Straight to the point course on what every trainer needs to know to increase learning & engagement with adult audiences!
Have you ever created a training or learning experience that fell flat? Maybe your felt learners weren’t very engaged, or maybe when you tested your learners at the end, the learning retention wasn’t what you hoped it would be. Whenever this happens, it can feel extremely disappointing and discouraging. It’s also easy to feel helpless, blame the learners, and feel unsure what is in your locus of control to do next.
What you’ll learn
- Learn 6 adult learning principles that lead to higher learning transfer..
- Differentiate between knowledge, skill, habit and mindset gaps, and learn tips to develop the training according to the gap..
- Understand the difference between and impact of “leading with the problem” versus “leading with objectives”..
- Learn how to utilize powerpoint design to chunk the learning and achieve desirable diffculty..
- Understand why adding urgency leads to improved learning transfer and how to incorporate it.
- Understand why storytelling can create stickier learning and learn how to tell an effective story..
Course Content
- Introduction –> 1 lecture • 1min.
- Diagnose the Gap –> 6 lectures • 20min.
- Lead with the Problem –> 1 lecture • 6min.
- Chunk the Learning –> 1 lecture • 5min.
- Create Urgency! –> 1 lecture • 3min.
- Tell a Story –> 1 lecture • 4min.
- Achieve Desirable Difficulty –> 1 lecture • 2min.
- Conclusion –> 1 lecture • 1min.
Requirements
Have you ever created a training or learning experience that fell flat? Maybe your felt learners weren’t very engaged, or maybe when you tested your learners at the end, the learning retention wasn’t what you hoped it would be. Whenever this happens, it can feel extremely disappointing and discouraging. It’s also easy to feel helpless, blame the learners, and feel unsure what is in your locus of control to do next.
Here’s the good news: this is in your locus of control. Often times, when this happens, it’s not because of something going on with the learners, it’s usually because of something going on with the learning design — namely, that the learning designer did not incorporate adult learning principles into their course, leading to poor engagement and/or learning transfer. This course will explore the 6 essential adult learning principles that every designer should be prioritizing. These adult learning principles are all backed up by research and should be widely implemented across all adult trainings. This course will also explain why each principle is important and recommendations on when and how to incorporate them into your training.
Whether you are just started out as a learning designer, getting ready to create a course for others in your industry, or excited to refresh your skills as an experienced learning designer, this course will help everyone maximize the effectiveness of their training.