Using Demonstrations in Training

I've spent the last week preparing a two-day workshop for college faculty on active and cooperative teaching. This workshop is part of my instructional coaching work for Project DEgree and will be delivered to experienced faculty in colleges around the US who are adept with integrating curriculum across their courses. In general these skilled faculty draw from a deep reservoir of interactive strategies so this workshop will focus on two unique areas:

Teddy Bears Enhance Adult Behavior

Two weeks off and then two weeks of work travel has squeezed out blog writing for the last month. During the down time however, friends and colleagues have been sending me articles and videos so I do have a backlog of interesting adult-learning tidbits to share, the first being the impact of stuffed animals on the prosocial behavior of adults.