OLC’s second webinar, New Trends in Education: Formal, Non-formal and Informal Learning – Implications for Evaluation and Assessment, hosted by Sarah Eaton took place June 7th and was very well received!
This engaging webinar guided participants through the differences between learning, emerging, emerging trends and how to value and assess learning that happens in non-formal and informal contexts.
For those who missed the webinar, or who wish to share with colleagues and friends, we have the recorded version here.
OLC’s next webinar,Workforce Essential Skills, will be taking place September 13, 2011 at 1:00PM EDT with Karen Geraci and Marisa Mazzulla. Stay tuned for more information. To view OLC’s upcoming webinars, click here.
OLC recently hosted our first webinar “Be the Best Leader You Can Be: Solution Focused Coaching Techniques” with Alan Kay of The Glasgow Group – and it was a success!
Alan drove home some key principles in solution-focused coaching, and illustrated how this type of mindset allows for positive change. In this interactive webinar Alan enabled participants to assess their own issues in a solution-focused way, rather than in a negative light.
Miss the webinar? Click hereto watch the recorded version. Skip the introduction and dive right in at around 3 minutes 15 seconds.
With all of the positive feedback we have received on our first webinar, we are looking forward to hosting our second webinar on June 7th at 1:00PM EDT, “New Trends in Education: Formal, Non-formal and Informal Learning – Implications for Evaluation and Assessment” with Dr. Sarah Eaton. To register click here.
We asked you to help us pick our June webinar topic - and the poll results are in! June 7th at 1:00PM EDT, Dr. Sarah Eaton will be hosting OLC’s second webinar - ”New Trends in Education: Formal, Non-formal and Informal Learning – Implications for Evaluation and Assessment”!
Informed by the latest research, this program addresses trends in learning and education with regard to formal, non-formal and informal learning as defined by the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD). Educators are beginning to think beyond the brick-and-mortar walls of the traditional classroom when it comes to learning. There is a growing trend towards valuing non-formal and informal learning. In this workshop you will learn the differences between each type of learning, emerging trends for how to value and assess learning that happens in non-formal and informal contexts.
By the end of this session, you will:
Have a broad overview of new trends in education
Gain a deeper understanding of formal, non-formal and informal learning and what it means for literacy
Know how to take an asset-based, “can do” approach to evaluation and assessment by focusing on learners’ abilities, rather than their deficiencies
Be able to work with your learners to become more reflective and self-aware
Be able to better empower your learners to become responsible for their own learning throughout the lifespan
At OLC’s Spotlight on Learning conference, Alan Kay’s workshop “Be The Best Leader You Can Be: Solutions Focused Coaching Techniques” was voted one of the best at the conference. Miss the workshop, or want more insights? Join Alan as he hosts OLC’s first webinar on May 10, 2011 at 1:00PM EDT!
This free, interactive one hour webinar focuses on different solutions to encourage organizations and employees to use leadership and coaching techniques to improve quality of developing and delivering services.
In this webinar, we will:
Assess different kinds of leadership required to enlist and motivate people to reach their highest potential
Discover your own leadership style
Review the principles behind Solution Focused thinking
Understand how Solution Focus helps find useful change, amplify it and get to solution talk and actions
Look at team coaching as an interactive, developmental process which enables coaches to find their own solutions
Review a few tools you can use right away to create positive results in your organization, employees and yourself!
This week (April 2-9) is International Adult Learners’ Week, celebrating adult learners across the country and promoting lifelong learning! With this campaign well underway, what better way to start off the week than with inspirational stories from across the country? From West to East, read about how people are participating in International Adult Learners’ Week!
EDMONTON, ALBERTA:The Learning Centre Literacy Association’s Never Ending Learning Conference in Edmonton inspired and motivated learners this past Saturday, offering creative writing, speaking with confidence, and keeping a positive outlook workshops. http://bit.ly/f99xFb
CARMAN, MANITOBA:The Midland Adult Education Centre (MAEC) is promoting IALW through their Adult Ed week. A stimulating brain fitness program, and a 6-week Microsoft Word and Excel class are just a few of the activities and courses offered at the centre. http://bit.ly/iaLlbN
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO: The Oakville Literacy Council, a charitable organization providing free, personalized tutoring to adults in reading, writing and basic math, raised awareness of adult literacy by exhibiting and fundraising at the Oakville Lifestyle Home Show this past weekend. http://bit.ly/gjMbrv
Follow International Adult Learners’ Week in Canada on Facebook!
For three days last October, literacy professionals came together to discuss and share ideas about how to bring literacy and essential skills to the forefront of issues in Canada at OLC’s Spotlight on Learning: Becoming Agents of Change conference.
This website is host to workshop videos, resources, downloads and much more, and we will continually be adding to it over the next few months, so if you missed the conference or just want to refresh some topics, this website is your go-to tool. The conference may have ended, but the learning continues!
Highlights of the site include:
Our Speaker section revisits our guests speakers’ presentations on issues of importance
We piloted a learning program with six literacy organizations across Ontario. Want to know more about these organizations, or how they are becoming agents of change? Check out Change in Action
We want to hear from you. Questions or Comments? Have a resource you would like to add? Want us to profile a change you or your organization made after the conference? Contact olc@on.literacy.ca and let us know!
Be the change you want to see in the world by becoming an Agent of Change, and visit the new Spotlight on Learningwebsite today!
