Jun 17, 2007

Narrative Learning Environment (Part 1 of 6)

Posted by : Bob Livingston

There are five elemants that I build a course around.

  1. Participants are co-constructors
  2. There is a central theme that provides the primary drive around the course.
  3. The sequencing of the events and information create the right context.
  4. Involvement in the course is constant. The environment must be active, not passive.
  5. Participants seek meaning through exploration and reflection.
These make up the environment within the design of the course. These elements apply to both classroom and elearning courses. The next 5 postings will elaborate on how each of the elements fit into the overall struture of a course.
 
Jan 16, 2007

What is a narrative?

Posted by : Bob Livingston

All learning is personal, even in an organization. The organization provides the objective and content. The trainer provides the instruction. However, the individual does the learning. In my “umpteen” years of developing training programs, I came to realize that most programs don’t reflect this truism. The focus is on the information and not the learner.

You may have already realized that my blog is about something called narrative learning. I ran into the concept of narrative in 2001. People construct narratives by selecting and connecting certain experiences, knowledge, assumptions, beliefs, and values to form a coherent, credible, consistent and meaningful story about how we view our world. An individual’s life identity is a narrative. The best way to demonstrate a narrative is by giving you an “activity” to complete. After all, I am a trainer.


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