Difference between revisions of "Energizer"

{{Term|ENERGIZER|A short activity that develops readiness for the next learning event. They are commonly used after a break to stimulate or refocus the group; they can involve some form of physical activity to "wake up the group". When used they impart energy, vitality and spirit to the learners, enhancing readiness for learning. <ref> [http://www.audioenglish.net www.audioenglish.net] ( 28 July 2008) , [http://www.encyclo.co.uk www.encyclo.co.uk] ( 28 July 2008), [http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu www.kellogg.northwestern.edu] (4 September 2008), E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring, Jane Bozarth, 2005 </ref> }}

{{Tool|Using an Energizer game|

=='''General Guidelines'''==

#'''Do not make Action Learning Sets too big.''' There is likely to be an optimum size depending on the objective that the group is intended to work on. Usually four is the minimum number of participants, while six is the maximum size.

#'''Consider carefully how to establish the membership.''' When the membership decision are made by the Action Learning Set itself, it will have strengths related to identity. However free choices can be dangerous when used as a unique strategy.

#'''Give the group at least part of the objectives, letting the freedom of discussing the rest of them.''' Moreover it can be useful to give the group the possibility to decide how they will demonstrate they reached the expected results, as much as helping them to balance between over-ambition and under-achievement.

#'''Suggest that the leadership in the set can be rotated.''' This means that different members can take the lead for different tasks and contribute to the overall result.

#'''Suggest the group to consider both positive and negative experiences.''' Since Action Learning Sets are about learning from experiences, episodes where some errors was encouteres and  did not gave postive results are as useful as the one where everything worked fine.

#'''Help the Action Learning Set to track his work.''' Suggest the members to keep records of what has been discussed during the meetings, that can be really useful for an assessment of the results obtenied.