Learning activities enable participants to achieve and to demonstrate their learning. We select learning activities based on our desired learning levels, selecting from: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, or Creation.
Knowledge
Participants can gain information [KNOWLEDGE] when they:
- attend a lecture,
- participate in a discussion,
- listen to a panel,
- read reference materials, or
- view a PowerPoint presentation.
Comprehension
Participants can demonstrate that they understand what they have learned [COMPREHENSION] when they:
- read and discuss a case study,
- brainstorm answers to a discussion question,
- respond to a quiz or questionnaire, or
- complete a writing assignment.
Application
Participants can put what they have learned to use [APPLICATION] when they:
- play a game,
- perform a hands on exercise,
- participate in a simulation or role play,
- conduct an on-site visit, or
- solve problems in small groups.
Analysis
Participants can achieve and demonstrate ANALYSIS when they:
- analyze real-life situations or problems [case studies or simulations],
- sort and reorganize information into categories [hands on exercises or games], or
- illustrate or outline information [flow charts and diagrams].
Evaluation
Participants can achieve and demonstrate EVALUATION when they:
- apply criteria to make a judgment,
- assess the work of others,
- provide feedback on a hands on exercise, simulation, or role play.
Creation
Participants can achieve and demonstrate CREATION when they:
- create an action plan,
- design something new [in hands on exercises or games], or
- modify or reconstruct policies or procedures [in case studies or simulations].
Many learning activities can be restructured to accomplish several different levels of learning. For example, a case study can be used to accomplish any level of learning, simply by varying its degree of complexity,
Only lecture is limited to accomplishing one level of learning: KNOWLEDGE.
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