101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom

101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom

by Elaine Biech
Released April 2015
Publisher(s): Pfeiffer
ISBN: 9781118971987

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Book description

Fresh, creative strategies guaranteed to enliven online training

101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom provides proven, practical strategies, activities, and tips for those tasked with facilitating training in any subject area among alternative settings. Based on the best-selling Active Training approach, these methods have been designed by recognized experts, and are guaranteed to enliven any learning event. Readers will find a toolkit of ready-to-use exercises and tips for organizing, conducting, and delivering active learning, in alternative settings on the job or around the world. The book is organized in a way that allows trainers to quickly and easily identify strategies that hold the most promise for specific situations. Each strategy is illustrated with a case example that demonstrates the concepts in action. Two hundred tips organized in twenty how-to lists will prove invaluable for using Twitter, coaching virtually, encouraging informal learning, opening interactive virtual learning sessions, and much more. Coverage includes best practices for social media and informal learning, common e-learning tools, as well as guidance toward using a full gamut of tools from gamification and simulation to serious games and m-learning.

Active training encourages participants to use their brains to study ideas, solve problems, and apply what they've learned. It's a fast-paced, fun, supportive, and personally engaging environment. This book shows training facilitators the proven techniques that help learners get more out of the material.

  • Design a more engaging learning environment
  • Improve delivery with optimized technology
  • Utilize effective learning tools and practical strategies
  • Learn best practices for social media, coaching, virtual learning, and more

