Increasing Learning Engagement: A Skills-First Approach

Increasing Learning Engagement: A Skills-First Approach

39mIntermediate2023-09-21

Authors

Karl Kapp

Karl Kapp

Scholar, Writer, and Expert on Games, Learning, and Technology

Course details

Today’s global workforce is changing, with personal and professional development now accounting for a big piece of the complete employee experience. Helping your employees upskill and develop is a great way to keep them engaged. In this course, join instructor Karl Kapp to find out what it takes to build a strong, resilient, and flexible workforce using a skills-first learning approach.

Discover the value of skills-based training, the different types of skills required—power skills and technical skills—and a handful of proven techniques you can use as a teacher or trainer to boost engagement, regardless of your industry or field. Empower your employees as they build out their power skills by identifying response attributes and applying power skills in context through construct activities, role-play, skills cards, board games, and more. Along the way, Karl shows you how to hone in on your technical skills with whiteboards, applied practice exercises, behavioral observation, and escape rooms.

Skills covered

HR StrategyLearning and DevelopmentTalent ManagementHuman ResourcesLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

  • Skills-based training for success

The New Skills-First Approach

  • The changing environment of training needs
  • Why skills-first training

Define the Types of Skills

  • What are power skills
  • What are hard skills

Engagement Techniques for Teaching Power Skills

  • Identifying response attributes
  • In medias res
  • Construct activity
  • Role-play with a twist
  • Card and board games for skills reinforcement

Engagement Techniques for Teaching Technical Skills

  • Learning by doing - A three-step process
  • Whiteboard walk-through
  • Applied practice
  • Observational checklist as a learning tool
  • Escape room design

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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