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LTGR Ep. #114: “Transformative Learning – Part 2″

LT GreenRoom — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:22:59 +0000

Susan and Dan talk with Jeff King, Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Transformative Teaching and Learning at the University of Central Oklahoma, about his work with faculty development and what “transformative learning” means.

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Jeff King helps Susan and Dan understand what transformative learning looks like and how that fits in with faculty development. This is the second of a two part episode.

Listeners, we want to hear your stories of transformative learning. Where have you experienced this in your life? Who touched you; what happened? What was the context? If you are a teacher, what are you doing to create the same for your students? You can comment here at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

LTGR Ep. #113: “Transformative Learning – Part 1″

LT GreenRoom — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:51:25 +0000

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Jeff King helps Susan and Dan understand what transformative learning looks like and how that fits in with faculty development. This is the first of a two part episode.

Listeners, please be patient for the 2nd part. It’s worth waiting for!

LTGR Ep. #112: “Interleaving and Spaced Learning”

LT GreenRoom — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:47:27 +0000

Based on a question posed by one of Susan’s students, Susan and Dan unpack the ideas of interleaving and spaced learning. This is a true green room conversation as they wrestle with the ideas.

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A couple resources we consulted:

http://gocognitive.net/interviews/dissociating-learning-performance

http://willthalheimer.typepad.com/files/spacing_learning_over_time_2006.pdf

http://learninglab.uchicago.edu/Publications_files/5-CogsciIddeas2005.pdf

Listeners, we haven’t figured this out! Tell us your thoughts so we can continue to unpack these ideas. You can comment here at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

LTGR Ep. #111: “Preaching about Assessment”

LT GreenRoom — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:22:58 +0000

Susan and Dan bat around the idea of assessing learning when a whole lot of other factors might influence the learner. This is in response to one of Susan’s students.

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Susan’s student likened planning a weekly sermon to the instructional design process, but Susan got caught in the assessment piece. Dan helps sort through some of the nuances and challenges.

Listeners, we haven’t figured this out! Tell us what some of your challenges and solutions are. Alan Selig, we especially want to hear from you! You can comment here at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

LTGR Ep. #110: “MOOCs in 2013″

LT GreenRoom — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:07:44 +0000

Susan and Dan talk with Jeff King, Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Transformative Teaching and Learning at the University of Central Oklahoma, about where his institution is headed with regard to MOOC development.

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Jeff King helps Susan and Dan sort through some of the issues arising from the MOOC “tsunami.” The University of Central Oklahoma has been examining how MOOCs fit with their mission for transformative learning. Also discussed are business models. New models such as LOOCs may be on the horizon.

Listeners, we haven’t figured this out! Tell us what direction you’d like us to continue to explore with MOOCs. You can comment here at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

LTGR Ep. #109: “Credit Where Credit Is Due – Part 2″

LT GreenRoom — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:35:46 +0000

Susan and Dan continue their interview with Jonathan Finkelstein about an innovative method for awarding credit, recognizing accomplishments, skills and more.

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This segment is Part 2 of the conversation with Jonathan Finkelstein, Founder and CEO of Credly and Executive Producer of LearningTimes. The trio discuss digital credits and how one can manage his or her own portfolio of achievements.

Listeners, what do you value in the world? Go make a badge and give it to someone (and tell us about it)! You can comment at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

LTGR Ep. #108: “Credit Where Credit Is Due – Part 1″

LT GreenRoom — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:38:00 +0000

Susan and Dan interview Jonathan Finkelstein about an innovative method for awarding credit, recognizing accomplishments, skills and more.

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Jonathan Finkelstein, Founder and CEO of Credly and Executive Producer of LearningTimes, joins Susan and Dan in a conversation related to digital credit. They begin with digital badges and move through several defining issues.

This segment is Part 1 of the conversation. Listeners, we ask your indulgence as you wait for Part 2.

LTGR Ep. #107: “Agile Learning”

LT GreenRoom — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:40:20 +0000

Susan and Dan take on the topic of agile learning.

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Topic is not fully formed! We are still exploring and thinking.

Dan was exposed to the idea at an ASTD conference. Vanguard University reshaped their design team around the approach.

Comes out of the software industry. A framework, not a technique or process.

What’s different? Rapid development of solutions. Small team with all key decision makers who can meet and move the product forward on a daily basis.

Discussion of challenges in corporate setting.

Susan seems skeptical for the application in traditional education, although she offers some of what she learned in research.

http://liveandletlearn.net/agile-learning-an-alternative-learning-model/

http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html

http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

Using prototypes versus heavy documentation.

Focused on interaction more than process. How do you build your own team (realistically)?

Agile assumes there will be changes. You are never done. Susan can relate, but this is a paradigm shift for Dan.

Listeners, how do you welcome disruption? How late in the game can you handle changes and what are your strategies for accommodating change? You can comment at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

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LTGR Ep. #106: “Theories and Models”

LT GreenRoom — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:36:40 +0000

Susan and Dan continue their conversation concerning learning theories and models.

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Model – a visualization of a process or structure, typically based on theory

Theory – the results of research and testing, generalizations about how people learn.

How many theories and models do you need to know? Dan says more than 1 and fewer than 5.

The rest of the conversation gets at the importance of knowing your own preferences, how theories and models fit with difference challenges, and why the environment matters.

Listeners, what theories and models guide you most? You can comment at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

Also, if you prefer to use your voice, call us at 1-800-609-9006 x8055 (US and Canada) or 678-255-2174 x8055 (outside US and Canada).

LTGR Ep. #105: “Hello, again!”

LT GreenRoom — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:15:34 +0000

Susan and Dan re-introduce themselves to new listeners and old friends.

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After introductions, Susan looked back at how they defined instructional design in 2007. Here is the former episode. http://www.ltgreenroom.org/episodes/22 Susan drew out this comment for Dan to react to: “Everybody has a theory, but some don’t articulate it.” That led to a discussion about learning theory and being intentional.

Learning theory is a topic both enjoy discussing, so the conversation from this episode will continue in the next episode.

Meanwhile, Susan would like to know how listeners’ definitions of instructional design differ from theirs and Dan wants to know how aware listeners are of their own theories of learning when they face a design challenge.

You can comment at http://www.ltgreenroom.org or email Susan@ltgreenroom.org or Dan@ltgreenroom.org

Also, if you prefer to use your voice, call us at 1-800-609-9006 x8055 (US and Canada) or 678-255-2174 x8055 (outside US and Canada).