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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The Challenge of Learning Disabilities

Hi James, thanks so much for your comments. Sometimes I just like to reemphasize a well written point from an instructor that captures the essence of the topic in the hopes that our ED106 participants will review. With your permission... "College students are sometimes less than forthcoming about what they consider perceived deficiencies...The greatest challenge comes when a student has been unsuccessful in their past and has developed a mindset that they cannot be successful...Talking with the student one on one, modeling good skills and discussing in a kind and compassionate way how changes could be employed in small building… >>>

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Using Student Learning Groups

Hi Donald, this is a good point about the grading aspect - students' hesitations about how the group work will affect individual assessments. I have traditionally included both an individual component and a group component with a student's grade (using the rubric approach). Jay ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Hi James! As you reference, reframing an answer so that others can build on the response not only positively affects a student's self-esteem, but it creates momentum in the learning environment. Unless a student is completely off base, no answer is worthless. I shutter when instructors simply say "No" or "Incorrect" and move to the next student response. Thanks for your observations, Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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The Diverse Learner

Hi Donald! Thanks for your comments! What types of assessments do you use? Are they subject specific, or more oriented toward the learning process? Are they skill-based or content-based? Both? Thanks!! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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The Diverse Learner

Hi Alan! Providing some universal marketing principles is a great strategy - we all tend to follow similar precepts when putting together a marketing plan, positioning a product or service or creating a brand - yet you raise an interesting point about different meanings of words and sentences across cultures. Have you ever, per chance, demonstrated in a fun way what the outcomes might be given an inappropriate or mis-perceived use of a word or phrase (given the differences in cultural reference)? Just curious... Thanks, Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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The Diverse Learner

Hi Shukmei! Good strategy, particularly having students follow your example in their own ways. I might even suggest that you have students paraphrase concepts and give their own examples, plus give them an outline of key points rather than, perhaps, them writing down every word. Thanks so much for your comments, Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Hi David! This is an ongoing instructional challenge - covering all that needs to be covered in a condensed period of time, plus facilitating the additional critical skills (communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, decision-making, etc.)foundational to the workplace. Many instructors say that if a student captures a few things well, as opposed to a lot of things marginally, there is a positive learning outcome - that is, students will not absorb everything. The challenge is though that if the skill being presented is sequential and crucial to the next step in a process, it must be mastered before moving on. This, combined… >>>

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Using Student Learning Groups

Hi Gary! Points well made! I have found too that clarifying expectations and identified outcomes for group members, and addressing group roles and responsibilities up front can be beneficial to getting the team started down the right path. Thanks, Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Hi Julie and Agnes! To your points, nonverbal body language is crucial to our communication to students - and the challenge is that we are often not aware of what we are communicating! Additionally, agreed, our body language must be genuine. A forced smile or gesture can completely undermine an instructor's credibility and integrity. Thank you both for your valued input! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Thanks, Agnes, for all of your observations and suggestions in the discussion forums. To this post, clarity, as you reference, is crucial. I remember as a "green" instructor, I would give a presentation, or lecture, then ask if there were any questions. Of course, there were none (or few) thus I assumed it was OK to move on. It didn't take long to understand that a lack of questions did not = comprehension. Integrating mini-activites into the lecture, asking questions along the way, having student volunteers paraphrase points in their own words, holding impromptu contests and demonstrations, and reviewing key… >>>

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