Learning Styles and Eperiential Education - Educational research shows that people have different learning styles or preferences, and that adults learn most effectively when the learning has an experiential component. In other words they learn by doing. Active learning enables students to construct meaning and deep understanding rather than simply recording knowledge.

Can the Mountains Speak for Themselves? - Found this one on the Ropes-List within a discussion of "Letting the mountains speak for themselves". It's an exploration of the virtues of instructor directed reflection versus letting the experience speak for itself. The article is neither for/against. It looks evenly at both sites with some great insight.

Rational Behavior Therapy in Experiential Learning - ...the force of action alone does not have the lasting impact as when it is combined with reflection, introspection and application to the learner's life. For those of us who work with youth-at-risk...

What is Facilitation - Facilitate does not mean "solving a problem" or "doing it for someone". It means doing something that makes a process run a little better. Read more in Wilderdom's exploration of the four quadrants of facilitation.

Facilitator (Business) - Wikipedia article on apects of facilitation, roles of, and principles in the business setting. It has some application to how we approach situations needing facilitation.

Managing the risks of challenge courses - Looking at the potential pitfalls in challenge course operation.

The Effort Effect - "...why some people achieve their potential while equally talented others don’t—why some become Muhammad Ali and others Mike Tyson. The key, she found, isn’t ability; it’s whether you look at ability as something inherent that needs to be demonstrated or as something that can be developed." The article was written for the Stanford Magazine by Marina Krakovsky on the work of Carol Dweck PHD

Group Dynamics - Wilderdom breaks down the definition of a group and the idea of group dynamics.