Feedback on another-asking-questions-workshop

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Activity Structure

Individual Reflection (10 minutes)

Participants select one technical issue they identified during preparation. Using the “good questions” framework from the previous session, they write a well-structured question.

Group Feedback (up to 30 minutes)

In small groups, participants take turns asking their question.

• Peers provide constructive feedback
• Suggestions are made on how to improve clarity, focus, and answerability
• ~5 minutes per person

Group Reflection (5 minutes)

As a group, participants reflect on the concepts that were most helpful for asking good questions. Each person shares one or two specific changes (their own or someone else’s) that made a question easier to answer and more likely to produce a valuable response.

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Improvements and Enhancements

Reference to Previous Session

Add a link to the previous session that introduced the Good Questions framework for easy reference.

Intentional Use of Slack

Incorporate Slack more intentionally by:

• Using a dedicated Slack channel and Slack threads
• Allowing participants to post their raw / not-yet-good questions
• Refining questions collaboratively through class discussion

Benefits of Using Slack

While ideas were written on paper during the session, using Slack would:

• Enable collaborative development in real time
• Improve engagement
• Create a reusable record of learning and question evolution

Rationale

This approach would make the exercise more interactive, inclusive, and aligned with how engineers collaborate in real-world environments.

[Beloved1310]

Workshop Feedback and Suggestions

Today, I facilitated the second workshop and would like to share feedback and suggestions for improving the session, particularly around engagement and collaboration. This feedback was also informed by input from German.