101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom

323 Pages·2015·2.35 MB·English

by  Elaine Biech

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction:GettingtheMostfromThisResource xi
200TipstoMakeTrainingActiveandLearningSuccessful 1
Top10Lists 2
1. 10TipsforSuccessfullyImplementing aVirtual
LearningPlatform 3
2. 10IdeastoCreateaPrewebinarChecklist 5
3. 10SlidestoOrganizeYourVirtualLearning 7
4. 10TipsforOpening anInteractiveOnline TrainingSession 8
5. 10WebinarWarm-Ups 9
6. 10WaystoEngageVirtualLearners 10
7. 10TipsforUsing AnnotationTools 14
8. 10TipsforUsing BreakoutRoomsinaVirtualClassroom 17
9. 10TipsforUsing QRCodesinLearning 18
10. 10PollingTipsforVirtualClassrooms 20
11. 10PhrasestoRegainVirtualParticipants’Attention 22
12. 10TipsforUsing TwitterforOngoing Learning 23
13. 10TipstoGetStartedwithGamesandGamification 25
14. 10WaystoUseSocialMedia ToolstoSupportLearning 27
15. 10TipstoBeSuccessfulwithm-Learning 29
16. 10TipsforShootingaVideo 31
17. 10TipsforVirtualCoaching 35
18. 10TipsforVirtualTeamwork 37
19. 10TipsforLeadersasTeachers 39
20. 10TipsandOptionsforTraininginVirtualRealityEnvironments 40
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iv CONTENTS
ONLINELEARNING 43
OnlineOpenings 45
1. PictureMe 46
2. YouIntroMe;IIntroYou 48
3. QuoteMe 50
4. UsingPrezitoBuildCommunityintheVirtualClassroom 53
5. InstagramIntros 55
OnlineClosings 57
6. Review,Remember, Relate,Recall 58
7. MakeThemStick 60
8. ChooseandChooseAgain 62
9. ConceptChallenge 65
OnlineLearningActivities 66
10. UsingAnalogies 67
11. VirtualLearningbyQuadrants 69
12. IncorporateMOOC(massiveopenonlinecourse)Design
ConceptsintoYourOnlineDesign 71
13. Small-GroupDataAnalysis 73
14. SocialMediaSharingaboutImplicit Bias 75
15. Think-Pair-ShareforWebinars 77
OnlineAsynchronousLearning 79
16. CreatingaCultureDreamTeam 80
17. Point-Counterpoint 83
18. OnboardingNewEmployees 86
UniqueOnlineSituations 88
19. CorporateGlobalSurvey 89
20. FindIt 91
21. FacilitatingfromAfar 93
Contents v
TECHNOLOGYTACTICS 97
BlendedSolutions 99
22. MovetotheGoal 100
23. Do-It-Yourself(DIY)JobAid 103
24. The411 104
25. GearUpYourBrain 106
e-LearningTools 108
26. IncreaseInteractionUsing aWhiteboard 109
27. MeterPoll 113
28. Engaging CourseMapforane-LearningCourse 118
29. GoogleHangoutCollaborations 120
30. PinboardKeyLearning 122
31. PollforImpact! 125
32. ShowMe 126
m-Learning 128
33. MobileDebates 129
34. SurveyinHand 131
35. PictureThis 133
36. TakeMySpeechHome 135
37. TweetaLearningNeedsAssessment 137
38. Just-in-Time Reminder 139
SocialLearning 141
39. SocialLearningGoneWildParticipating inaLinkedInGroup 142
40. DigitalRoundRobin 144
41. Blog-BasedSkillsInventory 146
42. SocialMedia Opinion Polling 148
43. The#1Thing 150
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44. OfficeHours 152
45. QuizChallenge 154
TechnologyintheClassroom 156
46. TwitterEngagement 157
47. QRCodeSearch 159
48. PauseandDiscover 161
LEARNINGFROMMANY 165
LearningonaTeam 167
49. IFeltValued 168
50. TeamworkinHistory 170
51. BuildaTrustingTeam 172
52. FeedbackfortheTeam 174
53. MVPAward 176
MyMentorandMe 178
54. DiscussionStarters 179
55. TakeMewithYou 181
56. MentorMeetandGreet 182
57. TheMagicofMentoring 185
58. FindthePerfectMentor 188
59. First-TimeMentor 191
PutMeinCoach 194
60. AskPowerfulQuestions 195
61. FeedbackFormula 197
62. ShowingAppreciation 199
63. CoachingMeeting Template 202
Peer-to-PeerLearning 204
64. PeerCoachingCircle 205
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65. I’llCoachYou;YouCoachMe 208
66. PeerAdvisoryGroup 210
LEARNINGONTHEJOB 213
HelpYourself 215
67. EveryDayCounts 216
68. YourLeadershipBrand 218
69. SetGoalsforSuccess 220
70. AWiserMe 223
71. VolunteerforaSpecialAssignment 225
72. NotableQuotables 227
73. GoalsforLife 229
74. TestYourself 231
InformalLearning 232
75. FirstThingsFirst 233
76. AVirtualBookClub 235
77. BrownBagsandBooks 236
78. “BugsMe” List 238
79. Give’ema“10” 240
80. WhatGotYouHere 242
81. PlanforInformalLearning 244
LearnfromExperience 246
82. ExperientialLearningintheClassroom 247
83. ExperientialLearningontheJob 251
84. ExperientialBlendedLearningforHighPotentials 253
On-the-JobAssignments 255
85. AssessingLearnersforaRotationalAssignment 256
86. DepartmentRotationAgreements 259
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87. EvaluatingRotationalAssignments 261
88. StretchAssignment: YesorNo? 264
LEARNINGBEYONDTHEWORKPLACE 269
LearningOutsidetheOrganization 271
89. TeachaClass 272
90. DoYouBelong? 274
91. TheEnvelope,Please 275
92. GoogleYourCompany 277
93. VisittheCityCouncil 279
94. ReadaBiography 281
95. VisitYourSupplier 283
96. OfficeHoursII 285
DoWellbyDoingGood 286
97. VolunteerTeamNeedsaLeader 287
98. ProfessionalAssociationInvolvement 289
99. FindaMatch 291
100. AdoptaGroup 293
101. InternalFund-Raising 295
ABonus“10Tips”List 297
10WaystoThinkaboutLearningintheFuture 297
AdditionalReading 299
AbouttheAuthor 301
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