[This post is the first in a summer series of three posts on Three Levels of Listening. Stay tuned for the remaining two posts in this series, and download the tipsheet Three Levels of Listening in the meantime!] Imagine this: You are at a learning event,...
The Fourfold Frame Called Dialogue Education
Fatemeh is a graduate student at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran. After discovering On Teaching and Learning on the shelf of the university library, she wrote me an email and we have had a vigorous virtual conversation ever since! Fatemeh found a copy...
How Am I Doing? – The Importance of Feedback in Higher Education
Young adult college students can be tricky, especially when you consider they are going through all these changes and sometimes they can hardly understand themselves! How are we supposed to help them learn, if we cannot communicate properly? Feedback is one of the...
Three Levels of Listening: Café Conversation, Part 2
[This post is the second in a summer series of three posts on Three Levels of Listening. Stay tuned for the last post in this series, and download the tipsheet Three Levels of Listening in the meantime!] Imagine this: You have just attended a learning...
An Interview with Christine Little, GLP Partner
This is part of a series of interviews conducted by Kate Larose, GLP's Director of Strategic Partnerships, with people who believe deeply in the power of dialogue to influence learning that lasts. Today's interview is with GLP Partner, Christine...
Please Do Not Discuss
Discuss is a word I do not use. I will not discuss anything because I hear in that word a tone of: Listen to my perception! It is the right one! Dis – cuss: ORIGIN late Middle English ‘examine by argument’): from Latin discuss- ‘dashed to pieces,’ later...
Three Levels of Listening: Café Conversation, Part 3
[This post is the last in a summer series of three posts on Three Levels of Listening. Want to learn more? We invite you to read the first and second post, and download the tipsheet Three Levels of Listening.] Imagine this: You are sitting in a...
20 Images x 20 Seconds: A Tool Worth Considering
Tired of “death by PowerPoint?” Do you struggle with dull, endless, listless, droning presentations? It doesn’t have to be that way. If you’ve attended a PechaKucha Night in one of the more than 800 cities around the globe, it’s probably occurred to you already that...
What Happens in the Classroom…An Exploration of the Role of Emotions in the Learning Process
NOTE: This reflection was written from the perspective of a community college educator, but it has implications for adult learning in both formal and informal settings. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:10 p.m. my heartbeat grew progressively faster with feelings of...
The Art of Facilitation: A Look at Safety
Recently I learned an important lesson about facilitation: safety can impact learning! During a course on facilitation a fellow participant was facilitating a “real world” case study during a mandated practice teaching session – we were...
Learning in Community: The Potential of Coactive Vicarious Learning
As the parent of a child with a developmental disability, I continue to experience the importance of “coactive vicarious learning”. I can explain things repeatedly, make detailed lists for how to do something, and even demonstrate whatever the task(s) may...
Themes That Motivate our Learners: For Few or for Many?
Using certain themes in our learning tasks can have an electrifying effect in motivating learners. But how do we find themes to motivate most of the learners in our group rather than just a few? This post is about how I have grappled with that question. What motivates...