The Diversity of the Generations
May 16, 2023

The Diversity of the Generations

It is important to understand and appreciate the life experiences that Learners bring to a course you are developing. However given the concepts of lifelong learning and intrinsic motivation to learn for sometimes enjoyment or other times generativity (the legacy that an adult will leave behind) we have a diverse collection of learners that could span all five generations join […]

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Competence Illusion
May 11, 2023

Competence Illusion

As per usual, I was scrolling through the massive wonderful world of youtube and I can across a couple videos that I think will help my cognitive processes going forwards, so I thought I’d post them to my site as part of my journey in the Provincial Instructors Diploma (PID) program. Take a look: What do you think? Feel free […]

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May 7, 2023

New Podcast Channel on Spotify

Hey everyone checkout my new podcast called Discuss with Dave. I will use it to record my journey into the Provincial Instructors Diploma program that I started in April 2023. My first episode is a summary of an Article called “The Stress Paradox: How Stress is Good for Learning” Resources for the two applications of the Stress Paradox are below: […]

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May 3, 2023

Jack Mezirow – Transformative Learning

Jack Mezirow (1923-2014) 1978: Mezirow introduced the concept of transformative learning, which focused on the process of critically reflecting on and reconstructing one’s beliefs and assumptions. Mezirow created a 10-step process of Transformative Learning, It starts with a “disorienting dilemma” that causes self examination followed by critically assessing the assumptions one had prior to the dilemma. Next they recognize that […]

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Rethinking Rewards – The Power of Yet
May 3, 2023

Rethinking Rewards – The Power of Yet

I was born in 1980 and grew up in the nineties. My friends and I, now in our 40ties, often make jokes about Millennial’s and how they are so delicate compared to when we grew up. For example, in a sports event there is no winner or loser. No one keeps score and we reward participation. Even though I am […]

Education 0 1 min read
April 26, 2023

Experience and Adult Learning

I have always been a very empathetic person. I have had business leaders I report to tell me that I need to turn my emotional amplifier (ability to empathize with others) down a notch or two to be more effective, and I accept their feedback and have found I am more effective when I can dial down my amp. Given […]

Education 0 1 min read
April 23, 2023

Trends in Adult Education 2023

The acceleration of online learning and delivery of courses across virtual classrooms is the biggest trend in adult education. In my organization the majority of training programs developed were delivered using a traditional classroom-based approach, but the pandemic caused the Learning department to redesign the mode of delivery to online courses, and that redesign had to happen as quickly as […]

Education 0 4 min read