28 Nov
A virtual classroom, or online training as it is commonly known, provides an experience as close to traditional face to face classroom events as possible. We are used to virtual…
18 Oct
Introduction An Icebreaker or Energiser or Warm up is a useful tool in the trainer’s toolkit. Icebreakers can make you a better trainer because they help your adult participants get…
06 Sep
What makes a good presenter? What do they do (or not do) that makes us think they are effective? What makes us want to listen to them? Why do we…
06 Jun
Malcolm Knowles pioneered the study of adult learning (called andragogy) in the 1970s, identifying the following adult learning principles: Adults are internally motivated and self-directed Adults bring life experiences and knowledge…
11 Oct
The Rise of Online Training Who’d have thought that doing training online would become such a widespread activity? We did for a start! However, we did not foresee that online…
16 Jan
As a trainer employed by a company, I have delivered courses in-house at training centres, and also as a freelancer I have delivered training courses at the client’s venue or…
01 Feb
The art of communication is to be heard and to be clearly understood but do we really do this in our everyday lives? In many of the projects I have…
03 May
In our last blog, Ruth gave you some considerations when working from home to make things easier and become as effective as being office based – something that both of…
30 Sep
If you are responsible for teaching adults, here are some best practices to create meaningful and enjoyable online learning events. Simply delivering a traditional course via the internet is not…