Presentation made on May 5th, 2014 at ASTD ICE 2014.

1. Facilitation and
Neuroscience
A Recipe for 21st Century Learning
Geoff Peate
Session: M318

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Extrapolated from Bersin by Deloitte report

3. @work_on_purpose

4. Three Core Challenges faced by
Learning & Development
Professionals
The GURU in the front of the
room

5. Inquire
DiscussEngage
Act
C the IDEA

6. C the IDEA

7. CONTENT

8. CONTEXT

9. Research shows that the key to optimizing learning and
building long term memory is to create ownership of
learning content.
Rock et al, Learning that Lasts through the AGES
The way to begin to create learning ownership is
through providing context.
Geoff Peate
Contextualising

10. Why are you here in this room today; what do you want
to get out of this Session?
On a scale of 1 – 10; how likely are you to take
something from this session and implement or use it
after the conference?
An Activity

11. Inquire
DiscussEngage
Act
C the IDEA

15. What, to you, is facilitation?
In your mind, what is learning?
What then, might ‘facilitated learning’ be?
Reflection and Discussion

16. Albert Einstein:
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the
conditions in which they can learn.
John Dewey:
We do not learn from experience; we learn from
reflecting on experience
Facilitated Learning

17. On the card write the following:
Your name
Your email address
The answer to this question –
What would you most like to know about Neuroscience
and Facilitation?
Involving Groups
As a learning facilitator, what could you now do with
this stack of cards?

18. Inquire
DiscussEngage
Act
C the IDEA

20. A little U
So – what happened then?

22. Courage

23. Navigation

25. Personal Reflection

26. What will you do next?

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