority of the participants didn’t complete their project before the end of…
Group Values
Identifying group values are a critical part of any activity that requires collaboration. Values are the foundation. They hold up and support everything else. I’ve facilitated individual and group values sessions hundreds of times and always find the process and outcomes rewarding. Here’s an example of how to facilitate a group values finding session for…
From Pedagogy to Communagogy and Everything in Between
There was once only one agogy and now there are many. Most educators are intimately familiar with pedagogy the art and science of educating and teaching children. Some are also familiar with andragogy the art and science of educating and teaching adults. Recently a few more agogies have surfaced so I thought it was high…
3 Types of Problems
Isaac Cruikshank [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Have you even been in one of those meetings where you are discussing the same problem that has been discussed every few months for the past year? You know the feeling. You look at the agenda and you think Oh, for crying out loud. Is this still an…