Building Community in Your Organization
A community-based organization is created by the people who work hard to make the company successful. A community enables employees to feel a sense of belonging because they are contributing to something larger than themselves. This gives workers a sense of purpose. This Learning Lesson focuses on working together to build community in your organization
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Interaction Types
For decades there has been discussions of interaction types in education. (Anderson, 2003) Most interaction types observed in driver training traditionally are learner to instructor or learner to content. Moreover, most interaction time with driver training and orientation is synchronous or at the same time. This Learning Strategy is going to help you think about ways you can hold training without a physical classroom.
Interaction Time
The following Lesson is broken down into two different interaction times.
Lesson #26: Building Community in Your Organization
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Estimated Time60 minutes |
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Instructional Procedures for F2F
- Arrange the room in tables and put post-it notes or colored paper pieces on the tables for the activity.
- You can put all the questions in this activity on a slide to project on a screen or write them on a board as you are ready to discuss them:
As learners enter into the room, have them read the question and write their answers on a post-it and drop it in a baseball hat/bucket/basket.
After they have all their ideas in, start reading them out loud to the class. You can discuss them as you pull them out of the hat.- Ask them: How is community built? They can write an example or provide an idea on the paper at the table. Go around and collect them.
- After they have all their ideas in, start reading them out loud to the class. You can discuss them as you pull them out of the hat.
- Ask them: How can we build community at _______________?
- After they have all their ideas in, start reading them out loud to the class. You can discuss them as you pull them out of the hat. If needed, use Luma’s eNugget® on Building Community in Your Organization or a similar online content so you have some ideas for strategies to foster community.
- Brainstorm with your learners potential company-wide events and traditions to bring employees together at your organization. Choose one that fits your budget and timeline to implement.
A community-based organization is created by the people who work hard to make the company successful. A community enables employees to feel a sense of belonging because they are contributing to something larger than themselves. This gives workers a sense of purpose.At [enter company name]_____________we strive to be a community-based organization. Why is community important here?
Instructional Procedures for Blended/Online
- Send out Luma’s eNugget® on Building Community in Your Organization or a similar online content.
- Follow up with a synchours meeting in LumaLive or a similar technology.
- Write these on the LumaLive white board:
- Have learners read the question and chat their answers in the chat room.
- After they have post their ideas in the chat box, you can discuss them in LumaLive.
- Ask them: How is community built? Have learners read the question and chat their answers in the chat room.
- After they have post their ideas in the chat box, you can discuss them in LumaLive.
- Ask them: How can we build community at _______________?
- After they have post their ideas in the chat box, you can discuss them in LumaLive.
- Brainstorm with your learners potential company-wide events and traditions to bring employees together at your organization. Choose one that fits your budget and timeline to implement.
A community-based organization is created by the people who work hard to make the company successful. A community enables employees to feel a sense of belonging because they are contributing to something larger than themselves. This gives workers a sense of purpose.At [enter company name]_____________we strive to be a community-based organization. Why is community important here?
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