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Holding Space
Meg Bolger is a social justice educator, facilitator trainer, and the founder of Facilitator Cards, a set of activity cards used to help design and facilitate group learning. Recently, I (Carla) had the opportunity to participate in a virtual workshop Meg hosted...
Designing Learning Experiences: An e-learning course about fossils
One of the things we enjoy most about our work is getting to design great learning experiences for people while also learning about important topics. For example, did you know that British Columbia is home to an incredible variety of fossils? They are mostly found in...
What ChatGPT has to say about participatory learning experiences
I finally got a chance to jump on the ChatGPT bandwagon. The first task I asked this AI tool to complete was to "Create a 200 word blog post in the style of Beth Cougler Blom about why participatory learning experiences are effective." What do you think? I'm thinking...
Professional Development in Facilitation – Ongoing and Early 2023 Opportunities
I often get asked how folks can learn more about facilitation, so I thought I'd do another post about it here. I'll start by saying generally that if you are interested in "facilitation" it would be good to decide whether you're interested in facilitating learning...
Reflections on 2022
Around this time of year I usually write a post to look back on some of the great work we did this year. Sometimes the year can go by in such a whirlwind, I really appreciate taking this opportunity to see everything we've accomplished for ourselves and for our...
Responsible Conduct Every Day: Creating an e-learning course for local elected officials
One of the joys of working in learning design is getting to collaborate with great organizations who are dedicated to building effective and engaging courses. Part of our work together is about first determining if it is actually a course that is needed, and if so,...
Call for Expressions of Interest
I’m looking for subcontractors who can support learning design and development projects on a sporadic, as-needed basis throughout the year, with immediate upcoming project-based needs. Specifically I’m seeking: senior learning/instructional designers with a graduate...
Learning is All Around Us
When I think about learning opportunities, I often think of the learning that happens in formal settings first. The workshop. The course. The virtual training session. But what about the learning opportunities that occur as we go about our day? What about the broader...
Five ways to give Design to Engage to your faculty or staff
My clients often buy more than one copy of my book, Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience For Any Group, for their groups of faculty, facilitators or staff. Now is a great time to be thinking of whether you could do this for the...
The power of facilitation
A number of years ago I facilitated a meeting for an organization with which I was very familiar, to help them have a conversation about a certain area of their work. I led about a dozen people through several Liberating Structures, one of which was the activity...
