Tip #387: Don’t be Afraid to Use Participatory Learning Activities
“Knowledge is the antidote to fear.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The idea of using participatory learning activities is alarming to many trainers for three basic reasons.
“Knowledge is the antidote to fear.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The idea of using participatory learning activities is alarming to many trainers for three basic reasons.
“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” Marvin Minsky Trainers often say with great sincerity that “There are no stupid
“Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.” Ernest Dimnet If training is to effectively change learner behavior, then the curriculum must be
” There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge . . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation
“No one can remember more than three points.” Philip Crosby It may seem surprising, but the number three plays a significant role in curriculum design
“Technology is fine. . ., but that popular vision of the future, where you plug somebody in and leave them there and they don’t get
“Begin with the end in mind.”Stephen R. Covey Learning objectives should explain in specific, observable and measurable terms what the learners will do to (a)
“Lucid intervals and happy pauses.” Francis Bacon It may seem counterintuitive, but participants will learn more during a training program if there is less training
“Life is entirely too time-consuming.” Irene Peter “You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time you must make it.” Charles Buxton There
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” Charles Swindoll Companies are doing more with less, so their
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” Herber J. Grant In response to last week’s Tip on How to Close a
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” Arthur Ashe If learners lack confidence in their mastery of new
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