Jay Hollowell

About me

Please allow me this opportunity to welcome everyone to The Lounge! As someone who has had the honor of being in career education and corporate training for thirty years (gee, it makes me feel much older!), I can honestly say that I am the happiest professionally when having the opportunity to interact with fellow career educators - whether it be a training event, webinar, or medium such as this where we can collaboratively share our thoughts.

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Thanks Ricardo, "real world" examples, anecdotes, relevant stories, etc. all help to personalize the learning experiences for our students; they, of course, have them to share as well (as long as there is a balance with the content that we must cover). Jay ED106 Facilitator

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Instructing Diverse Learners

Hi Eli! What can I say to add? You have hit so many good points for effective instruction, particularly using concrete, real-life examples when possible. I would encourage all of our participants to read Eli's post; I have taken the liberty of including a part of it below. Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator "Never make assumptions! I always start my first class as if everyone is "equal" in terms of learning needs. I don't assume that age matters; that ethnicity matters; that current job matters; that past jobs matter - I try to view every student the same until I have… >>>

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Hi Joan, no problem at all, thanks so much for your comments and best wishes for every teaching success! Jay

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Instructing Learners with Disabilities

Thanks so much for your teaching strategies, Leeta! As you mentioned, they are applicable to any learner and any environment. It's really just good advice! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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The Challenge of Learning Disabilities

Hi Andrea, it sounds as if you have some strategies in place to help students who may have challenges. I think often if a student approaches an instructor to say that a learning disability is involved, that student, as you have referenced, will say what has worked for them in the past in addressing the challenge. Helping though, of course, is different from merely accomodating. Extra time and tutoring remain valuable resources for students with learning challenges. Thanks for your comments! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Thanks, Tim, for your comments. I have found that adult students are very honest in letting me know if I am proceeding too fast (or too slow) with a presentation and will help gage the pace of the classroom or lab. As we have mentioned before, I often insert a brief story or related example, include an on-the-spot, mini activity, or ask students to paraphrase, in their own words, the topic as a review. This helps to slow things down a bit and hopefully reinforces content as well. Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Hi Cindy! Thanks for your example. It's like a presenter who is running out of time and tries to get the balance of the PowerPoint slides covered because they are there. I have found that getting the basic principles down on a topic or subject is far more effective than cramming everything in. It's amazing how sometimes there is considerable filler on a particular topic that we use when time allows. Thanks again for your on-target observations! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Thanks, Cindy, we can always rely on the fact that we are the subject-matter experts! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Using Student Learning Groups

Hi Marisa! Thanks for your comments. I too have found that clear, established expectations, objectives and ground rules really help to facilitate an effective group. Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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The Diverse Learner

Hi Carlos, thank you, these are very practical methods for helping students with special challenges. You mentioned before that an effective way to help students with learning disabilities is to find out what has worked for them in the past and then proceed accordingly. This is a good point since a special needs student may have already been down a similar path and knows what works best. Such students are often comfortable in telling an instructor what works for them as long as it's in confidence and no undue attention is brought to the situation. I think as well, though… >>>

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