DEEP LEARNING THROUGH DIALOGUE -
THE DIALE PROJECT

The Leonardo da Vinci "DIALE" project website can be accessed here

Calmar International are partners with representatives from Finland (Lead Partner), Spain, Cyprus, and the Netherlands in a project entitled DIALE - Deep Learning Through Dialogue.

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Calmar will be hosting a free seminar on the topic of the DIALE methodology for Deep Dialogue on Friday 3rd February 2012 in Partas, Bolbrook Enterprise Centre, Tallaght, Dubl;in 24 commencing at 10.00am till 12.45pm.

Please email us if you would like to attend to nora@calmar.ie



Over the past 10 years Dr. Helena Aarnio and her colleague Dr. Jouni Enqvist both of HAMK University, Hameenlina, Finland have been working on the development of a system to teach people to develop their skills in learning and collaboration with others.


Learning experiences are often considered superficial, discussions with other people are regarded as lacking in content and collaboration in various communities often remains shallow. The goal of "Deep learning through dialogue" is to facilitate learning, interaction and collaboration in various situations in educational, business organisations and in other communities.

Interaction, collaboration and deep learning can be learned through practising dialogue. Dialogue helps one get along with and improve one's collaboration with different people. In addition, conversation based on the principles of dialogue forces one to learn more deeply and more efficiently. This may seem implausible at first, but the effort is worth making. This service includes many topics of study and it may be difficult to decide where to start.

The Dialogue website (in English), which can be worked through, gives sample dialogues together with teacher comments is accessable here

By accessing the "Wiki" section of the website you can download all of the tasks which have been developed as practical exercises.
These tasks can be used to develop a deeper understanding of Deep Dialogue in members of a group. They are very useful in Personal Development and Communications courses.

Further information can be obtained via the links below.

The website is almost entirely in English.