[NIFL-4EFF:1689] Re: "Terry Kinzel" <horsecp@televar.com>: RE:

From: Bonnie Odiorne (bodiorne@c4k.org)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 18:01:28 EDT


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Lisa,

My training, as short as it was,  at the LVA National Conference on using
EFF to deal with change. These reflections come from my recollections, not
actually going back to my notes.

What were your expectations of the training?  What did you want to get out
of it? My expectations were to be introduced to the framework, standards
etc., some of which were familiar to me, and to be given some idea how to
use it and to introduce it to an organization.

Why didn't it meet your expectations or goals? There seemed a lot of "set
pieces" rather than responding to participants' goals/needs/interests. The
emphasis seemed toward established adult education programs, convincing
teachers, designing curricula etc. It seemed way too overwhelming to
integrate myself, let alone implement myself without a lot of work.

What part of the presentation gave you the impression that there is only
"one way" to do EFF? The "set pieces," as I said above. I don't remember the
emphasis being on the process rather than the product, the reflection on
one's own learning, the skills needed to fulfill various roles and
responsibilities. It just seemed to be applying standards and that was about
it...

How had you been using EFF? (using the 4 purposes and role maps only?)
Not long at all.
Was it the standards that seemed to be unuser friendly?
Yes: very much "Educationspeak," rather than terms that I could use
"untranslated" even for myself. To be fair, I hadn't yet "lived" it in a
teaching situation.

Hope this helps. And, yes, Rona, I tried to edit this time...
Bonnie Odiorne
Families Forward Through Technology
Computers 4 Kids
bodiorne@c4k.org

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