Engaging millennials and the modern learner
Facilitated by Michael Kuczala, International Author, Speaker and Director of Instruction, Regional Training Centre, USA. (Author of Training in Motion, available through KR).
Mike Kuczala (USA) - Bestselling author and internationally known speaker inspires learning through an understanding of how learners prefer to learn in a uniquely interactive and engaging way. His acclaimed keynotes and innovative professional development have been applauded in both education and corporate settings.
This one of a kind workshop offers an exceptional approach to transforming training that results in long-term retention and improved performance on the job. Engaging Millennials and the Modern Learner delivers interactive, practical strategies - in an active and enjoyable way - that can be implemented immediately to improve your training programs. You'll come away with principles and tools that are backed by research and real-world experience. By attending this workshop you'll be able to understand how the modern learner prefers to learn, why the modern learner prefers to learn that way, and what makes learning stick. In short, you'll be able to create dynamic learning that supports the instructional process instead of harming it.
In this highly interactive workshop, participants will learn how to enliven any training session through the use of learning centred best practices based on how the modern learner prefers to learn, including:
* Engagement - how to get and keep the brain's attention
* Memory systems - the limits of working memory and attention span
* Storage and retrieval
* How and when to present new information
* The physical needs of the leaner
* Whole-brain engagement
* How the brain prioritises information
* Meaning and relevancy
* Practice and rehearsal of information
* The importance of movement and implicit learning
* Creating "aha" moments
Participants will also discover the meaning of differentiated training and kinaesthetic mindfulness. Many millennials in the work force, and those who will be entering the work force, have grown up with two important methods in their schooling - differentiated instruction and using kinaesthetic activity as a learning tool. To create more successful learning it is critical to pay attention to these best practices in training design.
Five benefits of attending:
* Create training that is centred on the modern learner and more enjoyable for both the
learner and trainer
* Design training programs that result in long-term learning, retention, and improved performance
* Leave with dozens of immediately usable strategies for any training
* Manage learner's physical and emotional states to increase engagement and bolster memory
* Turn lackluster sessions into high-achieving learning environments
Key learning points include:
* How the millennial and modern learner is different from previous generations
* How the modern learner prefers to learn
* The brain principles that become the backdrop for all training design
* The key role of the brain/body connection in learning
* How to design engaging, interesting and enjoyable training
Programme:
7.30-8.30 Registration
8.30-8.45 Introduction and welcome
8.45-9.30 What is different for the Millennial and modern learner?
9:30-10.00 Trainer vs. facilitator/designer
10.00-10.30 Break
10.30-11.15 Brain Principles and the brain/body connection
11.15-12.00 Creating implicit learning, sensory engagement and motivation
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.45 Differentiated training
14.45-15.00 Afternoon Break
15.00-16.00 Kinesthetic Mindfulness and Embodied Cognition during learning
Time: 08:00 - 17:00
Venue: The Indaba Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre, Johannesburg
Date: 26 April 2016
Time: 08:00 - 05:00
Venue: Lagoon Beach Hotel and Spa, Cape Town
