Too much information (TMI), or information overload, is a spot many curriculum designers find themselves in when preparing for a new workshop or course; even the most experienced person can hit TMI when he or she is taking on a new teaching topic. Sometimes before we are ready and able to narrow down the content we're using […]
I’m the president of a non-profit board of trustees and before I took the helm our meetings were primarily show-and-tell sessions: the director showed and told and we sat passively and listened, contributing ideas when we were asked. That was then. Fast-forward to now. I remember the moment when, after months spent introducing some SUREFire […]
As a facilitator, it is important to get feedback from the group you’re working with to hear what they think of both the content they are learning and how they are learning it. Here are some ideas for gathering feedback that don’t take much time. For each of these, you only need to hear a […]
I am so passionate about Dialogue Education and camping that I just couldn’t stop myself from bringing these two together while on a camping trip in northern Canada last week… Arrange your chairs, or whatever you sitting around the fire pit on, in a circle to ensure inclusion and safety. Yes, the circle is a […]
Email correspondence is not as straightforward as it seems. Although it can be a helpful and effective way to communicate with colleagues and clients, it can also be unhelpful and annoying. Below are 10 tips for effective email communications. Be clear and specific! Most of us have way too many emails and too little time […]
Dialogue Education™ can work with any group size, but may look different depending on how big or small your group is. Here are a few things to keep in mind when working with small groups. Continue to use smaller groups or pairs. Avoid the temptation to have all dialogue happen within the full group no […]
Dialogue Education can work with any group size, but may look different depending on how big or small your group is. Here are a few things to keep in mind when working with large groups. Match the WHERE with the WHO. When you know you have a large group coming to an event it is […]
Visuals are critical for any learning event because visual learners need information offered to them in this way. However, “more visuals” do not necessarily mean “more learning.” Here are 10 things to remember: Visual learners need to see new content. When possible present information visually and with words. All learners need to see and […]
As teachers, and as learners, it’s important that we intentionally pay attention to the different ways our students learn. There are multiple models of learning styles that can aid us in crafting our learning tasks, or our HOW (in Dialogue Education parlance), to tap into a learner’s most facile way of learning. One dynamic that is crucial in opening the […]