by glpadmin | Aug 13, 2010 | Speaking of Dialogue
For Trekies and casual viewers of Star Trek, the command “Engage!” brings memories of that point where the engine-power was unleashed, propelling the Enterprise into light-flash. As teachers we too hope to engage, to engage students most fully, that they...
by glpadmin | Aug 20, 2010 | Speaking of Dialogue
It seems to me that DE offers a systems-approach to adult learning. This is different than a system for adult learning, although I think DE provides that too, to a point. But you decide! Often when we think of a system, we think of linked items, perhaps we might even...
by glpadmin | Aug 31, 2010 | Speaking of Dialogue
How many of you facilitators want to frisk your participants before a learning event so you can strip them of their iPhones (or Blackberries or Palm Pilots or . . . )? No more sneaking peaks at e-mail during the warm-up tasks, no checking the weather while another...
by glpadmin | Sep 9, 2010 | Speaking of Dialogue
We all get our moments of thrill — when we see the effect of a dialogue-approach on an individual, group or organization. I had one of those moments last week and wanted to share it because it felt extra special. About 14 years ago, I worked with Karabi Acharya...
by glpadmin | Sep 24, 2010 | Speaking of Dialogue
For the past several years, my husband has been telling our children a continuing story of the time he was two inches tall. The story, which still has not ended, unfolds in his childhood home, and it has taken him from the bathroom sink drain, to rides on a June bug,...
