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Tips & Interactive Tools for Training the Adult Learner

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Rachel Findley, MS, RDN, LDN

Rachel Findley

Instructor, Meredith College

2015-Present

Child Nutrition Director, Johnston County Schools

2010-2015

Child Nutrition Supervisor, Johnston County Schools

2008-2010

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• Rachel Findley

⎻ No affiliations or disclosures

Affiliation or Financial Disclosure

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• Describe the different ways in which people learn

• Describe the importance of providing training to a wide

variety of participants

• Demonstrate different interactive tools to use while

training participants

Learning Objectives

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How do you learn?

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• Adult learners vs young learners1

⎻ Adults are self-directed whereas young learners are

parent/guardian directed

⎻ Adults challenge information vs young learners accepting it

⎻ Adults want immediate application and relevance vs young

learners engage without clear direction

How do you learn?

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• Different Types of Learners

⎻ Visual

⎻ Auditory

⎻ Kinesthetic

⎻ Reading/Writing

How do you learn?

Source: Ken O’Donnell - Cal State

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• Get to know your audience

⎻ Notecards with learner information

⎻ Survey to trainees before the training

• How to get them talking

⎻ Icebreakers

⎻ Discussion prompts

How do you learn?

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• The 20 minute rule2

⎻ The idea that you should not

continually speak for more than 20

minutes

• How to respond to questions or

comments

⎻ Avoid embarrassing the people

being trained

How do you learn?

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Discussion Prompts

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• Think-Pair-Share

⎻ Think about the question for 30 seconds

⎻ Pair up with a neighbor and discuss

⎻ Share the discussion with the larger group

• Reflection

• Summarization

⎻ Can use think-pair-share to summarize topics

Discussion Prompts

Intravert vs. Extravert

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• Round Robin

⎻ Provide a word or a definition to be discussed

⎻ Everyone in the small group says the first thing that comes to

mind

⎻ Ideas are then shared with the larger group

Discussion Prompts

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Let’s Play!

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• Kahoot!

⎻ Utilizes a smart phone or other electronic device

⎻ www.kahoot.com

• Jeopardy

⎻ www.playfactile.com

Let’s Play!

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1. 2018. http://www.ccu.edu/blogs/cags/2011/10/how-adults-learn-compared-to-younger-learners/. Accessed June 6, 2018.

2. Howard, J. Discussion in the College Classroom. 2015.

References

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• This session provides one (1) CEU

⎻ Key Area: Administration 3430

⎻ Key Topic: Human Resources and Staff Training:

Develop employee training plans, including a plan for

tracking training.

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