This book is designed to give new and experienced instructors, trainers and college educators hints and tips to make their training sessions more effective. There is also a section on how to implement and train participants in blended and online learning. It is a useful guide for training managers as well.The hints and tips in this book, cover: • How to get participant ‘buy in’ to what you are teaching. • How adults learn. • Course design and the importance of measurable objectives. • Exercises to open your course effectively. • Exercises to find out what your participants want from your course. • How to run small group exercises. • How to debrief exercises effectively. • Dealing with questions effectively and how to ask effective questions. • The use of and reading body language to enhance your training effectiveness. • Listening skills. • Delivery techniques. • Aids to help you deliver your courses. • Coping with different learning styles. • Dealing with difficult participants and classroom problems. • Dealing with different cultures when teaching. • Implementing blended or online courses. • How to be an effective blended or online trainer. • Dealing with participants in online and blended courses. • Course evaluation sheets. • Concluding your course effectively. • Evaluating your own performance. • Helping your course participants to use the knowledge learned post course.Experienced trainers may already use some of the guidance contained in the book but there will also be new and invaluable tools they may not have previously considered which can improve their all-round training efficacy.It is hoped that by sharing his knowledge and experience, Gerard Prendergast’s Hints & Tips for Trainers, Instructors, Professors and Lecturers will prove to be a valued resource for the training profession at all levels.
