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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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