Sheri Boston Invitation to Learning Lesson Plan for training in the workplace Prepared by Sheri Boston • Instructional Designer
OVERVIEW & PURPOSE It is my responsibility for all training in my organization. It has becoming more and more apparent that the staff is not motivated to participate in the required training modules. Currently, most of the training is designed with text-based manuals, traditional PowerPoint presentations and lengthy outdated videos. You have been reading and researching new ways to engage your learners in all of your instructional design publications. I have reached out to your professional learning networks to see what other IDs are doing to engage their learners. What current instructional design trend/proven strategy will you implement into your training program to engage your learners?
RESEARCH My research included watching Ted talks about motivating employees. What are good approaches to motivate the employees to learn. Make the training fun, ie popcorn, interactive talks that make the employee feel included in the training goals. Helps with team building among the co-workers/different departments. I wanted my video to be fun and upbeat to make the learners interested. Not a long approach, more here we go this is going to be fun, you are going to learn and it is going to be a modern instructional design approach through Powtoons creation. (continued)
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EDUCATION RESOURCES 1. Lynda.com 2. Podcasts 3. Youtube videos 4. Other employees with the skills you desire to learn 5. Research other learning tools or resources report to your manager 6. Training lunch and learns to help visual learners
OBJECTIVES 1. Skills to grow the enthusiasm and update our companies dept. skills. 2. How will these training courses help the employee. 3. What is the next step to start.
MATERIALS NEEDED 1. Computer 2. Wifi connection 3. Headphones 4. Itunes account for Podcasts 5. Programs needed...for some you can sign up for a temporary unpaid account or employer will open accounts for the employees. 6. How will employees give feedback on the training. 7. Use training room to utilize projector or a conference call/live training seminars.
VERIFICATION Steps to check for student understanding 1. Forums to check if the training is helpful. 2. Meeting about what else is needed how is the progress. 3. Interaction between the employees and managers to see how it is going.
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ACTIVITY Explain ways the employees can learn and what tools they will use. Keep the forum open to other learning they would like to help their job performance.
EVALUATION • GOALS • INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES Explain ways the employees can learn and what tools they will use. Keep the forum open to other learning they would like to help their job performance. Employees can earn time off for learning they have achieved. This would be a Big incentive. Maybe a gift plan if Employees complete training. IE tickets to concerts, baseball games, ipads. etc.
EMPLOYEES FEEDBACK • CONCERNS OR OBSTACLES TO DISCUSS Ask for feedback about the training and valuable input from learners How would you schedule time to learn. What about my current workload. What would be the rewards for my learning during work or on my own time? (continued) 3
RESOURCES http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-training-development-workplace-10321.html The Importance of Training & Development in the Workplace by Shelley Frost; Updated January 31, 2018 Frost, Shelley. (2018, January 31). The Importance of Training & Development in the Workplace. Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-training-development-workplace-10321.html
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-effective-employee-training-techniques-work-jason-silver
5 Effective Employee Training Techniques That Work ●
Published on June 17, 2015
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https://hbr.org/2012/01/positive-intelligence Anchor, Shawn. (2012, January/February) Harvard Business Review. This article made the cover of the HBR and showed that happiness provides a competitive advantage. https://youtu.be/Da5PNfG9Ezk The Secret to Building a Healthy & Happy Workplace | Wolter Smit | TEDxBrighton Published on Mar 24, 2017
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