{"id":97890,"date":"2026-02-14T19:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=97890"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:11:24","slug":"make-gatherings-more-engaging-caplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2026\/02\/14\/make-gatherings-more-engaging-caplan\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Gatherings More Engaging [Caplan]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wondertools.substack.com\/p\/engagementtools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Make Gatherings More Engaging<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from wondertools.substack.com by Jeremy Caplan<br \/>\n<em>Tested tools for quizzes, online discussions, &amp; shareable docs<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The hardest part of teaching \u2014 or leading meetings \u2014 is sparking engagement. Getting people to engage enthusiastically with something new can be tough. It\u2019s especially challenging if people are overwhelmed, super busy, or just tired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As we aim to stretch people\u2019s thinking in a new direction, tools are just one part of the overall picture. But they can help. Last week I shared five tools for creating learning paths, interactive lessons, and new kinds of digital notebooks. Today\u2019s follow-up recommendations focus on creative engagement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">You don\u2019t have to be a teacher to find these resources for opening up participation useful. If you lead a team, run meetings, or collaborate with colleagues, you can benefit from these tools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I\u2019ve baked into this post multiple ways to engage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make Gatherings More Engaging &#8212; from wondertools.substack.com by Jeremy Caplan Tested tools for quizzes, online discussions, &amp; shareable docs The hardest part of teaching \u2014 or leading meetings \u2014 is sparking engagement. Getting people to engage enthusiastically with something new can be tough. It\u2019s especially challenging if people are overwhelmed, super busy, or just tired. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,127,115,433,302,286,32,215,141,3,419,119,46,102,7,838,195,321,214,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-collaboration","category-colleges","category-communications","category-community-colleges","category-digital-learning","category-education-technology","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-higher-education","category-ideas-teaching","category-instructional-design","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-tools","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97891,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97890\/revisions\/97891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}