Key Discussion Point - #2

Thank you Susan, Laverne, Patrick, and Joshua to your comments on the first discussion point. But - I'm not liking the long string of comments and my inability to respond underneath yours, etc. So I start anew!

I'm working through a current 'education dilemma' and am diplomatically asking for what I need. I was talking to my daughter about the situation and she states, "It's distance learning, what did you expect - something like face-2-face?"

So ... does Vella's principles work in a distance learning setting? Can you really do an adequate needs assessment? Create safety? and accountability?

I'm really curious about this - because no matter your very best intentions, it really doesn't matter if your learners aren't checked in and engaged with the process. And if they're not tuned-in and engaged - then what? You are on-line and without the body language, tone, etc. - how do you know they are checked out?

Key Discussion Point

Supposing and Proposing

Vella's last chapter of her book has a question which ties this journey together and one I'd like to pose to you:

Suppose you hadn't heard about or read Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach (and many of you haven't) and you need to plan a course for adult learners. What do you do?