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Critical incident method involves analyzing specific situations to determine which communicative actions or behaviors would lead to the best possible outcome of a given situation.
Culturally relevant and responsive curriculum incorporates participants’ cultural experiences and perspectives for effective teaching and learning.
Design Processes are different ways to plan and produce a training program. They provide a procedural model to follow in course creation.
Differentiated Instruction (DI) is the planning and delivery of instruction that considers the varied levels of readiness, learning needs and interests of each training participant. Practitioners might employ different methods with different participants, depending on their readiness and needs, and provide options for demonstrating their understanding and mastery of the material.
Digital teaching and learning materials are designed to help participants to use technology to find, manage, apply, create and share information and content. Digital skills enable participants to keep up with changing demands in the modern workplace, daily life and in education.
The following links include practical, printable, ready-made resources to use in the delivery of Skills for Success training.
Direct instruction refers to instructional approaches that are carefully structured, sequenced, and led by instructors. Explicit instruction can eliminate misinterpretations to improve and accelerate learning.
Disability and Accessibility Standards are standards that help participants live and learn in a barrier-free environment.
Discussion strategies enhance learning and create a collaborative exchange of ideas among participants for the purpose of furthering their thinking, learning, problem solving and understanding of ideas.
In-class discussion strategies
Online discussion strategies
Ke, F., & Xie, K. (2009). Toward deep learning for adult students in online courses. The Internet and Higher Education, 12(3-4), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.08.001 (login required)
Document Use is reading and using signs, labels, lists, maps, entry forms, and other visual and spatial displays of information. Document Use was one of the nine Essential Skills in the original framework. In the Skills for Success Framework, it is a skill that is embedded in Reading, Numeracy, and Writing.
Elements of style can be defined as the way a writer writes and the techniques used. Some common elements of style include: voice, diction, tone and mood.
The elements of style. The Elements of Style, by William Strunk-A Project Gutenberg eBook. (n.d.). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37134/37134-h/37134-h.htm
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