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5. Learners can see progress /success in their learning.Learners must experience success in learning. This is easier when themeasurements of progress are clear, they have the resources and coaching thatthey need and they receive feedback from others. Frequently give workshopparticipants positive comments about “right” answers, useful comments andinsightful questions.Presenting Information1. Keep the presentation short. No more than 5 minutes without interaction.2. Give the purpose of your lecture clear. You should be able to say your purposein a nut shell..3. Develop a clear, logical structure for your lecture. Decide on your main pointsand in what order you will present them.4. Use well-developed and relevant examples, illustrations and personal experienceto help your group visualize what you are talking about.5. Reinforce by repeating key ideas at least three times.6. Use visual aids to summarize, clarify or illuminate your ideas.7. Use humour if possible.8. Use questions and answers/ examples from the group during the presentation.The more interaction that the group has with what you are saying, the more theywill remember.9. Reinforce what you are saying with effective body language, gestures,movement, positions, eye contact and facial expressions.10. Avoid jargon. Make sure everyone understands the words you are using.11. Speak from an outline and, if possible, without notes. Your visuals or handoutscan provide the outline.12. Make your conclusion strong. It can be a summary, answer to a problem or achallenge.13. Follow the lecture with exercises that reinforce the learning.Construction Owners Association of Alberta 68

Discussion1. Use discussions to teach key ideas and to get people to think.2. Use a discussion after an exercise to make sure that people learned what youwanted them to learn.3. Determine the objective of the discussion. Do you want to reinforce key points,get feedback, or challenge current thinking? What will be learned?4. Plan questions that will help you achieve the discussion’s objective.5. Choose the style of questions, direct or open-ended. Direct questions are “rightanswer” questions. They check what people know. Open-ended questions allowfor many answers. They often start with how, why, what do you think etc. Theyhelp you find out what people understand, think or feel about an issue or idea.6. Rephrase the learners' answers or ask more questions that use what they havesaid.7. Be flexible about using different questions than you have planned. Use what thegroup is saying to ask more questions that will teach what you need to teach.8. Summarize the discussion and connect the summary with the next learningactivity. There should be a logical and continuous flow between presentations,discussions and exercises.Construction Owners Association of Alberta 69

5. Learners can see progress /success in their learning.Learners must experience success in learning. This is easier when themeasurements <strong>of</strong> progress are clear, they have the resources and coaching thatthey need and they receive feedback from others. Frequently give workshopparticipants positive comments about “right” answers, useful comments andinsightful questions.Presenting Information1. Keep the presentation short. No more than 5 minutes without interaction.2. Give the purpose <strong>of</strong> your lecture clear. You should be able to say your purposein a nut shell..3. Develop a clear, logical structure for your lecture. Decide on your main pointsand in what order you will present them.4. Use well-developed and relevant examples, illustrations and personal experienceto help your group visualize what you are talking about.5. Reinforce by repeating key ideas at least three times.6. Use visual aids to summarize, clarify or illuminate your ideas.7. Use humour if possible.8. Use questions and answers/ examples from the group during the presentation.The more interaction that the group has with what you are saying, the more theywill remember.9. Reinforce what you are saying with effective body language, gestures,movement, positions, eye contact and facial expressions.10. Avoid jargon. Make sure everyone understands the words you are using.11. Speak from an outline and, if possible, without notes. Your visuals or handoutscan provide the outline.12. Make your conclusion strong. It can be a summary, answer to a problem or achallenge.13. Follow the lecture with exercises that reinforce the learning.<strong>Construction</strong> <strong>Owners</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> Alberta 68

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