Bringing It All Together Key Tenets For Designing And Delivering Effective Training Jason Palmer Deputy Director, Postsecondary Success Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Our vision is an education system that propels social mobility and economic development. We work with innovators and institutions, using evidence- based practices, to help low- income, minority and first generation students graduate from high school and college.

Best Interactive Engaging Practical Participatory Fun YOUR OWN TRAINING EXPERIENCES © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 4 Worst Boring Irrelevant Lecture-based Long Non-interactive

What you hope to gain from Teach to Reach: Successful strategies for in-service training of health workers in resource-constrained settings Skills to assess training effectiveness Innovative proven techniques to drive quick learning in adults Energy and encouragement New ways to facilitate training with more hand-on activities Updated knowledge on the science of learning

Day One Science of learning Day Two The art of the possible Day Three Practical solutions THE PAST 2 DAYS – 50,000 FEET © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 6

Science of learning Personalized learning Learning as a conversation Building a learning culture Performance support (e.g., job aids) IN DAY ONE WE LEARNED ABOUT © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 7

JOSE MESTRE – PRE-CONCEPTIONS © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 8

MICHELE DIPIETRO – 7 PRINCIPLES © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 9 Prior knowledge (helps or hinders) Organization of knowledge Motivation Mastery Goal-directed practice and feedback Development – social, emotional, intellectual Self-directed meta-cognition

Building a learning culture Performance support (e.g., job aids) Simulation and adaptive learning IN DAY TWO WE LEARNED ABOUT © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 10

USP INVESTMENTS & PARTNERS INCLUDE… © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 11

ACTIVE LEARNING © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 12 The essence of Active Learning is e ngagement of learners in: Recall of their prior knowledge Making associations of new knowledge to prior knowledge Making use of prior and new knowledge as they attempt to solve problems Making comparisons and evaluating knowledge In brief, in assimilating and applying what they are learning More precisely when applied to teaching and learning, Active Learning is a model of instruction that engages learners in doing more than just listen: they must read, write, discuss and be engaged in solving problems.

ADAPTIVE LEARNING © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 13 Adaptive Learning is an educational method which uses “computers” as interactive teaching devices, adapting the presentation of educational material according to students prior knowledge and learning needs as indicated by their responses to questions, tasks and experiences and collecting data about learners to help instructors tailor instruction. Acrobatiq, Cerego and simulations are all examples of Adaptive Learning. Adaptive Learning systems endeavor to transform the learner from passive receptor of information to an engaged collaborator in the educational process, building upon data-driven, science of learning principles.

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ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 16

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #1 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 17 (1)Explain active learning to the person sitting next to you

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #1 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 18 (1)Explain active learning to the person sitting next to you (2)Explain adaptive learning to the person sitting next to you

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #1 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 19 (1)Explain active learning to the person sitting next to you (2)Explain adaptive learning to the person sitting next to you (3)Here’s background for a problem: edX is a massive open online course provider (MOOC). edX hosts online university-level courses (videos and assessments) in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge.

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #1 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 20 (1)Explain active learning to the person sitting next to you (2)Explain adaptive learning to the person sitting next to you (3)Here’s background for a problem: edX is a massive open online course provider (MOOC). edX hosts online university-level courses (videos and assessments) in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge. Based on what you know are edX courses an example of active learning, adaptive learning, both, or neither?

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ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #2 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 22 (1)What is the most important thing you have learned at Teach To Reach?

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #2 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 23 (1)What is the most important thing you have learned at Teach To Reach? (2)What is the logical reason for why you think this is important (impact)?

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #2 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 24 (1)What is the most important thing you have learned at Teach To Reach? (2)What is the logical reason for why you think this is important (impact)? (3)How are you thinking about applying this lesson in your role “back home”?

ACTIVE, ADAPTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE #2 © 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 25 (1)What is the most important thing you have learned at Teach To Reach? (2)What is the logical reason for why you think this is important (impact)? (3)How are you thinking about applying this lesson in your role “back home”? (4)Stand up…

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