There is a known (although maybe not well documented) issue with our approach to training trainers: a generational loss in quality.
Quality Vs Quantity
Training in the emergency services: what is more important? Quality or quantity?
Training Tweak: Replace “Explain”
Resuscitating your training session to make it more engaging and interactive holds similar precepts to resuscitation through CPR: Something is better than nothing! One tweak: try replacing the word “explain”.
What Can Trainers Learn From Social Media and Online Marketing?
I guess it’s not too hard to believe that you can now get a degree in Social Media and Online Marketing. Personally, I am heading down the self directed learning route for this one, but the more I learn the more I find in common between marketing online and training learners. I have now read lot of acronyms, tried to understand various complex processes and considered multiple views on the best way to engage an audience. (See – sounds like the training sector already!)
So let me share just a couple of ideas from the social media and the online sector, and my takeaways for trainers and online learning managers.
We Need More Concrete!
The name is Kolb. David Kolb. OK, he’s not quite 007, but he is a constructivist, he has a warm smile and his work does get my heart pumping just the same. His model for experiential learning is one that every trainer should be incorporating!
Differentiating Training in the Emergency Services
There is tons of generic education research available listing strategies to support differentiation of content, process and product. Google is your friend – check some ideas out… but always ask yourself: will this standard suggestion work for me in the Public Safety Sector? Hmm, often the answer may be ‘sorta, kinda, maybe’ because we have some extra challenges to face here.
