The evolution of corporate training facilities. Picture the typical auditorium lined with chairs, facing a lone podium and vacant projection screen. The shift away from traditional training and teaching methods toward more active forms of learning has paralleled an increasing understanding of the processes by which people acquire new knowledge.
Adults learn more readily by doing as opposed to absorbing passively an instructor's presentation.
Employees learn, for example, how to apply effective bargaining tools through simulated client interactions or case studies explored in small groups. They learn in collaborative teams and by sharing experiences. These active learning concepts are relatively new, and training facilities now are designed to meet multiple scenarios. Still, some companies need to continue to use a predominately classroom approach. This has worked effectively for industry-leader Motorola for years.