Picture the scene, it’s 8:25am, you follow the heard on people to the room for ‘staff training’ where you’re greeted by an image of a grumpy baby on the interactive whiteboard and cheesy music.
In this case the room is an adapted science lab scattered with iPads, for many staff it’s a welcome change to their usual routine but for others there’s an uncertainty. What are they here to learn? How are they going to learn it? And most importantly why are they learning it? This isn’t an uncommon experience particularly when it involves technology, Throughout my experience of leading staff training I often encounter people asking themselves these same questions. As a group I always ensure we visit our learning in the same way that we would approach a good lesson. By first assessing ‘where we are’ and then working out ‘where we want to go’ and ‘how to get there’.
When we work to define the goals, we find that some less experienced staff just want to be able to use a device to improve their daily lives and questions like “How do i turn it on?” aren’t as rare as we might think. But there’s also the young recruit who grew up with technology (of which i’m fortunate to have done) who is keen to get started with the latest programme, test out a bit of code or turn a device into something a little more magical.
That’s why, when reading an article on organising and running a successful workshop, I was encouraged to see that over at the mindtools.com toolkit they have highlighted the need to do exactly that, you can read the full article here.
Like to find out a little more about training I have delivered to adults, including colleagues? Keep your eyes peeled, i’ll be making an addition to my projects page shortly.
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