A number of years ago through training with GLP, life became centered around dialogue and Dialogue Education. Now, when facing any situation with my 6-year-old son, I count to three and think on how to provide all six principles of learning. Although he is still just a child, the principles of safety, immediacy, relevance, engagement, inclusion and respect are essential. They teach him how […]
I remember my first class with GLP trainers Peter Perkins and Michael Culliton in Stowe, Vermont. Michael was talking about how we are asking adults to change when we are inviting learning. That was a total “lightbulb moment” for me. That totally changed the way I think about learning design and the need for the Core Principles. I’m so appreciative of that! Jill Pattee, […]
I bought “Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach” [by Dr. Jane Vella] in Melbourne, Australia, and read it regularly over the years. Eventually I emailed Jane to tell her how much I enjoyed the stories of her adventurous life. Her reply was immediate, “Read the attached booklet and then send me your questions!” So began a […]
I remember standing with Peter Noteboom at the side of a sunlit meeting room outside Chiangmai, Thailand, quietly discussing the rollout of one of the early versions of a learning program on monitoring a government’s budget using human rights law. Peter had been completely engaged in helping us apply the principles of Dialogue Education and the 8 steps to […]
One outcome of the Dialogue Education training that I took in 2015 was the development of a course on leadership for a multicultural leadership program in the Lutheran Church. I was able to use this course with a group of leaders in the Lutheran Church in Guatemala. The last section called for them to write brief […]
In autumn 2017, I was lucky enough to return to Vermont to participate in the weeklong Advanced Learning Design/Learning Evaluation program. I say “return” because I was born and raised in Vermont but have spent decades living and working in Los Angeles. I was lucky to experience the week with a terrific group of dedicated […]
Perhaps one thing that shines out to me as I’ve experienced Jane Vella and GLP’s work is respect: respect for designers in the simple, flexible, but helpful structure. Respect for learners as a named principle, and as it comes through in the methodology. Respect for others as they equip, and not just pass information on. […]