extreme engagement: choose your own adventure

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W H Y D O E S E N G A G E M E N T M AT T E R ?

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G O O D V I B R AT I O N S , P L E A S E !

S H A R I N G = C A R I N G

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A R E W E C O O L ?

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L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S

1. Define engagement in an educational context.

2. Understand how engaging the brain in different ways affects learning and memory.

3. Identify ways to customize engagement to group demographics.

4. Discuss possible new educational paradigms.

W H AT I S E N G A G E M E N T ?TA K E A M I N U T E T O W R I T E D O W N Y O U R T H O U G H T S .

W H AT I S E N G A G E M E N T I N A N E D U C AT I O N A L C O N T E X T ?

W O R K W I T H Y O U R N E I G H B O R T O D E F I N E :

N O W W E ' V E D E F I N E D E N G A G E M E N T I N A N E D U C AT I O N A L C O N T E X T . . .

H O W D O E S I T A F F E C T L E A R N I N G ?L E T ' S H E A R F R O M A N E X P E R T . . .

willatworklearning.comWill Thalheimer, Ph.D.

4-5 pm: Getting better data from your events

http://willatworklearning.com

W H AT T Y P E O F E N G A G E M E N T I S N E C E S S A R Y F O R L E A R N I N G T O O C C U R ?

W H AT ’ S W R O N G W I T H O U R S M I L E S H E E T S ?

H O W C A N W E H E L P P E O P L E R E M E M B E R A N D R E TA I N I N F O R M AT I O N ?

T H O U G H T S ?



N O W W E U N D E R S TA N D H O W E N G A G I N G T H E B R A I N A F F E C T S L E A R N I N G A N D M E M O R Y.

H O W D O Y O U C U S T O M I Z E T H E E D U C AT I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E F O R Y O U R G R O U P ?

I N S T R U C T I O N A L I N T E R A C T I V I T YE T H A N E D W A R D S O F A L L E N I N T E R A C T I O N S R E F E R S T O E N G A G E M E N T A S

F O U R C O M P O N E N T S

1. Context

2. Challenge

3. Activity

4. Feedback

I T C A N B E A R O A D M A P T O O N L I N E & F 2 F E N G A G E M E N T

E X A M P L E

Context?

Goal: Train bus drivers to get kids to school safely.

B A S E D O N A P R O J E C T B Y E T H A N E D W A R D S , A L L E N I N T E R A C T I O N S

E X A M P L E

Challenge?


E X A M P L E

Activity?


E X A M P L E

Feedback?


W H AT ’ S Y O U R E D U C AT I O N A L P E R F O R M A N C E G O A L ? W R I T E I T D O W N .

H O W W I L L Y O U A C H I E V E I T ?

1. Context

2. Challenge

3. Activity

4. Feedback

N O W W E ' V E I D E N T I F I E D W AY S T O C U S T O M I Z E E N G A G E M E N T.

L E T ' S TA L K A B O U T W H Y W E N E E D A N E W PA R A D I G M .

– C L AY S H I R K Y

“Institutions tend to preserve the problems they were created to solve.”

W H AT A R E T H E N E W PA R A D I G M S ?

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Cathy Davidson

D I R E C T O R O F T H E F U T U R E S I N I T I A T I V E A T T H E G R A D U A T E C E N T E R O F T H E C I T Y U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K

L E T ' S A S K A N E X P E R T

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUNY_Graduate_Center

R E M E M B E R T O PA R K Y O U R T H O U G H T S .



H O W D O W E N AT U R A L LY L E A R N ?

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W H AT W O U L D H A P P E N I F W E TA C K L E D O N LY W H AT W E T H O U G H T W A S I M P O R TA N T ?

Is it possible to go back to the “natural way”?

W H AT E F F E C T D O E S FA C T O R Y T R A I N I N G H AV E O N T O D AY ’ S W O R K F O R C E ?



H O W D O W E M A K E I T S A F E T O FA I L ?

To admit that we don’t know all the answers?

W H AT N E W F O R M S O F L E A R N I N G W O R K ?



H O W D O W E C R E AT E C A R T W H E E L E N V I R O N M E N T S I N O U R A S S O C I AT I O N S ?

T H O U G H T S ?



N O W W E H AV E D I S C U S S E D P O T E N T I A L N E W PA R A D I G M S .

K A I Z E N

W H A T ' S N E X T ?

T H E A R T O F C O N T I N U O U S C H A N G E

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