Educate and inform

Knowing your field is one thing. To teach and inform others is a different matter.

Course description:

The course aims to provide a good basis for working as a professional educator internally or externally. Maybe you are about to introduce new employees, inform about a new IT system, changing processes, and more. After completing the course you should be able to plan, implement and evaluate self-produced courses where the knowledge should be useful immediately, for a demanding professional and academical group.

Target group:

You are already an internal educator and want to get better or you want to become a educator, and be responsible for knowledge transfer in various forms of business and management. You are a manager and leader and want to develop a learning organization.

Prerequisites:

Presentation skills.

Method:

You prepare yourself by doing an analysis of your learning style and study preparation materials. During the course we mix theory and practice with experience-based learning. You work with your own training sessions, case studies and experience sharing.

Course documents available for download to iPad or computer:

• Comprehensive course material with slides, checklists, templates and exercises.
• Literature: How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching [Kindle Edition], The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.
• Diploma obtained after completed training.

Contents:

General

• Learning styles, role of the teacher, adult education.
• Teach and learn.
• Information or education?

Plan and Prepare

• Goals and purpose.
• Use all your senses.
• Efficient time allocation.
• Resource allocation.
• Checklists.
• Target, prior knowledge, expectations, motivation, relationships, attitudes and values.
• Documentation.
• Information, exercises, examples and group work.
• Participants preparation.
• Creating a good learning climate.
• Location and premises.

Implementation

• The first five minutes.
• Process management.
• The right start.
• Introduction.
• Presentation.
• Query management.
• Conflicts and emergencies.
• Participation.
• Managing interference.
• Personality types

Follow up

• Termination.
• Summary.
• Evaluation.
• Certificates.
• Remaining tasks.
• Follow-up.