Training from the BACK of the Room!

4 Easy Steps to Really Learn

Connect

• gallery walk
• quick start
• pair share
• fast pass

Warm-Up Activities spark learners’ curiosity, interest, and involvement in training concepts a week or so before the training begins.

1. interview an expert
2. web hunt
3. scavenger hunt
4. people and personal
5. surveys
6. pop quiz

Fast Pass Activities—short and quick, only lasting a minute or two—to engage learners from the moment they walk into the room.

1. dot voting
2. think it, then ink it
3. post it
4. turn and talk
5. take a guess

Start-Up Activities at the beginning of a training involve learners for a longer time—usually last from about five to ten minutes.

1. standing survey
2. wall writing
3. table talk
4. where do you stand?
5. card carousel

Concept

• lecture shower to —10-20 minute lecture-segments, topped off with a 1 minute review by the learners.
• myth or fact to have a group highlight and discuss important concepts
• graphic organizer
• quick write
• self-correcting worksheet

Custom

‘Custom’ as in customize, turn into habit replaces ‘Concrete Practice’ as it is a single word meaning that you actually turn what you have learned and think into concrete practice.

• teach back to recheck knowledge of the learner after learning some new concepts
• group games to
• group discussion to
• gallery walk to

Celebrate

Have trainees:

1. summarize, evaluate and celebrate what they have learned; and
2. create concrete action plans for how they want to use the new knowledge the next day.

• walkabout to make key learnings stick is like teach back while walking in pairs.
• learning log to
• ticket out to
• cloze test to

Sources

• Dominic Krimmer » 4 Easy Steps To Convert Listeners Into Real Learners