Kick off!

We are starting the journey to create the first true Live Learning Laboratory for construction safety. The idea is simple: Most workers do not learn from PowerPoint sing-alongs. Rather, they learn and retain important information better when they see and experience REAL events.

We are targeting three main questions:

1. Can we show people what its like to be injured without actually injuring them?
2. Will live demos improve learning and retention?
3. Will this experience change their perspective of and tolerance for risk?

This project is a partnership between the University of Colorado and ConocoPhillips. Fortunately, our collective team has a wealth of safety management knowledge, we know how workers are being injured, and we are well versed in the theory of effective teaching and learning. We do not yet know how to model injuries in a hyper-realistic manner or how experiential learning impacts risk tolerance and retention. This blog will document our journey to learn LifeCasting, experiential safety demonstration, sensing, high speed videography, and  much more. This blog will also document my journey to learn how to blog.

Hand injuries like this are all too common in our industry! In this project we will start by realistically modeling hand injuries.