Talking heads, passive listeners, audience engagement, active participation or something in between? What's the best way to provide education at conferences and events? Discuss new research on adult learning from MIT, Duke and the University of California and its impact on your education programming. Discover how participatory culture is invading the traditional education model and what you can do to create engaging education sessions for your organization meetings

1. Modernizing Your
Association Education
The Impact Of Today’s
Participatory Culture
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19. Is there a difference between
education & information?
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24. Teaches skills in critical thinking
problem solving
collaboration
decision making
evaluation
analysis

25. an active process that takes place in the
working memory as the learner abstracts
meaning and connects with existing
knowledge in long-term memory

26. an active process that takes place in the
working memory as the learner abstracts
meaning and connects with existing
knowledge in long-term memory

27. must be given time
for making meaning & connecting
new info with knowledge in long-term memory

30. People usually forget 90% of
what they learn in a class
within 30 days. Majority of
loss occurs
within hours of
class.
German psychologist &
memory researcher
Hermann Ebbinghaus

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32. Define engagement
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33. 3 Levels Of Engagement
Conversation, collaboration, collective action
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34. How can we help attendees get from the
first level to last?
Conversation, collaboration, collective action
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35. Traditional Education
uses a push method
Old
• Training
• Rigid
• Program
• Mandated
• Formal
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36. Today’s Education
uses a pull method
Old New
• Training • Learning
• Rigid • Flexible
• Program • Platform
• Mandated • Self-Service
• Formal • Informal
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37. The Traditional Conference
Push Method
Conference & Event Organizers decide
where bus going, attendees along for ride.
(Good for newbies, bad for veterans)
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38. The New Conference
Pull Method
Riders choose destination,
speed, route & decide if they
want to take detours or help
others. (Best for veterans and
experienced professionals)
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40. Participatory Culture
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43. on social networking sites
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44. Today’s networked individuals
emerging class of citizens
Participatory Class
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45. Active participation in content
development, sharing
Participatory Culture 45

46. Social connection to others
contributions matter
Participatory Culture 46

47. The Future
Of Learning
Institutions
In A
Digital Age
http://www.hastac.org/node/2238
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48. Education
must
transition to
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49. 1) Participatory Learning
Internet changed how we all
learn, play, socialize
engage in life

50. Participatory Learning
Commonplace, not exotic
Process, not product

51. Participatory Learning
Not passive
About conversations
comments, engagement

52. • How does participatory
learning impact traditional
conferences?
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53. 2) Presumed Authority
To Collective Credibility
Communal
Democratic
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54. Presumed Authority to
Collective Credibility
Problem solving via group processes
Interdisciplinary
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55. Presumed Authority to
Collective Credibility
Requires helping attendees learn skills
to address different points of views
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56. • What barriers exist to keep
you from moving to this
model?
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57. • What role do Subject Matter
Experts (SMEs) play in this
model?
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58. 3) Horizontal Structures
Less authoritative, top-down, standard
Knowledge gap between speaker
audience shrunk
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59. Horizontal Structures
Collaboration, teamwork,
problem solving, knowledge making 59

60. Horizontal Structures
Emphasis on Peer to Peer
Less monologues, panel dialogues 60

61. 4) Variety of Formal &
Informal
Informal Learning Opps
80% learning - informal
Move from push to pull methods
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62. Formal & Informal
Novice workers Mature (5-10 yrs) Experienced >10 yrs
Directed Self-Directed Helping Others
Class Discovery Coaching
Course Searching (Google) Mentoring
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Source: Jay Cross’ Working Smarter

63. Formal & Informal
Novice workers Mature (5-10 yrs) Experienced >10 yrs
Directed Self-Directed Helping Others
Class Discovery Coaching
Course Searching (Google) Mentoring
Lecture Trial-and-error Storytelling
Test/Exam Collaborating Giving Feedback
1 Right Answer Asking Nurturing
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Source: Jay Cross’ Working Smarter

64. Formal & Informal
Novice workers Mature (5-10 yrs) Experienced >10 yrs
Directed Self-Directed Helping Others
Class Discovery Coaching
Course Searching (Google) Mentoring
Lecture Trial-and-error Storytelling
Test/Exam Collaborating Giving Feedback
1 Right Answer Asking Nurturing
Curriculum Skimming Modeling
Listening Observing Reflecting
Instructions Conversing Connecting
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Source: Jay Cross’ Working Smarter

65. • What must we do
differently to encourage
this?
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66. Formal & Informal
Novice workers Mature (5-10 yrs) Experienced >10 yrs
Directed Self-Directed Helping Others
Class Discovery Coaching
Course Searching (Google) Mentoring
Lecture Trial-and-error Storytelling
Test/Exam Collaborating Giving Feedback
1 Right Answer Asking Nurturing
Curriculum Skimming Modeling
Listening Observing Reflecting
Instructions Conversing Connecting
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Source: Jay Cross’ Working Smarter

67. 5) Networked Learning
Learning is social
Conversational & partnering
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68. Networked Learning
Emphasizes flexibility & outcomes
Mobilizing networks
Assertive to enabling
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69. • How can you encourage more
participant dialogue &
conversations at your
conferences and in your
education?
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70. 6) Interactive & w/out Walls
Life-long learning
Free Wi-Fi
Encouraging social sharing
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71. 6) Interactive & w/out Walls
Many-to-multitudes
Engages those not present
Extends messages
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72. 6) Interactive & w/out Walls
Extends ideas, practices for betterment
Of Profession & Industry
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73. We serve Our Members Best
By Serving Our
Industry First 73

74. How does this statement impact your
education? Do you agree? Disagree?
Why?
“We serve our members
best by serving our
industry first.”
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75. • What challenges do you see
with “Without Walls?”
• How can you overcome them?
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76. 1) Participatory Learning
1. To participatory learning
2. From presumed authority to
collective credibility
3. To more horizontal structures
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77. 1) Participatory Learning
2) Presumed Authority
1. ToCollective Credibility
To participatory learning
2. From presumed authority to
collective credibility
3. To more horizontal structures
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78. 1) Participatory Learning
2) Presumed Authority
1. ToCollective Credibility
To participatory learning
2. From presumed authority to
3) Horizontal Structures
collective credibility
3. To more horizontal structures
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79. 4) Formal & Informal
1. To participatory learning
2. From presumed authority to
collective credibility
3. To more horizontal structures
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80. 4) Formal & Informal
5) Networked Learning
1. To participatory learning
2. From presumed authority to
collective credibility
3. To more horizontal structures
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81. 4) Formal & Informal
5) Networked Learning
1. To participatory learning walls
6) Interactive & w/o
2. From presumed authority to
collective credibility
3. To more horizontal structures
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86. Planning Education
Not A Piece Of Cake
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87. Adult Ed & Meetings
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