Member Training and Development

• Designing Effective Training
  • Developing a Training Calendar
  • Designing Training for Adult Learners
    • Establishing Effective Learning Outcomes
    • Understanding Learning Styles
    • Opening an Effective Learning Session
    • Facilitating Learning
    • Asking the Right Questions
    • Closing the Learning Session
    • Planning the Learning Session
    • Additional Resources
  • Maximizing Your Training Budget
  • Using Games to Foster Teamwork
  • Using Reflection Activities
  • Promoting Service-Learning
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Designing Training for Adult Learners

Understanding the fundamentals of a successful learning environment

Effective trainings incorporate principles of adult learning. Adults are typically:

• Autonomous and self-directed
• Goal oriented
• Relevancy oriented
• Practical, focusing on aspects that are useful to them

Adults also have accumulated life experiences and knowledge, which deserve respect.

Use the resources linked here to:

• Establish effective learning outcomes
• Understand learning styles and how to accommodate them
• Learn strategies for opening an effective learning session
• Acquire tools for facilitating learning
• Asking the Right Questions
• Learn strategies for closing a learning session
• Learn strategies for planning a learning session

For a one-page handout describing the principles of adult learning, click here. For additional resources on adult learning, click here.

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