Instructional Training Techniques

Course Overview

This intensive and practical course provides hands-on trainers, instructors and those responsible for learning in the workplace with the skills and knowledge to design and deliver a range of learning activities. Participants review and practise a variety of skills enabling them to effectively instruct and develop others in the workplace.

Audience

• instructors, trainers, and individuals who deliver practical training in the workplace
• individuals who have little or no experience of practical instruction
• more experienced instructors seeking to review and enhance existing skills.

This course is aimed at those who design 'hands-on' job instruction programmes, e.g. IT trainers. Those who design 'group' learning events normally delivered by a course tutor/trainer should attend Designing learning and development programmes.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• identify specific learning needs of individuals
• write learning aims and objectives
• select appropriate instructional techniques
• use a variety of resources
• create an instructor session plan
• use demonstration techniques
• give constructive feedback
• assess individual learning

Course Outline

Identifying individuals' learning needs

• factors that influence the need for practical development
• learning needs analysis methods

Job analysis

• using the job description and specification to identify needs
• applying job analysis to individuals

Designing instructional sessions

Role of the instructor

• Cogg's learning ladder
• assessing learning
• giving feedback
• instructing individuals and groups

How adults learn

• learning and communication styles

Writing aims and objectives

• instructor notes and session plans
• instructional techniques
• support materials

Evaluating learning