“If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.”
- Deepak Chopra
Effective training
Delivering training
Training is a key component in spiritual development, and these resources can help ensure that it is delivered effectively both in-person and online.
Ice breakers and group exercises top^
Choose Meeting Ice Breakers Carefully!
The choice of ice breakers can provide vital energy or generate extreme discomfort. The brief article reviews six selection criteria for the best match of type of ice breaker to type of session.
Lyndsay Swinton, Management for the Rest of Us, linked 08/16
http://www.mftrou.com/meeting-ice-breakers.html
Ice Breaker Games for Large Groups
Five ice breaker activities designed for large groups.
Lyndsay Swinton, Management for the Rest of Us, linked 08/16
http://www.mftrou.com/ice-breaker-games.html
Ice Breakers
Helps you think through the objectives of an ice breaker session and then suggests various types of ice breaker you might use.
Mind Tools website, linked 08/16
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_76.htm
Ice Breakers: 11 Great Ideas
Lists multiple short icebreakers that you can use at the start of a training or gathering.
Website, linked 08/16
http://reslife.net/ice-breakers-11-great-ideas/
Icebreaker Games for Small Groups
Five trusted icebreaker games that will ease introductions, boost energy levels, spark off creative ideas or be plain fun, designed for small group activities.
Lyndsay Swinton, Management for the Rest of Us, linked 08/16
http://www.mftrou.com/icebreaker-games.html
Icebreakers and Energizers
Provides nine specific suggestions of classroom activities plus links to other possibilities.
Website, linked 07/16
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/icebreakers.html#Knots
Icebreakers, Warm-up, Review, and Motivator Activities
Suggestions for group activities you can use as icebreakers, for review at the end of a training session, and to motivate participants.
Don Clark, linked 08/16
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/icebreak.html
Training best practices top^
10 Ways to Use Your Edublog to Teach
Ideas of how to use edublogs in teaching.
Edublogs, Copyright 2008, linked 08/16
http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/
Asking and Answering Questions
Excellent tips on how to use questions to engage a group and facilitate learning.
UC Berkeley, Office of Educational Development, linked 08/16
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/asking-and-answering-questions
Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams
Excellent overview of the issues involved using small groups in training, with suggestions for addressing them.
Finch Park website, Barbara Gross Davis, Jossey-Bass, Tools for Teaching, linked 08/16
http://www.finchpark.com/ppp/groupwork/01-Collaborative-Learning-guidelines.pdf
Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations: Stop Annoying Your Audience
Six tips for effective PowerPoint presentations.
Peter de Jager, TechnoScope (November 2002), linked 08/16
http://net.educause.edu/E07/educause2007speakerresources/11172
Teaching Principles
Excellent summary of seven basic principles for effective teaching.
Carnegie Mellon University, linked 08/16
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/principles/teaching.html
Training for Change: Training Tools
Reliable training tools (or activities/exercises)in: Diversity & Anti-Oppression, Team-building, Organizing, Nonviolent Action for Social Change, and more. All training tools are based on the provider's direct education approach, rooted in popular education.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.trainingforchange.org/tools
What the Best College Teachers Do
An HETL Interview with Dr. Ken Bain, the author of What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (2004).
HETL website, linked 08/16
https://www.hetl.org/interview-articles/what-the-best-college-teachers-do/
Training online top^
(My) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy
Short, clear, concise principles and practices with detailed examples from Pelz' award-winning teaching experience.
Random Walk in Learning website,Bill Pelz, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 8 (3), June 2004, linked 08/16
http://elearningrandomwalk.blogspot.com/2004/12/my-three-principles-of-effective.html
Assessment & Evaluation of Student Learning
Provides five criteria for evaluation shown in the three rankings of baseline, effective, and exemplary.
California State University at Chico, linked 08/16
http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/rubric/aesl.shtml
Icebreakers
Provides an excellent overview of why and how to use icebreakers when training online.
Virgil Varvel, Pointers and Clickers, linked 08/16
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2002_01/index.asp
Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
A terrific array of suggestions for online education structured around the seven principles. Please note the need to subscribe before using these online resources.
Teaching, Learning and Technology Group, linked 08/16
http://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/teachingLibrary/Technology/seven_principles.pdf
Instructional Design and Delivery
Provides five criteria for instructional design and delivery that are displayed in the three rankings of baseline, effective, and exemplary.
California State University at Chico, linked 08/16
http://www.csuchico.edu/eoi/the_rubric.shtml
Learner Support & Resources
Three criteria for an online course are displayed in the three rankings of baseline, effective, and exemplary.
California State University at Chico, linked 08/16
http://www.csuchico.edu/eoi/the_rubric.shtml
Online Organization & Design
Outlines course organization and design using five criteria shown in the three rankings of baseline, effective, and exemplary.
California State University at Chico, linked 08/16
http://www.csuchico.edu/eoi/the_rubric.shtml
Role of the Online Instructor/Facilitator
An overview and specific recommendations for facilitators of online instruction under these categories: pedagogical, social, managerial, and technical.
Zane L. Berge, eModerators, linked 08/16
http://www.cordonline.net/mntutorial2/module_2/Reading%202-1%20instructor%20role.pdf
Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice
Seven best practices with applications in online teaching.
University of West Georgia’s Distance & Distributed Ed Center, linked 08/16
http://www-dev.westga.edu/distance/index_17710.php
Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online
Ten practices that, according to the author, contribute to an effective, efficient and satisfying teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students.
Litmos website, Judith V. Boettcher, linked 08/16
http://www.litmos.com/industry-news/top-10-best-practices-for-teaching-online/
What Does a High Quality Online Course Look Like?
Presents six criteria for a high quality online course.
California State University at Chico, linked 08/16
http://www.csuchico.edu/eoi/documents/rubricpdf