Experiential Learning 4: Sample Exercises
Experiential Learning 4: Sample Exercises
About the Book
Many experiential exercise examples ready to be used as is, or as templates for instructors to build theier own. These are actual simulations plus handouts and instructor notes from time-tested exercises. Readers are free to copy them for use in their workshops, coaching, and consulting.
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Table of Contents
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Preface
- Who Should Read this Series?
- Where Can The Series Be Helpful?
- What Can Be Learned from the Series?
- How Can a Reader Help Improve Future Editions?
- Part 0: Workshop Structure
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Some Handouts
- The Philosophy Of This Workshop
- Some Notes On Simulation As A Learning Device
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Journal Entries
- Journal Entry at Start of Workshop
- Assignment after a Simulation
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Consulting
- Opportunities
- Observing
- Part 1: Individuals
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Chaos from Change
- Exploration
- Assimilation (Invention)
- New-Knowledge (Application)
- Variation
- Warning
- A rule of thumb
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Practice in Personal Achievement
- Overview
- Logistics
- Practice in Personal Achievement
- Procedure
- Post-processing
- Warnings
- Stories
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The Crass Bean Game
- Overview
- Logistics
- THE CRASS BEAN GAME
- Anthropologist’s Instruction Sheet
- Procedure
- Post-processing
- Warnings
- Stories
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The Parts Party
- Overview
- Logistics
- Process
- First Sequence: Meeting The Guests
- Second Sequence: Witnessing Conflict
- Third Sequence: Transformation
- Fourth Sequence: Integrating The Parts
- Post-processing
- Warnings
- Stories
- Part 2: Teams
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A Process for Choosing Observers
- Overview
- Logistics
- The Prime Directive
- General Description
- The Process
- Stories
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Exercises for Improving Meetings
- Overview
- Instructor Notes
- Observing the Use of the Environment
- Observing Social Behavior
- Put-downs
- Ideas
- Observing as the Alter Ego
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Meeting Topics Sampler
- Meeting Topic: What we don’t know won’t hurt us.
- Meeting Topic: Time on my hands.
- Meeting Topic: The department that was all spaced out
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Guinness Book Exercise
- Overview
- Logistics
- Instructions for Ranking World Records
- Manual Scoring Sheet
- Influence Scoring Sheet
- Team Scoring Sheet
- Process
- Group process debrief
- Warnings
- Stories
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Using Jigsaw Puzzles for Simulations
- Logistics for All the Jigsaw Exercises
- Instructions to participants and observers
- Process
- Manager/Observer Sheet
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Jigsaw Simulation I: Measuring Velocity
- Overview:
- Process
- Invention
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Jigsaw Simulation II: Working to Estimates:
- Overview
- Post-processing
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Jigsaw Simulation III: Generalized Estimating
- Overview
- Process
- Post-processing
- Some Notes On Working Jigsaw Puzzles In Teams
- Graphs of Jigsaw Team Progress
- Part 3: Organizations
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Conflict: With Whom Am I Having the Pleasure?
- Overview
- Logistics
- Sequence
- Handout: Influences On Interactions With Another Person
- Stories
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Organizational Mapping
- Overview
- Logistics
- Process
- Stories
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Organizational Sculpting
- Overview
- Process (A brief outline)
- Stories
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Process Innovation: The XY Business
- Overview
- Logistics
- Process
- Big Fish Little Pond = War, War, War
- Score Sheet for Big Fish
- Scoring Rules For Big Fish + Little Pond = War, War, War
- Post-processing
- Notes On The Structure Of The Big Fish Simulation
- Consultant’s Reports
- Stories
- Part 4: Analysis and Design
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The Bag of Tricks: A Requirements Exercise
- Overview
- Logistics
- Process
- Post-processing
- Stories
-
Hometown: Emic Interviewing
- Overview
- Logistics
- HomeTown Native’s Assignment
- Daily Planet Reporter’s Assignment
- Reporter Meets HomeTown Native
- Process
- Notes on Emic Interviewing
- Stories
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All Pat Hands
- Overview
- Logistics
- Instructions to participants and observers
- Post-processing
- Warnings
- Stories
- Part 5: Programming
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Programming Project
- Overview
- Logistics
- Handouts for participants and observers
- Process
- Post-processing
- Programming Project Variations
- Programming Project Variations: Separate Test Team
- Programming Project: System Specifications
- Programming Project: Program Specifications
- Questions for the Programming Project
- Reporters’ Assignment
- Warnings
- Stories
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Software Development: World’s Worst Program
- Overview
- Logistics
- Instructions to participants and observers
- Process
- Warnings
- Post-processing
- The World’s Worst Program
- Program Specs: World’s Worst Program
- Stories
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Inverted Exercises
- Team Breaking
- Other Inversions
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Weatherword Exercise
- Overview
- Logistics
- Handouts for participants and observers
- Process
- Post-processing
- Warnings
- Weatherword Overview Specifications
- Fog Index and Cloudiness Count Specifications
- Examples of Fog Index and Cloudiness Count
- Counting Syllables
- Counting Abstract Nouns and Verbs
- Background Information Sheet
- Goal/Limit Specification
- Data Flow of Existing System
- Processing Sites for United Cigar Rental (as of today)
- Weatherword Notes
- Stories
- Part 6: Testing
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Design Review Exercise
- Overview
- Logistics
- Handout to participants and observers
- Process
- Sentence Program—Portability Specifications
- Sentence Program—Flexibility Specifications
- Sentence Program—Maintainability Specifications
- Stories
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The Black Box System
- Overview
- Logistics
- Studying the Black Box
- Process
- Post-processing
- Stories
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Reviewing a Teaching Simulation
- The Review Procedure
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Managing a Scrabbled System Development Project
- Purpose
- Procedure
- Getting Started
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