HANDY TIPS

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HANDY TIPS
Effective Distance Training Family to Family
Health Information and Education Centers
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Types of Distance Training

• Audio conference
• Video Conferencing
• Webinars
• On-line courses
• TV courses

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Advantages

• It allows more flexibility to participate and
  still attend to other responsibilities and
  commitments such as family and work.
• It gives families and professionals, who would
  not otherwise be able to learn because of time,
  distance or financial difficulties, the
  opportunity to participate.
• It has the potential to make less commonly taught
  subjects available to more learners.

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Disadvantages

• Lose the face-to-face interaction
• Interaction limited
• Isolation occurs
• Use of audio-visual tools limited
• Hard to facilitate debate

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IF IT CAN GO WRONG IT WILL!!!

• Always have a plan A, B, C and D
• Never, ever trust technology
• Test, Test, Test before
• Knowledge of the system being used is vital

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Plan ahead

• Practice in advance
• Prepare guest speakers
• E-mail materials and assignments out at least one
  week before
• Post materials on web if possible

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Rules and etiquette

• Have rules and etiquette in writing
• Remind often
• Give examples of what and what not to do
• 1 - Muting microphones and telephones

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Promising Techniques

• Build in time for interactions throughout the
  presentation
• Know your audience
• Build in a short break for every 60-90 minutes

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Adult Learners

• Build in a variety of instruction methods
• Typically, one remembers 10 of what one reads,
  20 of what one hears 40 of what one hears and
  sees and 80 when hearing, seeing, and doing are
  all involved.
• Non-verbal language and cues must be recognized
  since participants cannot see what is going on

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Different Learning Styles

• Different abilities, experiences and attitudes
  have caused adults to develop a preference for
  learning.
• Presentations that are multi-sensory using visual
  and auditory techniques with interactive
  activities will increase learning and retention
  for most adults.

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Visual learners

• Graphic illustrations such as bar graphs or
  crosstabs to explain data
• Written material to study new concepts
• Written outlines and directions
• Drawings or designs to illustrate presentations
• Gestures and visuals
• Taking notes during a lecture

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Auditory learners

• A verbal presentation of new information, such as
  a lecture
• group discussions to hear other points of view or
  practices
• a good joke or story that they can repeat for
  others
• words to accompany a cartoon
• oral reports of working groups.

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Kinesthetic learners

• Hands-on experience to learn a task
• Gestures while making a point
• Role play exercises over discussion groups
• Trying new things without a lengthy explanation
  of the activity
• Frequent breaks
• Just doing it" rather than talking about it.

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Evaluation

• Helps to acquire new skills for all learning
  types
• Know if it an effective means of training
• Especially learn what is working well and
  celebrate the success!!!!

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Helpful Tools

• Handout - Creating a Classroom Website using
  Google Tools
• Handout - Adobe
• Website - www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test.html

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Contact information

• Gina Pola-Money
• Utah Family Voices
• Family to Family Health Information Center
• utahfamilyvoices_at_juno.com
• 801-584-8236