What makes training “active”?When training is active, the participants do most of the work. They use their brains-studying ideas, solving problems, and applying what they learn. Active training is fast-paced, fun, supportive, and personally engaging. Often, participants are out of their seats, moving about and thinking aloud.
Why is it necessary to make training active? In order to learn something well, it helps to hear it, see it, ask questions about it, and discuss it with others. Above all else,we need to “doit.”That includes figuring out things by ourselves, coming up with examples, rehearsing skills, and doing tasks that depend on the knowledge we have.
While we know that people learn best by doing, how do we promote active learning in training programs? This sourcebook contains specific, practical strategies that can be used for almost any subject matter. They are designed to enliven your training sessions. Some are a lot of fun and some are downright serious but they all are intended to deepen learning and retention.
101 Ways to Make Training Active brings together in one source a rich, comprehensive collection of training strategies. It is for anyone, experienced or novice, who teaches technical or nontechnical information, concepts, and skills to adults. The book includes ways to get participants active from the start through activities that build teamwork and immediately start people thinking about the subject matter. There are also strategies to conduct full-class learning and small-group learning, to stimulate discussion and debate, to practice skills, to prompt questions, and even to get the participants to teach one another. Finally, there are techniques to review what has been learned, assess how one has changed, and consider the next steps to take so that the training sticks