I had the pleasure of facilitating the July Learning Event: Creative Thinking Cap – Ideas to Shake up Your Training, hosted by the Central PA Association for Talent Development at JPL.
We focused the session on idea generation and the use of creativity and creative writing for learning. Making online and instructor led training solutions creative, while following adult learning theory, will engage learners and ensure that knowledge is transferred into performance on the job.
The dynamic group of professionals represented diverse industries – from corporations, to healthcare to higher education. Although our content focus varied, we all experienced similar challenges.
How do we engage the learner?
The session participants shared that making technical training and other types of content engaging requires creativity. Here are some concepts we shared to approach dry content in a new way:
Tags: corporate training • elearning