Workshops


Creating an Accelerated Learning Environment

Outline
(link to Max Knowledge)

 The classroom environment may be hurting your students' view of the quality of your programs. In this course, you will learn tips and techniques to deal with environmental influences such as your role as the instructor, the classroom, the interactive activities, the support materials, and the sequence of instruction as well as other subtle influences. You will learn to view the environment from the student's view to increase your teaching effectiveness and student retention.

 
 
Design Programs That Teach

Outline

You have been given the task of training people within your department who design your programs. You would like to generate long-term learning as well as encourage ongoing learning. This workshop will show you how to do just that.

 
 
Faculty Teach Less, Learn More

Outline

You have been given the task of training people within your department who teach your programs. You would like to generate long-term learning as well as encourage ongoing learning. This workshop will show you how to do just that.

 
Learning Audit

Outline

You’re skilled, you’re enthusiastic, you know your stuff – so why are the student’s eyes glazing over? Why do the participants keep missing the point? Why is last year’s powerhouse presentation provoking yawns? It’s simple: today’s information overload has created jaded audiences, and the tried and true just won’t do! You need a learning audit.

 
 

Assessments


Clarity

Outline

Clarity™ is an anonymous, web-based survey that elicits and quantifies emotions and motives connected with any designated topic.   Clarity™ technology allows you to aggregate and compare emotion and cognitive responses for even large groups. 

 

Student Behaviors (DISC)

Outline

L+Earn offers a Preferred Behavioral Styles (DISC) personal productivity profile for students.  It introduces the student to how they like to communicate, the types of activities they like and offers recommendations for improving study habits. It serves as a tool for increasing the student's self awareness.

 

Faculty Behaviors (DISC)

Outline

L+Earn offers a Preferred Behavioral Styles (DISC) personal productivity profile for faculty. The role of the instructor goes beyond "teaching" a specific subject matter or ensuring that curriculum goals are fulfilled on schedule. The instructor is the role model for how individuals interact with each other. The instructor must respond to all different behavior (learning) styles many times within a single day. The Faculty DISC is designed to give instructors tools to better adapt and support the individual behavior style of each student.

 

Games and Simulations


GameShow Prep

Outline

Gameshow Prep is the fastest, easiest way to create gameshows for classroom and self-directed learning. If you want to add exciting, informative, and professional-looking gameshows to your training programs, you’re going to love Gameshow Prep!

 

Program Knowledge Poker

Outline

A fun and interactive way to ensure that your entire faculty knows the programs being offered at your school!

 

Books


Project Management for Trainers Buy

Solid advice for improving or validating an existing approach or setting up a new training project management system from scratch. In addition, readers will learn practical techniques and skills to plan, organize, track and communicate the status of a training project.

 

The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook Buy

Accelerated learning is the creation of a partnership between a learner and teacher that honors the unique learning profiles of both. The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook is full of examples from the best trainers and instructors working today

 
Training Triage Buy

Training Triage offers you emergency remedies for the real training challenges and situations most professionals face every day.

 

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