We are committed to helping individuals, teams and organizations reach their full potential through the deliberate and transformative process of experiential learning.

~ The IFEL Mission


The Insti­tute for Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing (IFEL) is a glob­al ser­vice orga­ni­za­tion com­mit­ted to empow­er­ing indi­vid­u­als, teams and orga­ni­za­tions to reach their full poten­tial through expe­ri­en­tial learning.

We pro­mote Kolb Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing through edu­ca­tion, pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment, con­sult­ing, train­ing, coach­ing, assess­ments, research and a com­mu­ni­ty of practice.

We have helped clients from the pri­vate, pub­lic and non­prof­it sec­tors world­wide. Our cus­tomers include indi­vid­u­als, teams and orga­ni­za­tions from edu­ca­tion (K‑12 and high­er ed), pro­fes­sion­al ser­vices (finan­cial man­age­ment, law, account­ing, engi­neers, IT pro­fes­sion­als, con­sul­tants), health care, bank­ing and finance, tech­nol­o­gy, man­u­fac­tur­ing, and social ser­vices, among others.

IFEL is an expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing hub that offers cours­es, work­shops, cer­tifi­cate pro­grams and oth­er learn­ing expe­ri­ences that meet the needs of cor­po­rate groups and orga­ni­za­tions, edu­ca­tors, teams and indi­vid­u­als. The institute’s expe­ri­enced team also offers coach­ing, one-on-one train­ing, and train­ing cus­tomized to our clients’ needs.

The Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ty of Prac­tice sup­ports prac­ti­tion­ers who apply expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing in their work.

The IFEL vision

  • We envi­sion a world in which indi­vid­u­als apply the expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing four-dimen­sion­al process of learn­ing and devel­op­ment to reach their full potential.
  • We envi­sion thriv­ing edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tions that are learn­er-cen­tered and where stu­dents are engaged and pre­pared for 21st cen­tu­ry careers and a life of learn­ing. To do this we sup­port edu­ca­tors in their pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment using expe­ri­en­tial learning.
  • We envi­sion teams that share a frame­work for dri­ving col­lec­tive intel­li­gence to enable bet­ter and faster learn­ing and innovating.
  • We envi­sion orga­ni­za­tions that pro­mote the devel­op­ment of delib­er­ate learn­ing so that peo­ple can release their full poten­tial for sus­tain­able, val­ue-cre­at­ing innovation.

IFEL values

Respect
We fos­ter an envi­ron­ment of respect, appre­ci­a­tion and acceptance.
Integri­ty
We exhib­it the high­est stan­dards for eth­ic and integrity.
Account­abil­i­ty
We are account­able for deliv­er­ing on our commitments.
Qual­i­ty
We estab­lish world-class stan­dards on a research-dri­ven, the­o­ry-based foun­da­tion for a proven process of learning.
Inno­va­tion
We con­stant­ly seek to imag­ine and rein­vent the future of learning.
Con­tin­u­ous learn­ing and development
We val­ue and pro­mote learn­ing and devel­op­ment at every stage of a person’s life.

What does The Institute of Experiential Learning Do?

We at the Insti­tute for Expe­ri­en­tial Learn­ing pro­vide a rig­or­ous, proven process for life­long learn­ing while cus­tomiz­ing our approach and deliv­ery to our clients’ unique needs.

  • We rec­og­nize that your chal­lenges are unique. So are your strengths and your needs. One size does not fit all.

 

 

  • To meet your unique chal­lenges, we per­son­al­ize our pro­grams to address your unique needs and cus­tomize our deliv­ery to best suit you, includ­ing pro­grams tai­lored for indi­vid­u­als, teams and orga­ni­za­tions deliv­ered in per­son or online.

 

Our approach delivers better, faster, more sustainable results.

 

  • Rather than pro­vid­ing you a meal; we teach you how to fish. We empow­er you to take charge of your own learn­ing and development.

 

  • By mak­ing the process of learn­ing explic­it, we cre­ate a shared lan­guage so that peo­ple can nav­i­gate the com­plete learn­ing cycle togeth­er, dis­cuss their pre­ferred styles, explore how their styles dif­fer, and increase their effectiveness.

 

  • We pro­vide pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment for edu­ca­tors who wish to become expe­ri­en­tial edu­ca­tors, use expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing for instruc­tion­al design, and make the process of learn­ing explic­it for their learners.

 

  • We can link any top­ic to learn­ing for your team and orga­ni­za­tion - lead­er­ship devel­op­ment, team work, client devel­op­ment, cus­tomer ser­vice and sat­is­fac­tion, men­tor­ing, coach­ing, emo­tion­al intel­li­gence, adapt­abil­i­ty and flex­i­bil­i­ty, crit­i­cal think­ing, inno­va­tion, cre­ativ­i­ty, and even hav­ing dif­fi­cult con­ver­sa­tions all involve learn­ing. By using a foun­da­tion of expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing, team and orga­ni­za­tions can scaf­fold any knowl­edge, skills or atti­tudes and enable peo­ple to imme­di­ate­ly iden­ti­fy their pref­er­ences for steps in the process and where they need to learn and develop.

 

  • This shared process and shared lan­guage is incred­i­bly pow­er­ful because it leads to bet­ter results more quick­ly and more sus­tain­ably with much high­er lev­els and engage­ment and sat­is­fac­tion by teams.

How can you learn more?

Con­tact Kay Peter­son and our team to learn more about IFEL’s cours­es, pro­grams and services.

 

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