Training Can Be Fun For Everyone
- Presenter(s): Shannon Polito
- Session Length: 60 minutes
- Date: Jul 28, 2025
Adult Learning Theory (ALT) has been the standard for quite some time, and yet so many agencies continue to use lecture and PowerPoint as their main training procedure and do not understand why both information and staffing retention is so low. Let's shake it up! Using our knowledge of ALT, you will learn how to make it fun for both the trainer and the learner.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn the various ways in which adults learn both in theory and in method.
- Students will be able to recognize various ways in which they can increase engagement and retention
- Students will leave with the ability to identify and create their own methods to increase trainee engagement and therefore retention
description
Adult Learning Theory (ALT) has been the standard for quite some time, and yet so many agencies continue to use lecture and PowerPoint as their main training procedure and do not understand why both information and staffing retention is so low. Let's shake it up! Using our knowledge of ALT, you will learn how to make it fun for both the trainer and the learner.Learning Objectives:
- Students will learn the various ways in which adults learn both in theory and in method.
- Students will be able to recognize various ways in which they can increase engagement and retention
- Students will leave with the ability to identify and create their own methods to increase trainee engagement and therefore retention
