Scenario
Our 12-week prototype in-house English class for Japanese engineering and sales staff is in its third week. The program is available to staff countrywide and currently runs with five students at a false beginner level. By the end of the 12 weeks, we expect students to be able to introduce themselves in English when visiting projects overseas based on the sample dialogues they have learned. The week starts very similar to this course -- asynchronously with two tasks: quizzes and forum tasks to prepare for a live one on one session with the instructor at the end of the week via the BigBlue Button activity.
Students appear to be enjoying the quizzes but are not participating in the Forum tasks before the lessons. We are now planning to hold a group meeting with the students, instructors, designers and staff in Japanese to assess the course so far with the students. I think the LS structures would work well to kick off some discussions to encourage participation.
The LS I am thinking the "What, So What, Now What, W3 LS", would be a natural pick, but I'd like to delve deeper and provide some training on the strategy. I'll use the "9 Why's" LS. The time frame of 5-20 minutes for a person sounds good, but since we're a small group of 8, I feel we can hear everyone's stories.
Invitation:
1. How do you progress through the activities for the week?
2. Why is this sequence important to you? Why is this important to you?
We would keep notes for the group on the blackboard in the BigBlueButton conference activity. The LS notes suggest also think about asking people if the activity reminds them of any stories.
My question is what types of questions would we need to follow up with other than why or is this all we need.
Thank Asif and Rey for your help, guidance and sharing any ideas about this plannned groupwork. I'm looking forward to investigating your activities as well,
Doug