This document summarizes a presentation on unlearning to learn for faculty. It discusses how learner profiles, learning styles, technology, and learner motivations are changing. Learner profiles are changing as adults are intimidated by new knowledge and have poor retention. Learning styles are also changing and require ensuring the right mix of storytelling, audiovisual, presentations, discovery and group activities. Learner motivations are changing and require respecting learners, asking questions to help them discover answers, bringing in emotions, and establishing benefits of learning. Technology is changing classrooms and requires engaging students as facilitators using tools like FreeMind, YouTube, WhatsApp on smartphones to share materials and create collaborative groups.

1. UNLEARNING
TO LEARN
A PRESENTATION TO FACULTY OF B.I.R.D.
T. MURALIDHARAN
CHAIRMAN – TMI GROUP
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s there are few
Shunryu Suzuki-roshi

2. What is Changing?
Learner Profile Learning Styles
Technology Learner Motivation
CHANGES
Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting something go every day. – Zen

3. Learner
Profiles are
Changing

4. Why are adults poor learners?
Don’t like to get assessed Poor Cumulative Learners
Adults are intimidated by new/fresh
knowledge
Very poor retention spans and low
reflection time
Adults are poor Losers

5. Interesting Facts about Todays’ Modern
Learners

13. Learning
Styles are
Changing

15. Ensure the Right Mix!
Storytelling
Audio Visual
Presentation
Discovery
Group
Activity

20. Formula for Smarter Storytelling

22. Learner
Motivations
Are
Changing

23. How to Motivate Adult Learners
Respect learners and
treat them as a
potential learning
resource for the rest of
the class
1
If the person comes to
you with a problem,
don’t solve it. Ask the
right questions – let
him DISCOVER. When
a person discovers,
retention is higher
2
Bring emotions into
learning. Classic
example – LIC RAISE
Program – Dialogue in
the Dark – An activity to
become emotionally
charged
3
Establish to the learner
what is the benefit to
learn
4

24. Technology is Changing – Classrooms are going
Digital

25. Technology Tools
Engagement
Assessment
IMPACT
Learning
Process

26. Engage Students Better
Move away from
being a teacher to
a facilitator
1
Zap them with
contemporary
knowledge – Have
a contemporary
resource list
2
Usage of
Audio/Visuals &
Stories in the
training
pedagogy creates
a high impact
3
Encourage them to
ask the right
questions and
DISCOVER the
right answer,
themselves
4
TOOLS:
•FreeMind
•WhatsApp
•YouTube Videos
•Facebook Videos
•Smart Phone
5

27. FreeMind
1. Number of Users: 4000 downloads each day
2. A free Mind Mapping Software
3. Unique Feature: Expand and Collapse all
nodes with the click of a button
4. How to use FreeMind
1. Download the Free software on to your
system
2. Run the file and install
3. Click on the shortcut and start writing a new
mindmap
5. Weblink:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1
/FreeMind-Windows-Installer-1.0.1-
max.exe/download?use_mirror=excellmedia&download=

28. YouTube
Videos

29. WhatsApp
1. Number of Users: 1.2 billion
2. Replacing the traditional SMS
3. Unique Feature: Broadcast to the whole list
of contacts
4. How to use WhatsApp?
1. Download free on smartphone
2. Very intuitive
3. Create Groups as per class/subject
4. Share links to reading material / informative
videos / notices
5. Desktop version also available
5. Weblink:
https://www.whatsapp.com/download/

30. Smart
Phones
Most of tools
that we have
spoken about in
the earlier slides
are available on a
smartphone
The
Mobile
has
buried
more
gadgets
than any
other
before it!
•Landline
• TV / Movies
•Camera
•Calculator
•VCR
•Walkman
•CD Player
•FM Radio
•Speakers
•Walky-talky
•Pager
• Many more…

31. Thank You
T. Muralidharan
Chairman – TMI Group