Gerard A. Prendergast

eBook, ePUB

Hints & Tips for Trainers, Instructors, Professors and Lecturers (eBook, ePUB)

With added tips for Blended and e-Learning

Beschreibung

This book is designed to give new and experienced instructors, trainers and college educators hints and tips to make their training sessions more effective. There is also a section on how to implement and train participants in blended and online learning. It is a useful guide for training managers as well. The hints and tips in this book, cover: . How to get participant 'buy in' to what you are teaching. . How adults learn. . Course design and the importance of measurable objectives. . Exercises to open your course effectively. . Exercises to find out what your participants want from your course. . How to run small group exercises. . How to debrief exercises effectively. . Dealing with questions effectively and how to ask effective questions. . The use of and reading body language to enhance your training effectiveness. . Listening skills. . Delivery techniques. . Aids to help you deliver your courses. . Coping with different learning styles. . Dealing with difficult participants and classroom problems. . Dealing with different cultures when teaching. . Implementing blended or online courses. . How to be an effective blended or online trainer. . Dealing with participants in online and blended courses. . Course evaluation sheets. . Concluding your course effectively. . Evaluating your own performance. . Helping your course participants to use the knowledge learned post course. Experienced trainers may already use some of the guidance contained in the book but there will also be new and invaluable tools they may not have previously considered which can improve their all-round training efficacy. It is hoped that by sharing his knowledge and experience, Gerard Prendergast's Hints & Tips for Trainers, Instructors, Professors and Lecturers will prove to be a valued resource for the training profession at all levels.

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Autor

GERARD A. PRENDERGAST B B.Sc. (Hons), F.Inst. L.M., DipSysPrac (Open) Gerard Prendergast is the founding member of and was the Managing Director for ABACUS LEARNING SYSTEMS Ltd Mr. Prendergast has been concentrating on developing the open and flexible learning aspects of education and training, especially the delivery of training using Computer Mediated Communication and Blended Cooperative Learning. He has trained Educators from many Universities, Colleges of both Higher and Further Education, and trainers from industry and commerce, in the UK and abroad. As a learning advisor to the PetroSkills, he has devised their Instructor selection and development procedure. This includes instructor training and instructional quality control. Mr. Prendergast is an Open University Technology Honors Graduate and he has completed the post Graduate Online Education and Training' Course run by the Institute of Education, London University. He has been a visiting tutor on that course and has also been a visiting tutor for the British Open University's 'Teaching & Learning On-Line' course, for a number of years. He has been an Advisor to The Management Institute, University of Ulster on Online Learning, and has carried out consultancy for the British Inland Revenue service, in ways to deliver training by Computer Mediated Communication. He has held various workshops on e-Learning throughout Germany and also at The Croatian Academic and Research Network and with the John M. Campbell & Company, Oklahoma, USA. A fellow of the Institute of Leadership and management for many years and has conducted Management training for Industrial clients. Between 2002 and 2015, he has been the Consultant Instructor Development specialist/ Learning Advisor for John. M Campbell & Company, Norman, Oklahoma, USA, A company specialising in International Gas Processing Training. He currently runs workshops on Training for various organisations worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grosvenor House Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786232748
• Artikelnr.: 53275429