Week 6: Continue Blog Outline for Instructional Plan (Organizational Learning)

How does organizational learning at your organization play a role in your instructional design?

A learning organization considers and recognizes the people (Kline and Saunders, 1998, p.233). This workshop’s instructional design considers each person and their needs, including the schedule, resources, ability level, etc. Additionally, the learning experience will be transformational because staff members will connect and support one another and multiple learning theories are considered, including kinesthetic. The learning experience will carry over to discussions at professional learning communities (PLC) and formal and non-formal teacher evaluations.  

How will you promote organizational learning in your training?

This workshop will promote organizational learning through reflection, listening to different points of view, providing/receiving feedback and having tools/resources for organizational improvement. The workshop activities provide staff members with “responsibility and accountability, while at the same time allowing them the opportunity to express their uniqueness” (Kline and Saunders, 1998, p.246). This promotes intrinsic motivation.

How will you begin promoting organizational learning in ways beyond your training session?

As stated earlier, the learning experience will carry over to discussions at professional learning communities (PLC) and formal and non-formal teacher evaluations.  

What new insights are beginning to emerge for you as a result of this week's session?

The readings this week provided deeper thoughts into making this workshop transformational for staff members by focusing on each individual need and analyzing how those needs impact the whole staff.  

Resource:

Kline, P., & Saunders, B. (1998). Ten steps to a learning organization (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, UT: Great River Books.