QUESTION  WHAT IS AN AID?  WHAT IS A TRAINING AID?  WHAT IS A LEARNING AID?  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRAINING AID AND LEARNING AID?

THE ANSWER AND THE REASON  Tools used to facilitate the learning process by both trainer and trainees  Execution of jobs, tasks and duties  Training Aids bring: Greater variety Impact Clarity Memory recall Faster learning

LINKING LEARNING AND TRAINING  Relationship between Learning preferences and training approaches  Role of sensory organs and training aid  Barriers to Training:  Trainer’s verbal barriers-accent, jargon, rambling, lack of speaking skills and knowledge  Mental barriers-Name them  Physical environmental barriers

CLASSIFICATIN OF LEARNING AIDS TRAINING MEDIAEXAMPLE STATIC MEDIAWhite boards, black boards, printed material, OHP, transparencies, flip charts DYNAMIC MEDIAVideo tapes, CDs, DVDs, audio tapes TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES Conference Calls and Video Conferencing COMPUTER BASED MEDIAInternet, Intranet, PowerPoint, Webinar

EXERCISE  List out appropriate learning aids to:  On the job training  Off the job training  Self paced training

BLACK OR WHITE BOARD  Traditional chalk and talk  White board-Smooth-multicolor erasable markers-no dust  Indoors and outdoors  Fix centrally on the wall  Tube lights above the board  5-6 words per line-6 inches space between lines  Capital letters  Thick tip markers-dark colors for visibility-  Seek feedback from traineees

FLIP CHARTS  Card board papers 2X3 feet in size  sheets clipped to white board  One sheet at a time  Don’t fix to walls-Why?  Highlighting  Numbering sheets  Title to each chart  Different colors for different points  Most useful in Brainstorming sessions- Ideas

PRINTED MATERIAL  Reference material-text, graphs, tables and pictures  Material should be lucid-  Course schedule  Reference notes  Manuals  Activity sheets  Evaluation sheets-Printed on paper and distributed to participants

Guidelines to prepare effective printed material  Address and logo of the training institute on the top  Legible printing  11 or 12 font of Times New Roman or Arial  Not more than 4 fonts in a page  A4 quality paper  Simple language  Space around the paper to note points  Activities at the end of each session  Provide reference for further understanding

OVERHEAD PROJECTORS  Bulb and mirror  Indoor visual aid  Transparent polythene sheet or transparencies  Enlarged image upon exposure to light  Number on top right corner  Water proof transparency pens  CAPITAL LETTERS  Different dark colors  Eight max words per line-Max12 lines/sheet  Brief points not lengthy sentences

LATEST EQUIPMENT-DISCUSS  Computer based presentation-Advantages?  Videos for skill building-briefing and debriefing-20mts/stretch- Professionals to prepare  Audios  Telecommunications-Geographically distributed trainees-Video conferencing-SAP on Skype  Internet and Intranet- , ftp, blogs, forum, newsgroups-What is the equipment needed?  Simulators  Work equipment  Props  Activity sheets  Pen/Pencil and Note book  Computer

EXERCISE-IMP CHARACTERSTICS OF LEARNING AIDS LEARNNI NG AID ADVANT AGES LIMITATI ONS TRAINER CAPABIL ITIES REQD EQUIPM ENT COST OF EQUIPM ENT INDOOR S/OUTD OORS/B OTH Blackboar d White board Flip charts OHP