Thiagi's—Interactive Lectures—Power up Your Training With Interactive Games and Exercises

Chapter 1

What's Wrong and What's Right About Lectures?

Lectures are probably the most ridiculed training technique; however, I am not against this instructional method. Looking back on my own training and education, many of my significant learning episodes involved lectures. As a trainer, I have lectured for six solid hours at a time—and still received high ratings on the evaluation sheet. Yet, as trainers, we must admit that lectures have both a positive and negative side.

On the positive side, learners are very comfortable with the method because, no doubt, they have sat through countless lecture classes from grammar school through graduate school. On the negative side, lectures can be just plain boring for the learners. This book will show ...