WebJunction

Guide to Training Design and Delivery Resources

Successful trainers spend their whole career collecting and sharing tips and techniques for improving delivery of training. We’re all focused on the best outcomes for our learners. Whether your delivery is face-to-face or live-online, find and share your great ideas here.

Adult learners

• Deb Grealy Presentation: (PPT) teaching and training adult learners
• Teaching and Training the Adult Learner: Selected Reading List: handout to accompany Deb Grealy's presentation
• Eight Common Training Mistakes: a checklist of the common pitfalls of staff training

Training strategies

• Building Success for E-Learners: a 5-part series from expert trainer Jennifer Hoffman of InSync Training
• Customized Training: looks at group training sessions or one-on-one staff training
• Effective Application Training in the Virtual Classroom Webinar (webinar archive): how to get beyond the "watch me do it" syndrome
• Just-in-Time, Just-in-Place: Iowa Staff Learn Online: Southwest Iowa Library Service Area uses web conferencing for online staff training.
• The Seven Training Strategies: handout to accompany Deb Grealy's presentation
  

Online Learning (or "E-learning") and blended learning

Visit the About Online Learning and Blended Learning sections for the full selection of resources on this topic.

• Online Patron Training: A Project Review [webinar archive]: the learning from this project to create an online tutorial can be applied to staff training too.
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• Blended Learning Guide: how to mix online, in-person, and other training methods
  
• Mixing It Up at the State Library of Iowa (PPT): the use of blended learning techniques for staff training
• Organizations and Online Learning: examines the contrasts and benefits of e-learning for staff training
• WebJunction Group: Online Conferencing

Instructional design and tools

• Developing Online Patron Tutorials: these robust tips and techniques can be applied to online staff training too.
• Create a Flexible Social Web Class: tips from the Pierce County (WA) Library
• WebJunction Course Development Suggestions for developing and evaluating online courses
• 24/7 Librarianship: Reaching patrons with digital tutorials (webinar archive): the what, why, and how, plus tips on free video software
• Tools for E-Learning Trainers and Designers: screencasting, powerpoint-to-flash, rapid development, live online---it's all here and more