Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
(module 6.2)
Objectives
Know what user training resources are
available to you for HINARI
Consider your institutions training
resources and how HINARIs materials
might be modified
Review tips for successful training
Group exercises
(end of presentation)
Your Resources
When planning for training consider the
following:
What facilities do you have for training?
What equipment? Projector? How many
computers? With Internet connection?
Enough for hands-on work? If not, how can
you make training interactive?
What level of Internet and computer skills do
your users have?
Prepare beforehand
Check the venue
Facilitate learning
Introduce training and participants
Handle questions and discussion
Troubleshoot
Keep participants focused
Ask open questions
Summarize and evaluate
Make improvements for future training
Preparation
Do background reading and get hands-on
experience
Read presentation notes and annotate for
yourself
Dont have to be expert; OK to say I dont
know and research/ask HINARI (
hinari@who.int)
Remember your own workshop experiences What did and didnt work?
Preparation continued
Do the computer exercises and identify any
problems
Get list of attendees and information on their skill
levels if possible
Get contact details for venue and organizers if offsite
Print out handouts and workbooks or put material
on a CD
Send material electronically in advance such as
the HINARI Sort Course
Facilitators Role
To create conditions in which learning can
naturally take place
Encourage active learning - student
discussion and cooperative, hands-on
activities
Minimize passive listening and note taking
Be responsive to needs and interests of
group
Getting Started
Introduce yourself
Tell participants what will be covered and
what they will gain
Explain the timetable and the activities
Point out the location of facilities (food,
bathrooms, etc.)
Find out what people already know and
what they are interested in learning
Make them feel at ease
Keeping Focus
Listen to groups
Clarify questions for individuals or group
If unrelated discussion or web browsing,
ask how participants doing and what
conclusions theyve reached
If questions are off-topic, save for breaks
or after workshop
Assistant facilitators can help
Prepare beforehand
Check the venue
Facilitate learning
Introduce training and participants
Handle questions and discussion
Troubleshoot
Keep participants focused
Summarize and evaluate
Make improvements for future training
Group Exercise
When should you hold the training
sessions?
Who should attend the training?
Where is it best to have the training?
What resources will you require to hold a
successful training session?