The creative trainer – a resource for trainers, facilitators and adult educators on creative training tips, neuroscience of adult learning (brain-based learning), learner engagement, and flip chart tips
Connect Energizers to Adult Learning Objectives To Enhance Transfer Of Training Always ensure that energizers (and anything else that you do in an adult learning environment) have sound purposes tied to your learning objectives. Never have learners participate in an activity simply to entertain or engage them. Doing so may cost you credibility and value … Read more
Addressing Adult Learning Styles Is Crucial in Helping Increase Transfer of Training Addressing Adult Learning Styles Is Crucial, so let’s talk about it. Accelerated learning tenets and brain-based learning research suggest that by engaging adult learners through the use of a variety of strategies that activities, that involve physical movement and mental stimulation, you can … Read more
Experiential Learning Techniques Help Adult Learners with Transfer of Training Adult learners, like their child counterparts, learn best with they are actively engaged in an accelerated (experiential) learning environment in which brain-based learning concepts are being applied. Experiential Learning Techniques Help Adult Learners By getting learners to actively participate in the learning process, a facilitator … Read more
Accelerated Learning Techniques Can Lead Adult Learners to Increased Transfer of Training No matter what term(s) you apply to accelerated learning (e.g. brain-based learning, active learning, discovery learning, experiential learning, interactive learning, or transformational learning), the ideas and techniques behind the concept are solid. Accelerated Learning Techniques Can Lead Adult Learners to Increased Transfer of … Read more
The Trainer’s Role in the Adult Learning Environment Your role as a facilitator of knowledge exchange is to ensure that your adult learners “get it.” Anything less means that you failed to meet their learning needs. You can have all the knowledge in the world between your ears; however, if you cannot effectively communicate it in … Read more
The Impact of a Brain-Based Environment on Learning Brain-based learning researchers continue to discover the importance that environmental factors such as color, sound, music, light, aromas, images, and fun have on the human brain. To capitalize on research findings related to adult learning theory (andragogy) and brain-based learning, you can design your learning environments in … Read more
Engaging Adults Through Use of a Music-Based Learning Engaging Adult Learners Through Use of a Music-Based Learning Activity Brain-based research indicates that by incorporating music, fun, and novelty into adult learning environments, the opportunity to maximize the formation of memories and learner retention improves. The following is a creative training activity that can help improve … Read more
3 Ways for Effectively Facilitating an Adult Learning Event The following are three ways for effectively facilitating an adult learning event to ensure that your sessions are productive and result in transfer of training from the classroom to the work environment. 3 Ways for Effectively Facilitating an Adult Learning Event by The Creative Trainer – Robert … Read more
5 Strategies for Enhancing Your Learning Environments Learning environments come in all sizes and shapes and include various activities and design elements to enhance training concept delivery. The better environments include what brain researchers have discovered related to how the brain best processes and retains information. If you want to increase the overall learning outcomes for … Read more
Using Brain Research to Enhance Adult Learning Brain researchers continue to discover the importance of various factors on the human brain in an adult learning environment. When integrated with existing adult learning theory, this research can aid learners in potentially better mastering session content. To capitalize on neuroscientific research findings, you can design your learning environments … Read more