by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 27, 2020 | Facilitation, Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
In Part 1 of this four post series on creating online learning, I gave a very brief overview of the different types of online learning that exist as well as decisions you need to make when you first set out to create online learning. In this Part 2 post I’ll...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 4, 2020 | Facilitation, Teaching, Workshops
It’s been four years since I attended my first Liberating Structures immersion workshop, with Keith McCandless, Fisher Qua, and Tracy Roberts and Leva Lee from BCcampus. Not too many months before that, I’d never heard of Liberating Structures and...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 24, 2019 | Facilitation
There are many reasons why groups from all kinds of organizations need to come together, such as for strategic planning, program planning, community consultations, annual general meetings, team retreats and other meetings focused on group relationship-building and...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 3, 2019 | Facilitation, Professional development
Over the weekend I participated in Power of Hope’s Creative Facilitation workshop. It was divided into three sessions: two hours on Friday night, a full day on Saturday, and Sunday afternoon. I’ve been reading Lynda Barry’s Syllabus book –...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Oct 13, 2018 | Facilitation, Learning design
I’ve been working on some interesting writing, research, design and facilitation projects lately so I thought I’d talk a little about them here. This wide variety of educational projects has been keeping me busy and engaged. Here are some highlights: FLO...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 21, 2018 | Facilitation
Back in July through my work with Royal Roads University I was able to help facilitate the coming together of over 90 people – in person and online – to discuss the establishment of a Community of Practice (CoP) for administrative professionals at the...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Aug 26, 2018 | Facilitation
As a facilitator I like to find opportunities to participate in other people’s events, to watch and learn from their facilitation skills – either things that work or things that don’t! The other day I got thinking about a facilitation strategy that...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 29, 2018 | Facilitation, Teaching, Teaching online
As a facilitator I’ve been interested in the skill of questioning for some time. The right question can change a “presentation” into a more active learning environment for students and help increase their engagement. Because I see questioning as one...
by Beth Cougler Blom | May 23, 2018 | Facilitation
A couple of weeks ago I facilitated a small team’s day-long staff retreat and it was such a positive experience I thought I’d write a blog post about it. Instead of talking specifically about that team’s experience, though, I want to highlight key...
