{"id":418,"date":"2020-06-23T23:58:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T23:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katalystnow.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2022-09-19T15:50:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:50:26","slug":"how-to-teach-like-a-pizzaboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katalystnow.com\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"How to teach like a Pizza Boy (PT2): Providing Learning as a Service (LaaS?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAAS?\u00a0 Seriously?\u00a0 Why not?\u00a0 We have Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and in both cases, it\u2019s about the quality of the service er, deliver-er…<\/span><\/p>\n

In my last post (and an earlier <\/span>version in LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>), I shared a bit of an epiphany (for me at least):\u00a0 Teaching, training, educating is just a service – like pizza delivery.\u00a0 Educators (speaking for myself here) would do well to start with that frame, and to have a good think about how we can better provide our Learning as a Service\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The funny thing is, that habit of the \u201csage on the stage\u201d dies hard, for both the <\/span>teacher<\/span><\/i> and the <\/span>student<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0 So, as a trainer, teacher, professor, educator, how can you accomplish this?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First things first:\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about a change in perspective and attitude, rather than a pedagogical model for labs, lectures, or homework.\u00a0 There are plenty of people talking about that, and I\u2019m probably not qualified to polish their shoes.\u00a0 So rather than \u201cflipped classroom,\u201d think \u201cflipped perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the first things we can do to start with flipping that perspective is to \u201cframe\u201d things differently.\u00a0 Other articles on this blog will address, this, but the simplest place to start is by thinking of yourself as a<\/span> facilitator<\/span><\/i>, and the people <\/span>paying<\/span><\/i> for your service as <\/span>participants<\/span><\/i>, or even <\/span>customers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>

I believe I\u2019ve earned the right to an opinion on setting perspective – but since my whole point to this epiphany was to stop thinking so arrogantly, or like the single source of all important information, I asked for help.\u00a0 Below are some core ideas I\u2019ve gathered from other educators – ranging from K-12 teachers to technical and corporate trainers to professors – about delivering learning as a service… <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>