The Kolb Learning Suite Brochure

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1 The Kolb Learig Suite Brochure

2 A Itroductio A iteret search of learig style ivetory today will get you i excess of 800,000 hits. Try learig styles ad you will get close to eight millio. It s mid bogglig so much iformatio, so may assessmets. How ca aybody be expected to sift through the piles of iformatio ad idetify the tools that will work best for them? The learig tools described here were desiged by Experietial Leraig expert ad fouder of Experiece Based Learig Systems, Ic., David A. Kolb, Ph.D. All of these tools are based o his research ad have bee improved upo over the years based o feedback from millios of global users. Kolb Learig Style Ivetory, Versio 3.1 Accept No Subsitutes! May istrumets claim to be based o Kolb s Experietial Learig Theory, but oly the Learig Style Ivetory (LSI) was developed by David A. Kolb, Ph.D. It s a statistically valid ad reliable 12-item self-assessmet tool used by over oe millio users! The LSI3 has a wide rage of applicatios i busiess ad academic settigs. By idetifyig preferred learig styles, it opes opportuities to develop better problem solvig, teamwork, coflict resolutio, commuicatio, ad career choices. Ulike ay other learig styles istrumet, the LSI3 is surrouded by a powerful suite of optioal developmet tools for idividuals ad teams all based o 30 years of research by David Kolb, Ph.D.

3 The Kolb Team Learig Experiece Prepare a Team to Lear New Skills Together Experietial Learig provides a prove process that helps facilitators draw o the stregths of idividual team members to achieve team goals. This 7- hour simulatio creates a team learig space to work through a full cycle of learig. The experiece icludes compariso of idividual learig styles ad preferred roles o the team; exploratio of skills eeded to accomplish the team s goal; ad a process to esure success i learig together as a team. A ideal prerequisite or refresher for ay team traiig iitiative. Kolb Learig Style Exercise Sharpe a Group s Problem Solvig Isight This 2-hour activity provides a fu ad effective way to idetify the impact of diverse learig styles o group problem-solvig situatios. It is especially effective i team-focused traiig iitiatives. Workig idividually, participats are istructed to resolve a emergecy situatio by rakig, i order of importace, a list of items that ca be used to solve the problem. The, participats are assiged to groups ad istructed to come up with a team cosesus to the rak orderig of those same items. The activity provides participats with isights ad experiece i differet learig styles ad how they ca ehace the problem solvig process. Kolb Adaptive Style Ivetory Icrease Flexibility i Persoal Learig Style This istrumet builds o the valuable feedback received from the LSI3, idetifyig how flexible a perso is i applyig learig styles to various situatios. This tool addresses - over-reliace o (or avoidace of) particular styles; implicatios of preferred styles i differet situatios; ad strategies for becomig more flexible i learig. For orgaizatios goig through major chages, the LSI3 ad Adaptive Style Ivetory offer idividuals a fresh ad persoal perspective o the importace of flexibility i adaptig to ew ad ukow situatios.

4 Kolb Learig Skills Profile Match Learig Skills with Jobs ad Tasks O the job, or i the classroom, what skills are most importat to success? Ad where do people see their skill gaps? This istrumet ca be used for self-assessmet or job match aalysis. It idetifies which skills are critical to performace, which have yet to be developed, ad which are beig uderused. Participats rate their ow learig skills ad the skill demads of their job or program, icludig: Iterpersoal, Iformatioal, Aalytical ad Behavioral skills. I multi-rater use, feedback from employees, peers, ad bosses ca profile a skill gap. I academic settigs, the feedback provides a effective outcome measure of studet learig. The Kolb Team Learig Experiece Prepare a Team to Lear New Skills Together Experietial Learig provides a prove process that helps facilitators draw o the stregths of idividual team members to achieve team goals. This 7- hour simulatio creates a team learig space to work through a full cycle of learig. The experiece icludes compariso of idividual learig styles ad preferred roles o the team; exploratio of skills eeded to accomplish the team s goal; ad a process to esure success i learig together as a team. A ideal prerequisite or refresher for ay team traiig iitiative.

5 Kolb Learig Suite Accessories Kolb Learig Style Referece Card Provide participats with a hady, easy to use referece card that highlights: Syergies/challeges of learig styles Ways to improve learig style skills Learig situatio prefereces Basic stregths of each learig style Kolb Experietial Learig Space: Floor Mat This Twister-like floor mat gets workshop participats out of their seats ad o to the Learig Space. Participats are istructed to stad i the place where they lear the quadrat that represets their preferred learig style (Accommodatig, Divergig, Assimilatig, Covergig). Why would you wat to use this Learig Space Floor Mat? It s a great icebreaker. It provides some powerful aha momets. It starts the exploratio of team learig profile. It itroduces learig skills.

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