March 2023 NKDAgility: The magic of immersive classes

While all of our courses are centred around valuable learning outcomes achieved through experiential learning within a classroom environment, they are most often delivered as intense consecutive 2-day or 4-half-day experiences.

This compresses learning into a short space of time and minimises not only the amount that folks remember but also denies them the ability to try things and come back to the trainer.

To combat this we have already moved from a 2-full-day format to 4-half-days and added:

• self-paced learning resources where students read, watch and write
• 60 minutes of additional one-on-one consulting for every student

It’s just not enough!

Enter the “immersion program”! The Immersion Program is an alternative format that extends the learning experience beyond the classroom by allowing students to apply what they have learned to real-world settings. This format is enhanced by incorporating retrospectives for improvement, making the learning experience highly effective and practical.

Our first Professional Scrum Product Owner Immersion (PSPO-I) will run from 3rd July 2023  and be delivered over 8 weekly 4h live sessions.

What is an Immersion Program?

An Immersion Program is a method of learning where students are actively engaged in the material and apply their knowledge in real-world contexts over an extended period of time.

Benefits of an Immersion Program

• Students gain practical experience by applying their learning to their real-world context.
• Students can affect a positive change in their environments immediately
• Real-world application of learning increases the engagement, motivation, and personal investment of students, leading to more effective learning
• Experiential classroom learning provides students with valuable practice in a safe environment before experimenting in their real-world context
• Opportunities for students to collaborate and create a dynamic learning environment that exposes students to a variety of ideas and ways of thinking, deepening their understanding of the topics discussed in class
• Retrospectives allow students to reflect on their learning with each other and the Professional Scrum Trainer to make improvements and gain deeper insights

What Do You Get With an Immersion Program?

• Eight half-day interactive group class sessions guided by a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST)
• Opportunity to attempt a Professional Scrum assessment
• Assignments to apply learnings in your real working environment with inspection and adaptation together with your peers and your Professional Scrum Trainer

Who Is an Immersion Program For?

The application of learning during an Immersion Program is core to the concept. Participants should have the opportunity to work with a real team on a real product during participation in the program. If you do not have this opportunity while participating in the program, you can either find a partner to pair with, or you should consider attending a traditional class.

Immersion Programs are an extension to our existing course offerings, not a replacement. We believe that learners have preferences and unique situations, to which we intend to offer greater variety in course delivery methods to meet these needs. The below characteristics of learners are generalized and intended to help guide you towards the learning method you think might suit you best.

Learners who register for an Immersion Program:

• Are committed to applying their learning and are willing to conduct small experiments at work throughout the learning experience.
• Find it easier to fit a half-day classroom session once a week into their schedule and independently focus on intersession assignments.
• Learn best by doing.
• Prefer to gain knowledge, practice in a safe environment, and then apply.
• Want to learn enough to try something quickly, then inspect and adapt to improve and grow.

Learners who register for a traditional Scrum.org course:

• Are committed to taking ownership of their learning experience which is dependent on full and active participation over a short period of time.
• Find it easier to fully focus on the class and learning for two consecutive days.
• Prefer to learn as much as possible in a condensed time-frame.
• Learn best through discussions and conversations with their peers and instructor.
• Want to gain a broad understanding of the subject and use it as a foundation for further independent learning.

Reach out to me directly if you would like to schedule a private course at your organization.

Community

The Lean-Agile Practitioners Community has grown to over 1300+ members, and new usability updates by our platform team will hopefully make it an even bigger success this year.

It’s free to join the community, and our students get access to the Professional Scrum space for 1-on-1 Coaching, The Situation Room, & Tails from the Trenches!

Thank you very much to all who are making this community more extraordinary.

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What Classes are Right for you

All of our classes are listed on our site, but here is a list of classes based on who you are, or would like to be!

Everyone – Working in an evolving company

Scrum Masters

Courses to help Scrum Masters and Delivery Managers improve their skills

Developers / Scrum Teams

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Product Owners / Product Managers

training to help Product Managers improve their abilities.

Managers

Manage Scrum Teams indirectly.

Reach out to me directly if you would like to schedule a private course at your organization.