1. Presentation by
Gopala Y.M
Ph.D Scholar
Dept. of Agril. Extn
UAS, Bangalore

2. Experiential learning
 Experiential learning is learning through reflection on doing,
which is often contrasted with rote or didactic learning.
 Experiential learning focuses on the learning process for the
individual
 An example of experiential learning is going to the zoo and
learning through observation and interaction with the zoo
environment, as opposed to reading about animals from a book.
 Thus, one makes discoveries and experiments with knowledge
firsthand, instead of hearing or reading about others'
experiences.

3. According to David A. Kolb,
In order to gain genuine knowledge from an experience,
certain abilities are required:
1. The learner must be willing to be actively involved in the
experience;
2. The learner must be able to reflect on the experience;
3. The learner must possess and use analytical skills to
conceptualize the experience; and
4. The learner must possess decision making and problem
solving skills in order to use the new ideas gained from the
experience.

4. Experiential learning cycle
EXPERIENCE
APPLICATION
(activity, doing
(Planning more effective individually or in
post training behaviour ) group)
GENERALIZATION
PROCESS
Drawing conclusions,
identifying general (sharing, comparing,
principles) processing,
reflecting)

5. 1. The experience phase
 At this phase, the participants are actively involved in doing
something may be leturetts, case studies, role play,
simulations, games, films and slide shows
 This activities ranges from active to passive techniques
 The trainer may choose according to learning objective

6. 2. The process phase
 The trainer helps the individual member to recall and
share the experience undergone in the first phase
 Participants now express what they liked and not liked
about the experience
 They discuss individually or in groups both their
intellectual and attitudinal reactions to the activities in
which they engaged in first phase

7. 3. Generalization phase
 The participants draws conclusions generalizations which
might be derived from first two phase
 Questions like what did you learn from all this? Helps in
drawing the generalizations
 The learner moves away from the immediate experience
and to the broader world of experience

8. 4. The application phase
 Drawing upon insights and conclusions reached,
participants can begin to adopt in their day to day life.
 The trainer helps them think about what they are going to
do when training session is over.
 There is a focus on specific action back on farm or home.

9. Seven step model of presentation
1. Climate setting
2. Learning objective
3. Experience
4. Processing
5. Generalization
6. Application
7. closure

11. Experience exercise
 Title: Reaching the Consensus
 Time Required: 40 Mins
Objectives
1. To experience a systematic process of coming to a
consensus regarding a decision.
2. Identify one’s cognitive and emotional reactions during
the process

12. PROCEDURE
 You have been appointed as a team of 5 persons to make
recommendations to a faculty administrative committee
for awarding three post graduate fellowships to Cornell
University in US.
 All the candidates are equally qualified interms of
 Academic requirements
 Performance in TOEFL and GRE
 Programs available to meet their stated career objective
 Their personal characteristics and charisma
 Their career potential

13. Experiencing the consensus type of decision
making
 You must choose three of the candidates from the list of
ten which have been the result of screening 200
applications