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Prompted Conversation ยท Reflection and Learning

TGL: October 2006

TGL: October 2006 is a prompted conversation exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), Pairs, Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. structured sharing activities for utilizing learners' experiences, knowledge, and opinions
  2. interactive lectures for use with subject-matter experts
  3. Bernie Dodge's WebQuest approach for use with online content
  4. The complaint that learners cannot use the original content is based on the assumption that everyone except instructional designers are incompetent.
  5. Rapid Instructional Design Content Is Abundant Why create new content?
  6. Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve...
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interactive lectures for use with subject-matter experts

Bernie Dodge's WebQuest approach for use with online content

The complaint that learners cannot use the original content is based on the assumption that everyone except instructional designers are incompetent.

Rapid Instructional Design Content Is Abundant Why create new content?

Mission To increase and improve the use of interactive, experiential strategies to improve...

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: TGL: October 2006. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: interactive lectures for use with subject-matter experts; Bernie Dodge's WebQuest approach for use with online content; The complaint that learners cannot use the original content is based on the assumption that everyone except instructional designers are incompetent.; Rapid Instructional Design Content Is Abundant Why create new content?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from The Thiagi Group; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including The Thiagi Group.)
  • What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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