Archive for category Training Tools & Techniques
Comparision of Instructional Design Models Slideshow
Posted by Robert Bacal in Training Tools & Techniques, adult education, instructional design on March 8, 2010
If you are looking for a fairly good overview of the major approaches to Instructional Design, check out this slideshow on the topic. It includes a nice chart referencing, classroom, product and systems approaches to the design of instruction. Ideal for teachers, designers and trainers, since any person involved in helping others learn should understand [...]
Instructional Methods Comparison Table #lrnchat
Posted by Robert Bacal in Site News, Training For Trainers, Training Tools & Techniques on March 2, 2010
This is a nice little chart/table I came across that allows reproduction. It presents some presumed strengths and weaknesses of various instructional methods available to trainers and teachers, along with a short comment. Might be helpful to print out.
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Featured Training Tool: Training Needs Assessment Step-By-Step Helpcard
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice For Trainers, Learning Theory To Practice, Training Tools & Techniques, adult education on February 19, 2010
Training Needs Assessment Step-By-Step Helpcard guides you through conducting a training needs assessment, and it’s all on two sides of an 8.5 x11 inch “card”. Meant for busy people who haven’t time to read books on the subject and need to get the job done NOW. Also an economical job aid to keep with you.
Instructional Strategies (Summaries Great For Stimulating Your Thinking)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Icebreakers-Free, Training For Trainers, Training Tools & Techniques, adult education on February 19, 2010
Most trainers and educators are somewhat limited in terms of the training and instructional approaches or methods they use. That’s understandable given the huge realm of possibilities for helping others learn. Here’s a list of instructional strategies that can be used in your instructional design and training delivery. Above all a great list for helping [...]
Learning “In The Gaps” and On The Go – Using Dead Time
Posted by Robert Bacal in Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, human resources on January 29, 2010
We live in a waiting society. Wait at the doctor. Wait in line at the supermarket. Always waiting in a fast paced demanding world. Technology is giving us a leg up on using that dead time to learn something, and we’re jumping aboard the mobile learning train.
With the advent of smartphones, PDA’S and other reading [...]
Special Tweet Series #3: Learning Theories As Applied To Instruction
Posted by Robert Bacal in Learning Theory To Practice, Special Tweet Series, Training Tools & Techniques on December 11, 2009
As our first in the Special Tweet Series (on leadership styles) ended, we’re about to begin the next one. This time the topic is Learning theories as applied to instruction.
Many trainers and learners have had some contact with the more popularized concepts and theories of learning, and limited contact with some of the more important [...]
Ice Breakers – Creating Conditions For Active Listening (Guidelines and Do’s, Don’ts For Icebreakers)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Icebreakers-Free, Training Tools & Techniques on October 20, 2009
Ice Breakers – Creating Conditions For Active ListeningBy Alan Gillies
The aim of Ice-Breakers is to establish an agreeable environment for proceedings to happen by helping the participants feel at ease. These methods are all the more necessary when the people involved don’t know each other well enough to make a good beginning. An ice-breaker will [...]
Top 10 Meeting Ice Breakers
Posted by Third Party in Icebreakers-Free, Training Tools & Techniques on October 19, 2009
Top 10 Meeting Ice Breakers
By Amy Linley
Getting people comfortable in a group setting before a team meeting can be the best investment of ten to 15 minutes of time that you can make. Ice breakers get creative juices flowing, can increase the exchange of ideas, establish team identity, and create a sense [...]
Free Icebreakers For Use In Conflict Management/Resolution Training
Posted by Third Party in Icebreakers-Free, Training Tools & Techniques on September 21, 2009
Conflict Management Workshop Icebreakers
Here’s a collection of free icebreakers you can use in conflict management and conflict resolution settings.
Kenneth A. Wells said, “A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it [...]
How to Promote the Value of Online Training Within Your Organization
Posted by Robert Bacal in FREE!, Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, human resources on September 18, 2009
Short Description: Discover how to promote the value of online training in your organization.
Long Description: This new white paper explores the benefits and ROI of online training and takes an in-depth look at how two innovative companies successfully implemented Web-based training.
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