by Carla | Feb 22, 2023 | Learning design
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...
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 Carla | Dec 7, 2022 | Learning design
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,...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Nov 4, 2022 | Books, Learning design, Teaching, Workshops
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...
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 | May 25, 2022 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
I got a lovely email recently from someone who said that she has so appreciated my book because it’s full of great ideas. She asked me if I would share my top five or ten most important points for people to consider when teaching virtually, which I was doing...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 25, 2022 | Learning design
As a learning designer I get the chance every year to work with great organizations to build courses on interesting topics. Every topic is worthwhile of course, but sometimes one comes along that also has direct relevance to my own life. This happened last year when I...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 21, 2022 | Learning design
Recently I was working with a client in a 1:1 consulting session and we were looking at their emerging lesson plan for a 2-hour workshop. I noticed some misalignments between the draft learning outcomes they’d written and the content and activities they’d designed...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 16, 2021 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Teaching online
Recently I was a participant in an online meeting with a mixed group of individuals from different organizations. I saw a couple of people enter the virtual room whom I knew and hadn’t seen in a while. We were in Zoom so I headed over to the chat panel to find...
