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John Falk, Institute for Learning Innovation Judy Koke, Institute for Learning Innovation

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Be a Star Conference Presenter:Design a Session that Reflects How People Learn

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Director of Professional Development and ee360 Director of Operations

John FalkExecutive Director

Institute for Learning Innovation

Judy KokeDeputy Director and Director of

Professional DevelopmentInstitute for Learning Innovation

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Be a Star Conference Presenter

Design a Session That Reflects How People Learn Best

John H. Falk, PhDExecutive Director,Institute for Learning Innovation

Judith Koke, MMSt.Deputy Director & Director of Professional LearningInstitute for Learning Innovation

Design a Session that Reflects how People Learn

5 Things Research Tells Us About Learning

1. Always Start Where the Learner is At• Learning is constructed• Everyone has their own unique motivations and goals• Most people are “concrete” and fixated on their own

situation

5 Things Research Tells Us About Learning

2. Learners Need Support In Order to Learn • Advance Organizers really work• Scaffold ideas with multiple examples• REPETITION is not a bad word

5 Things Research Tells Us About Learning

3. Use Multiple Learning Approaches• People learn through different modalities• All learning involves EMOTION • Variability is an asset

5 Things Research Tells Us About Learning

4. Learning is Social• People learn socially• The more actively engaged, the better – not just hands-

on but minds-on and conversation-on too!

5 Things Research Tells Us About Learning

5 Things Research Tells Us About Learning

5. Learning Takes Time• Learning is cumulative, continuous and situational

The last time you learned something that really changed how you move through life – for work, for home, for fun………..

1. What were the elements of that learning experience?

2. From whom did you learn it?

3. How soon after you learned it did you put it to use?

4. How did it become really “yours”

1. Always Start Where the Learner is At• HOOK: use question/issue/key point• Multiple ENTRIES• CONTEXT –find examples from a variety of

learner-relevant contexts

Research to Practice

2. Learners Need Support In Order to Learn • Explicit CLEAR goal(s)• Provide a basic roadmap of the journey • Repeat key messages • Circle back to your goal/key points at the end

Research to Practice

3. Use Multiple Learning Approaches• Dual coding • Emotion –surprise, empathy.• Multiple voices - examples from audience, role play

Research to Practice

4. Learning is Social• Small group/pair & share• Audience participation

Research to Practice

Research to Practice

5. Learning Takes Time• Tangible things to do (think about) at work, including a

week or two after the talk

(Mike Morrison)

Q & A

2 THINGS

John.falk@freechoicelearning.org Judy.koke@freechoicelearning.org

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