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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

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When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? Images are better than words for instructional aids. Source: Zazzle. How do you learn? What do you actually retain? Incorporating Movement.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters

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While most of the tech experts used lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice as their pedagogical approach and we did some pre-session surveys, it was still important for us to get to better understanding of the skill, knowledge, and mindsets of the participants once in the room. Here is what they shared: 1.)