101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom - (Active Training) by Elaine Biech (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom provides proven, practical strategies, activities, and tips for those tasked with facilitating training in any subject area among alternative settings. Based on the best-selling Active Training approach, these methods have been designed by recognized experts, and are guaranteed to enliven any learning event. Readers will find a toolkit of ready-to-use exercises and tips for organizing, conducting, and delivering active learning, in alternative settings on the job or around the world. The book is organized in a way that allows trainers to quickly and easily identify strategies that hold the most promise for specific situations. Each strategy is illustrated with a case example that demonstrates the concepts in action. Two hundred tips organized in twenty how-to lists will prove invaluable for using Twitter, coaching virtually, encouraging informal learning, opening interactive virtual learning sessions, and much more. Coverage includes best practices for social media and informal learning, common e-learning tools, as well as guidance toward using a full gamut of tools from gamification and simulation to serious games and m-learning.

Active training encourages participants to use their brains to study ideas, solve problems, and apply what they've learned. It's a fast-paced, fun, supportive, and personally engaging environment. This book shows training facilitators the proven techniques that help learners get more out of the material.

• Design a more engaging learning environment
• Improve delivery with optimized technology
• Utilize effective learning tools and practical strategies
• Learn best practices for social media, coaching, virtual learning, and more

Learners need to figure things out by themselves, ask questions, practice skills, and transfer skills and knowledge to the job. With proven strategies designed by industry leaders, 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom is the indispensable guide to the design and delivery of effective alternative ways to learn.

From the Back Cover

Creative Strategies Guaranteed to Breathe Life Into Learning

101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom is a practical guide filled with dynamic strategies, activities, and tips for facilitators who want to create an experience that will increase their learners' competence, confidence, and commitment. No matter what the subject area or type of setting, this hands-on guide is guaranteed to enliven any learning event.

Hundreds of tips are organized in how-to lists that you will find invaluable for coaching virtually, encouraging informal learning, opening interactive virtual learning sessions, and countless other learning venues. Discover best practices for social media and informal learning, common-learning tools, as well as ideas for adopting a full gamut of learning tools from gamification and simulation to serious games and m-learning.

Tap into the wisdom of the 10 Tips Lists and the 101 strategies, and build a range of "active learning" methods and tools that will inspire active learning beyond your classroom.

Authors

Elaine Biech

Saleha Ahmad

Jon Aleckson

Michael Allen

Wendy Axelrod

Jean Barbazette

Linda Bedinger

Jane Bozarth

David Bush

Darlene Christopher

Cynthia Clay

Wendy Gates Corbett

Lawrence Cozzens

Jo Lynn Feinstein

Rob Fletcher

Peter Garber

Christi Gilchrist

Charlie Gillette

Barbara Glacel

Ashley Glacel

Barbara Greenstein

Andy Hicken

Jennifer Hofmann

Cindy Huggett

Patricia Johnson

Alwyn Klein

Linda Kulp

Joel Lamoreaux

Karen Lawson

Catherine Lombardozzi

Priyanka Malhotra

Renie McClay

Julie O'Mara

Rachel Plews

David Powell

Kella Price

Ron Rabin

Kimberly Seeger

Tracy Tagliati

Shannon Tipton

Teresa Torres-Coronas

Trish Uhl

Charlotte Waisman

Ryan Watkins

Sharon Wingron

About the Author

ELAINE BIECH is a bestselling author and president of ebb associates inc., a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm that helps organizations work through large-scale change.