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Engage learnersin remote locations
Olavur Ellefsen, CEO, SimprentisNordic Network for Adult Learning, 21 September 2011
About me
Olavur Ellefsen Founder and CEO of Simprentis Developed and delivered education
and training courses based on the OilSim learning simulation since 2002
MSc, Computer Science and Business Administration
Follow me: twitter.com/olavur Homepage: www.simprentis.com
How can you engage learners in remote
locations?
Suggestions...
Often the result is...
Even in the classroom...
All over the world...
How then do you engage people...
Our approach...
Take a map, a laptop,…..
some students,…..
and some innovation
Can you find the oil and gas?
Study the seismic
Bid for those licences
Spread the risk….
….partner with other companies
Where are you going to drill?
What rig do you need?
Which service companies will help?
Environmental impact?
Putting Energy Into Learning
Learning by doing….
Peer-to-peer learning
Interactive and fun….
…whilst intensive and challenging
Lots of learning outcomes
Sense of accomplishment…..
Team spirit
winning teams….
Process
Teach the teachers
Teachers teach the students
We train the Facilitators
…to facilitate the learning
Facilitator’s role
Introduce
Encourage and assist
Debrief
Individual
Delivery structure
Secondary Support
Primary Support
Facilitator
Participant
Participant
...
Facilitator
Participant
Participant
Facilitator
Participant
Participant
Delivery models
Many (30+) locationsCentral location800+ students
Combined
Big and small scale events
Key components
Computer-assisted Problem Based Learning Scripted synchronous learning
experience Team-oriented Facilitated
But does it work remotely?
Remote and alone...
No peers and no facilitator
Computer-assisted Problem Based Learning Scripted synchronous learning
experience Team-oriented ? Facilitated ?
Our experience is that very few participants succeed without the support of team mates and facilitators
Biggest challenges
Team oriented / Peer-to-peer learning
Facilitation
Remote teams and virtual teams
On location and virtual facilitation
Remote solutions
1. On-site facilitator2. Teams instead of sole participants3. Virtual teams4. Remote facilitators
1. Via text chat2. Via voice and video
5. Video introduction to each challenge
Or, rephrased
Using local educational centers to facilitate the learning process Schools, libraries
Emphasize and develop the pedagogical capabilities of the teachers Make them facilitators rather than
lecturers Deep subject matter experts are
available on the net on demand
Teacher role
The future of universities is to be
assessing and helping students organize what they know into meaningful packages
and then credential that learning