by Carla | May 2, 2023 | Facilitation, Professional development
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 18, 2023 | Educational technology, Facilitation, Learning, Learning design
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?...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 29, 2023 | Facilitation, Professional development, Workshops
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...
by Carla | Nov 22, 2022 | Facilitation, Learning
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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Oct 18, 2022 | 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...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 30, 2022 | Business back end, Facilitation, Learning design, Online facilitation, Podcast, Professional development, Teaching, Teaching online
I’ve been working on an exciting project for a while, and I’m very happy to let you know that it is almost ready. I’m launching a podcast called Facilitating on Purpose and it will be all about designing and facilitating learning experiences....
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 8, 2022 | Business back end, Facilitation, Teaching, Workshops
In May I facilitated a half-day workshop at a Vancouver-area college and it marked my first in person facilitation since the pandemic took hold of us all in March 2020. I was thrilled to be back in a physical room again and revelled particularly in the sound of...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 10, 2022 | Facilitation
In my last post I described how to facilitate the Back to Back Listening activity virtually. What I didn’t know then was that I would soon receive negative feedback about that activity from a participant. And it prompted me to think more intentionally about my...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 27, 2022 | Facilitation
Back to Back Listening is one of my favourite “in development” Liberating Structures. It’s not part of the original set of 33 but it’s an activity that really works – both in person and virtually. You’ll find the write-up of Back to...
