Instructor-led Classroom Seminars and Workshops

Business surveys estimate that 80 to 90 percent of all training is delivered through instructor-led seminars and workshops, but many of these experiences are not as effective as we expect them to be. Individual learning can, indeed, take place in seminars and workshops, if the following criteria are met:

•   The instructor has expert knowledge that the learners need to know.

•   The individual learners will benefit in some way from learning in a group environment.

•   The learners will have an opportunity immediately afterwards to apply the new knowledge, skills, beliefs, or attitudes to their work.

The decision to use this teaching format is often made on the basis of tradition (we have always ...

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