DAY 1: SESSION 4

Contents:

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 Training Resource Development Phase
Learning resources
• Learning resources are a critical factor for successful
training.
• Good learning resources support facilitators to
teach and participants to learn efficiently and
effectively.
• There are five categories of resources namely;
Learner’s Guide, Learner’s Workbook, Presentation
Materials, Support Materials and Facilitator’s
Guide.

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Learning resources
 Learner’s Guide
• It is also known as the learner’s manual which explains the content of
the course by including the full content and describes details of each
topic for the course.
• It is designed to support and maximize the learner’s learning. It contains
sections of chapters and related reading resources that have been put
together as a skill-focused learning package.
Materials Role Simple description Component
(how it is used)
Learner’s (Participants) It describes details of All the topics are
Guide Reference for in-depth each topic for the included in detail.
(Learner’s understanding of course course.
Manual ) content
(Facilitators)
Base for session content

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 Training Resource Development Phase
Learning resources
 Learner’s Workbook
• The Learner’s Workbook consists of the learning resources
that participants will follow in the training room.
• It provides a summary of the content and activities such as
exercises related to the topic under discussion.

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Learning resources
 Support material
• The Support material on the other hand, helps participants to
carry out activities through instructions on what to do.
• It is used to substantiate the content and activities of the
course.

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Learning resources
 Presentation Material
• The presentation material is the story of a training session
and helps participants understand the Facilitators’
instructions.

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Learning resources
 Facilitator’s guide
• It is also called an Instructional Guide. It is not distributed to participants,
but used by facilitators.
• It ensures that learning objectives are achieved through instructing
facilitators on how to deliver the course.

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Steps for Learner’s Guide Development
 Developed after confirming what
learning resources are needed.
 Necessary to involve expert who
have knowledge on the topics and
skills.
 The basic steps in the flowchart
shown are recommended to be
followed by the team.
 In this section, the steps are
described mainly for the
development of the Learner’s
Guide.
 However, these could be applied to
any type of resources.

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Effective PowerPoint Slides
• Today PowerPoint is the de facto standard for
presentation materials.
• Some people prepare PowerPoint slides as
presentation manuscripts and just read it. This can
be boring.
• PowerPoint slides should only describe the points
facilitators want to convey.
• Do not write long sentences but short expressions
and bullet points.

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Effective PowerPoint Slides
• Introducing visuals makes slides attractive and effective.
• Advantages of visualizations are summarized into 4 points
below:
 Helps get attention from audience
 Promotes understanding
 Promotes retention of knowledge
 Saves time
• Facilitators can visualize sessions in various ways such as
showing movie clips and websites, drawing on
whiteboard/flipchart, showing posters, showing actual
products, and so forth in addition to PowerPoint slides.

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Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Getting attention
Use of clip art and photos can be effective in getting
quick attention from participants.

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Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Promoting understanding
Visualize a concept by changing it into a chart or
using a photo in order to facilitate understanding.

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Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Promoting retention of knowledge
A graph is a typical example of visualization with the objective
to promote knowledge retention. Showing visual graphs
instead of numbers, helps audience retain information in the
form of a photographic memory.

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Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Saving time
Time can be saved by showing a chart. Using the
appropriate chart, can save time, facilitate
understanding, and it will remain in participants’
minds for a long time.

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How to Develop Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Reduce small font letters
Avoiding small letters on slides is the first step to
improve the PowerPoint material.

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How to Develop Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Avoid long sentences Using shapes

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How to Develop Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Use of colours
increase visibility of letters depending on the classroom
environment.

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How to Develop Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Visualize concepts
Structures and frameworks are easy to understand
through visuals.

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How to Develop Effective PowerPoint Slides
 Use of clip art
Showing clip art such as illustrations and
photos are sometimes effective to draw the
attention of the participants.

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Effective Support Materials
Exercises or activities
• Exercises are effective tools for learning.
• These are effective in providing participants the
experience to apply target knowledge, skill and
attitude, and to increase their confidence and
readiness.

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Effective Support Materials
• Exercises can be categorized into the
categories below:
– Discussions
– Hands-on exercises
– Physical exercises
– Demonstrations
– Role Plays
– Case studies

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Effective Support Materials
• The use of exercises is dependent on the
domains of learning.
• Exercises enable participants to integrate KSA
and facilitate their learning.
• The effectiveness of exercises impact on the
achievement of objectives set for the session.

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Effective Support Materials
For knowledge, exercises contribute to
retaining knowledge.
For skills, exercises enable participants to apply
knowledge and to practice.
For attitude, exercises enable participants to
have a feel of the topic under discussion.

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Other Resources for Presentation
1. Movie Clips
 Seeing is believing.
 Movie clips or videos are the best media to convey
information.
2. Whiteboard/flipchart
 Whiteboards and flipcharts are the traditional tools for
teaching.
 These are still valid and effective when in use in the right way.
 Facilitators can draw charts during presentation as well as
write down points to catch participants’ attention and to
promote retention of their knowledge.

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Other Resources for Presentation
3. Products
Showing actual products is the best way to explain things.
When facilitators show the actual product, participants will
pay more attention to it than just explaining.
4. Website
If a computer is available and connected to the internet,
showing websites is sometimes an effective way to visualize
what is being said.
An advantage of showing websites is that it allows facilitators
to be flexible.

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