Learners need to figure things out by themselves, ask questions, practice skills, and transfer skills and knowledge to the job. With proven strategies designed by industry leaders, 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom is the indispensable guide to the design and delivery of effective alternative ways to learn.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource
    1. How This Book Is Organized
  5. 200 Tips to Make Training Active and Learning Successful
    1. 1. 10 Tips for Successfully Implementing a Virtual Learning Platform
    2. 2. 10 Ideas to Create a Prewebinar Checklist
    3. 3. 10 Slides to Organize Your Virtual Learning
    4. 4. 10 Tips for Opening an Interactive Online Training Session
    5. 5. 10 Webinar Warm-Ups
    6. 6. 10 Ways to Engage Virtual Learners
    7. 7. 10 Tips for Using Annotation Tools
    8. 8. 10 Tips for Using Breakout Rooms in a Virtual Classroom
    9. 9. 10 Tips for Using QR Codes in Learning
    10. 10. 10 Polling Tips for Virtual Classrooms
    11. 11. 10 Phrases to Regain Virtual Participants' Attention
    12. 12. 10 Tips for Using Twitter for Ongoing Learning
    13. 13. 10 Tips to Get Started with Games and Gamification
    14. 14. 10 Ways to Use Social Media Tools to Support Learning
    15. 15. 10 Tips to Be Successful with m-Learning
    16. 16. 10 Tips for Shooting a Video
    17. 17. 10 Tips for Virtual Coaching
    18. 18. 10 Tips for Virtual Teamwork
    19. 19. 10 Tips for Leaders as Teachers
    20. 20. 10 Tips and Options for Training in Virtual Reality Environments
  6. Online Learning
    1. Online Openings
      1. 1 Picture Me
      2. 2 You Intro Me; I Intro You
      3. 3 Quote Me
      4. 4 Using Prezi to Build Community in the Virtual Classroom
      5. 5 Instagram Intros
    2. Online Closings
      1. 6 Review, Remember, Relate, Recall
      2. 7 Make Them Stick
      3. 8 Choose and Choose Again
      4. 9 Concept Challenge
    3. Online Learning Activities
      1. 10 Using Analogies
      2. 11 Virtual Learning by Quadrants
      3. 12 Incorporate MOOC (massive open online course) Design Concepts into Your Online Design
      4. 13 Small-Group Data Analysis
      5. 14 Social Media Sharing about Implicit Bias
      6. 15 Think-Pair-Share for Webinars
    4. Online Asynchronous Learning
      1. 16 Creating a Culture Dream Team
      2. 17 Point-Counterpoint
      3. 18 Onboarding New Employees
    5. Unique Online Situations
      1. 19 Corporate Global Survey
      2. 20 Find It
      3. 21 Facilitating from Afar
  7. Technology Tactics
    1. Blended Solutions
      1. 22 Move to the Goal
      2. 23 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Job Aid
      3. 24 The 411
      4. 25 Gear Up Your Brain
    2. e-Learning Tools
      1. 26 Increase Interaction Using a Whiteboard
      2. 27 Meter Poll
      3. 28 Engaging Course Map for an e-Learning Course
      4. 29 Google Hangout Collaborations
      5. 30 Pinboard Key Learning
      6. 31 Poll for Impact!
      7. 32 Show Me
    3. m-Learning
      1. 33 Mobile Debates
      2. 34 Survey in Hand
      3. 35 Picture This
      4. 36 Take My Speech Home
      5. 37 Tweet a Learning Needs Assessment
      6. 38 Just-in-Time Reminder
    4. Social Learning
      1. 39 Social Learning Gone Wild Participating in a LinkedIn Group
      2. 40 Digital Round Robin
      3. 41 Blog-Based Skills Inventory
      4. 42 Social Media Opinion Polling
      5. 43 The #1 Thing
      6. 44 Office Hours
      7. 45 Quiz Challenge
    5. Technology in the Classroom
      1. 46 Twitter Engagement
      2. 47 QR Code Search
      3. 48 Pause and Discover
  8. Learning from Many
    1. Learning on a Team
      1. 49 I Felt Valued
      2. 50 Teamwork in History
      3. 51 Build a Trusting Team
      4. 52 Feedback for the Team
      5. 53 MVP Award
    2. My Mentor and Me
      1. 54 Discussion Starters
      2. 55 Take Me with You
      3. 56 Mentor Meet and Greet
      4. 57 The Magic of Mentoring
      5. 58 Find the Perfect Mentor
      6. 59 First-Time Mentor
    3. Put Me in Coach
      1. 60 Ask Powerful Questions
      2. 61 Feedback Formula
      3. 62 Showing Appreciation
      4. 63 Coaching Meeting Template
    4. Peer-to-Peer Learning
      1. 64 Peer Coaching Circle
      2. 65 I'll Coach You; You Coach Me
      3. 66 Peer Advisory Group
  9. Learning on the Job
    1. Help Yourself
      1. 67 Every Day Counts
      2. 68 Your Leadership Brand
      3. 69 Set Goals for Success
      4. 70 A Wiser Me
      5. 71 Volunteer for a Special Assignment
      6. 72 Notable Quotables
      7. 73 Goals for Life
      8. 74 Test Yourself
    2. Informal Learning
      1. 75 First Things First
      2. 76 A Virtual Book Club
      3. 77 Brown Bags and Books
      4. 78 “Bugs Me” List
      5. 79 Give 'em a “10”
      6. 80 What Got You Here
      7. 81 Plan for Informal Learning
    3. Learn from Experience
      1. 82 Experiential Learning in the Classroom
      2. 83 Experiential Learning on the Job
      3. 84 Experiential Blended Learning for High Potentials
    4. On-the-Job Assignments
      1. 85 Assessing Learners for a Rotational Assignment
      2. 86 Department Rotation Agreements
      3. 87 Evaluating Rotational Assignments
      4. 88 Stretch Assignment: Yes or No?
  10. Learning beyond the Workplace
    1. Learning Outside the Organization
      1. 89 Teach a Class
      2. 90 Do You Belong?
      3. 91 The Envelope, Please
      4. 92 Google Your Company
      5. 93 Visit the City Council
      6. 94 Read a Biography
      7. 95 Visit Your Supplier
      8. 96 Office Hours II
    2. Do Well by Doing Good
      1. 97 Volunteer Team Needs a Leader
      2. 98 Professional Association Involvement
      3. 99 Find a Match
      4. 100 Adopt a Group
      5. 101 Internal Fund-Raising
    3. A Bonus “10 Tips” List
      1. 10 Ways to Think about Learning in the Future
  11. Additional Reading
  12. About the Author
  13. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom
  • Author(s): Elaine Biech
  • Release date: April 2015
  • Publisher(s): Pfeiffer
  • ISBN: 9781118971987