{"id":1322,"date":"2017-10-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edvance360.com\/lms\/its-all-about-the-questions-part-2\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T09:00:00","slug":"its-all-about-the-questions-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edvance360.com\/lms\/its-all-about-the-questions-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s All About the Questions (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the August 2016 Chief Learning Officer Journal, Randy Emelo authors an article entitled \u201cAsk Me Anything: The Power of Questions in Learning\u201d. This is our cliff notes and our comments.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cGetting information quickly is the learning method of choice these days. But favoring quick hits over asking questions and putting some effort into figuring out the answers is detrimental for the employee and company.\u201d He observes, \u201cWe have become an impatient society that expects everything to be available with the click of a mouse or the swipe of a finger. We can become quite indignant when this doesn\u2019t happen. Worse, our impatience is inhibiting our ability to learn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn order for meaningful learning to take place, people have to focus on process-oriented conversations and learning activities, rather than just outcome-oriented efforts.\u201d \u201cOne way to accomplish this is to shift attention from outcome-oriented conversations to more process-driven conversations that focus more on asking questions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In our previous blog post, we shared how we believe that questioning skills can and should be taught in all areas of education. We also shared how social and collaborative learning environments like Edvance360 LMS-SN help to facilitate these skills, even helping to change a culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This blog post will continue the thought by sharing Emelo\u2019s four-step dialogue model to help learning designers or facilitators enable learners to reflect, envision, explore, and act. For each step, we will highlight the tools that can be used to do so online, within Edvance360.<\/span><\/p>\n

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First, Emelo shares how to create an environment in which questions can be answered honestly, usefully, and without fear. He says leaders need to model openness by getting everyone to answer the question, \u201cShare a time when you\u2026\u201d and then following up with questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n