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Facilitating at a Distance

The Essentials of

Virtual Learning Facilitation

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Welcome to Module 2REVIEW

• Began building a learning community– Introductions using vision of effective VTs as content

• Presented the VTF Triad Model– Content, Process, Engagement– Facilitate Yourself First (role shift)

• Basics of VTF Design– Design for Customer (archer story)– Manage Content Dilemma (inspire vs. overwhelm)– Design to Objectives for Content, Process, & Engagement


Facilitating the Learning Process & Yourself

• Explore Delivery Modes

• Explore Experiential Activity Model

• View Mistakes as Opportunities

• Embrace the Unexpected

Module 2 Agenda


Operating Agreements

• I will dial in on time, from a quiet area

• I will not multi-task

• I will participate fully

• I will speak up clearly and identify myself before speaking.

• I will be concise in my comments

• I will take responsibility to assure my voice is heard

• I will be responsible for my own learning

• I agree to allow you to call me by name for input

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Process Triad

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Dynamic

Engaging

Aligned

Learning Facilitation

Content (What)

Process (How)

Engagement (Who)


Delivery Modes

• Lecture

• Experiential Activities

• Story

• Role Play

• Sharing

• Dialogue

• M e t a p h o r

• Coaching

• Discussion

• 3rd Party Sources

Interactive


Why Interactive Activities?

• Active engagement yields much higher learning retention (75% vs. 5% for lecture)

• Can quickly open minds to learning.

• Places responsibility for learning on participant.

• Accommodates varied perceptual and processing styles.

• Makes learning more pragmatic.

• Can facilitate commitment to action.


Kolb Learning Cycle

Activity

Reflect

Generalize

Apply


Experiential Activity

Counting Exercise

• Activity Objective: Tune in to virtual environment.

• Learning Objective: Experience Kolb Learning Cycle.

• Instructions: Count up to x as a group.

• Rules: – Only one person speaks at a time.

– Start over if anyone talks at the same time.


Around the Cycle

• Reflect (What?)

– What happened for you personally?

– What worked? What didn’t?

• Generalize Learning (So What?)

– What did this teach you about objective: tune in to virtual environment?

• Application (Now What?)

– How can you use what you learned?

– Commitments to action?


Kolb Learning TheoryConcrete and Abstract Perceivers

• Concrete absorb information through direct experience “ACTIVITY”

• Abstract take in information through analysis observation, and thinking “GENERALIZE”

Active and Reflective Processors

• Active make sense of experience by immediately using the new information “APPLY”

• Reflectivemake sense of experience by reflecting and thinking about it “REFLECT”


Kolb Learning Cycle

Activity(Feeling)

Reflect(Watching)

Generalize(Thinking)

Apply(Doing)


Why Debrief Activities?

• To expand learning across a large group

• To inquire along learning objectives

• To find behavioral patterns

• To offer feedback and coaching

• To gather input to take next steps


How to Debrief

• Reflect (What?)

–What happened for you?

–What worked? What didn’t?

• Generalize Learning (So What?)

–What did this teach you about objective: listening in virtual environments?

• Application (Now What?)

–How will you use what you learned?

–Commitments to action?


Managing the Learning Process





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Engagement Triad

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KnowGroup

ConnectGroup

ConnectWith

Group


Content (What)

Process (How)

Engagement (Who)


Ooops!


Why Mistakes = Opportunity

• Chaos = opportunity

• Unexpected events rich learning

• Acknowledging mistakes builds trust & connection

• Look for gifts in mistakes


Managing the Learning Process





Checkpoint2


Facilitator Triad

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LearningFacilitator

Awareness

Intention

Attention


Embrace the Unexpected

• This is a group storytelling exercise.

• Objective: To practice leaning into unexpected learning opportunities

• I’ll start the story.

• The next person I call on will continue the story with only a single sentence.


Content (What)

Process (How)

Engagement (Why)


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RelevantContent

Advancing Learning

Objectives

GroupEngaged

in Process


Close

• Review

• Learning

• Volunteers: Prepare 5-10 activity using one of the Interactive Delivery Modes

• Feedback

• See you Friday at 3:30pm CST

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