Today’s topic will be focusing on the Training Hall in the department where all the internal courses are hold by our mentor. In this post I will discuss about the learning environment, the seating arrangement and the teaching/learning materials that are available in the Hall.
Learning environment is one of the important components of effective training. I noticed the layout of the Training Hall is prepared well for any training courses. The Hall is clean with nice appearance and good lighting and space. However, the space is not used effectively because the seating arrangement of the Hall is a row based arrangement which reminds me with traditional classrooms.
Despite the fact that the target audiences are adults, the space that is available could be used effectively by dividing it to two sections. One section with Horse shoe seating look for presentation and demonstration purposes and the other section should involve effective group seating arrangement where the trainees have the opportunity to communicate with their pairs and get involve on their own learning. A blended learning environment will give both trainer and trainees the opportunity to express themselves and we achieve our objective of having better employees with high skills. (Kyriacou, 2001, p.74-75).
Training Hall Seating Arrangement.
Mixed Seating Arrangement
Another factor that I noticed about the Hall atmosphere is very cold that might cause an attention problem with the trainees. In fact, Hayat and I cannot focus because of this freezing environment. We suggested reducing it but our mentor told us it cannot be changed! I hope the trainees will be able to focus on the training next week with this atmosphere.
Furthermore, there is some teaching resources as I noticed in the training hall such as TV, video, white boards. However, the multimedia projector is brought only for training days to the Hall as our mentor said. As for learning materials, trainees have laptops to do some practical exercises only on the training day. I think it would be better if the training department is ready with all the equipments that are required to be provided.
To sum up, I think the department is still new and with time everything will be changed. Technology and learning environment will be improved for better.
Reference:
Kyriacou, C. (2001). Essential Teaching Skills. United Kingdom: Nelson Thornes Ltd.
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