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101 Ways to Make Training Active (with CD-ROM) » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of 101 Ways to Make Training Active (with CD-ROM) by Mel Silberman

Authors: Mel Silberman
ISBN-13: 9780787976125, ISBN-10: 0787976121
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: Mel Silberman

Mel Silberman is former professor emeritus of adult and organizational development at Temple University, where he received its Great Teacher Award. He is also president of Active Training, Princeton, New Jersey, a consulting firm that provides courses on active training techniques, interpersonal intelligence, and team facilitation. He is the author and editor of over 30 books, including Active Training, The Best of Active Training, and The 60-Minute Active Training Series.

Book Synopsis

Silberman (emeritus, Temple University) offers 24 strategies for opening a training session, 56 instructional techniques for teaching skills and attitudes actively, and 21 activities for concluding the program. Each lesson provides step-by-step procedures, variations, and a case example. The second edition adds a CD-ROM containing 200 tips organized into 20 lists for reproduction. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Introduction : getting the most from this resource	1
	Ten layouts for setting up a training classroom	8
	Ten techniques for learning names	15
	Ten questions for obtaining participant expectations	18
	Ten methods for obtaining participation	19
	Ten assignments to give learning partners	21
	Ten occasions to use response cards	23
	Ten ways to make learning visual	25
	Ten suggestions for activating a lecture	27
	Ten common games trainers play	29
	Ten energizers to wake up or relax a group	31
	Ten strategies for forming groups	33
	Ten alternatives for selecting group leaders and filling other jobs	35
	Ten tips when facilitating discussion	37
	Ten options for role playing	39
	Ten steps to use when facilitating experiential activities	40
	Ten timesavers when active training takes time	42
	Ten tricks for calling participants to order	44
	Ten props that dramatize learning	46
	Ten interventions for regaining control of the group	48
	Ten tips for online active learning	50
1	Stand up and be counted	56
2	Human scavenger hunt	58
3	Group resume	60
4	Predictions	62
5	Television commercial	64
6	Me too	65
7	Really getting acquainted	67
8	Team getaway	69
9	Reconnecting	71
10	Setting ground rules	73
11	First-class survey	76
12	Introductory go-arounds	79
13	Assessment search	81
14	Instant assessment	83
15	A representative sample	85
16	Class concerns	87
17	Active knowledge sharing	90
18	Rotating trio exchange	92
19	Go to your post	94
20	Lightening the learning climate	96
21	Exchanging viewpoints	98
22	True or false?	100
23	Hangman	102
24	Buying into the course	105
25	Gaining attention	110
26	Inquiring minds want to know	112
27	Teaching by analogy	114
28	Listening teams	116
29	Guided note taking	119
30	Lecture bingo	122
31	Guided teaching	125
32	Acting it out	127
33	Team quiz	130
34	Active debate	134
35	Town meeting	137
36	Three-stage fishbowl discussion	139
37	Expanding panel	142
38	Point-counterpoint	144
39	Reading aloud	146
40	Card exchange	148
41	Learning starts with a question	152
42	Question cards	154
43	Planted questions	156
44	Role reversal questions	158
45	Information search	162
46	The study group	164
47	Card sort	167
48	Learning tournament	169
49	The power of two	171
50	Team investigation	173
51	Group-to-group exchange	176
52	Jigsaw learning	178
53	Everyone is a teacher here	181
54	Peer lessons	183
55	Participant-created case studies	185
56	Poster session	188
57	E-mail exchanges	192
58	Dear Addie letters	194
59	Application questions	196
60	Web-based scavenger hunt	198
61	Real-time feedback	200
62	e-Learning journals	202
63	Jolts	206
64	Seeing how it is	208
65	Billboard ranking	210
66	What? : so what? : now what?	212
67	Active self-assessment	214
68	Stop, start, continue	216
69	Storytelling	218
70	Show, but NOT tell	222
71	The firing line	224
72	Active observation and feedback	227
73	Non-threatening role playing	229
74	Triple role playing	231
75	Rotating roles	233
76	You write the script	235
77	Practice-rehearsal pairs	237
78	I am the	239
79	Curveballs	241
80	Index card match	246
81	Flip chart/slide review	248
82	Review scrabble	250
83	Crossword puzzle	252
84	Jeopardy review	254
85	Who wants to be a millionaire?	257
86	Participant recap	261
87	Reconsidering	264
88	Return on your investment	266
89	What we are taking away	268
90	Physical self-assessment	270
91	Self-monitoring	274
92	Peer consultation	276
93	Obstacle assessment	278
94	Job reminders	280
95	I hereby resolve	282
96	Follow-up questionnaire	284
97	Sticking to it	287
98	High fives	292
99	Connections	294
100	Group photo	296
101	The final exam	298