The delivery of training provides the most direct opportunity for trainers to guide learners in gaining new competence. Factors such as communicating clearly, incorporating aspects of active learning, and being receptive to learner feedback can help enhance the impact training has on the knowledge and skills of learners.
Strategies and Methods
- Clearly communicate learning goals, objectives, and outcomes to learners
- Help learners see how training relates to them
- Relate training to job and job functions, if appropriate
- Relate training to career development, if appropriate
- Relate training to previous or real-life experiences of learners
- Implement active learning opportunities
- Opportunities for learners to practice
- Opportunities for learners to apply the training on the job
- Have learners develop action plans for applying training to their jobs
- Opportunities for learner interaction
- Opportunities for learner reflection
- Timely and informative feedback to learners
- Deliver motivating strategies throughout training
- Use technology/social media during and between classes to keep learners engaged
- Solicit and be receptive to learner feedback throughout training
- Modify original design for training, if indicated
- Monitor technology being used to deliver training
- Implement continuous process evaluation (see Evaluate – Process Evaluation)
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