ELIXIR-GOBLET Train-the-Trainer

Description

This workshop offers guidance, ideas and tips for designing training/teaching, development and delivery on training activities, all based on research-driven educational principles. The course is highly interactive and hence it is important that you, as a participant, actively contribute to all sessions and elements of the course. This course is suited for whoever is interested in becoming a trainer/instructor, or improving their training skills. If you have questions like the following ones, this course may be very helpful to you.

How learning works?
How can I use learning principles and theories to improve my teaching/training?
How can I make my teaching/training more engaging and effective?
How should I adjust my teaching/training to different types of learners?
How can I assess whether my students are actually understanding my lessons? Are they actually learning?
What is the best balance between theory and practice?
How can I best assess whether learning is occurring and/or has occurred?
What works in a classroom and what doesn’t?

Topics covered

During this course, you will learn about:

Learning principles and how they apply to training and teaching
Design and plan session, course, materials
Teaching techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation
Assessment and feedback in training and teaching

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

Name learning principles that a good teacher/instructor should have in mind
Describe at least three training techniques, drawing on learning principles
Design a training session and a course
Develop assessment questionnaires
Enumerate types of materials needed for each part of a training session or course