Basic safety training partial online refresher V01
8 D ELIVERY AND ASSESSMENT IN A VIRTUAL CLASS ENVIRONMENT
8.1 Aims and objectives
The aims of the partial refresher modules described in this document are to reduce the risks of injury arising from knowledge and skills fade in the wind industry. Furthermore, this training will enable the course participants to provide evidence that they have undergone training to refresh key knowledge and skills with the aim that they can apply the knowledge to other skills. With this aim in mind it is important that the instructors who deliver these modules encourage the participants to reflect on how this knowledge can be applied in their daily work situation as well as in emergency situations like first aid scenarios, a fire, the rescue of a colleague or a sea survival situation in a wind turbine or the wind industry.
8.2 Course participant engagement
Delivering training in the virtual classroom environment differs from traditional in person delivery in many ways one of the challenges inherent in this type of training is the involvement and engagement of the participants in the training. In the lesson elements there are more group discussions than in other GWO training standards and this is to encourage interaction between the instructor and the participants and between the participants with the aim that the participants be involved with and engaged in the training thereby increasing their motivation and learning retention. Where the lesson elements do not specifically state that the instructor shall lead a discussion, it is recommended that the instructor uses the flipped classroom technique to engage and encourage the participants to learn through self-discovery. In some elements it is stated that the instructor must show an example of something or demonstrate a skill, wherever possible and safe this should be a live demonstration with physical examples of the equipment being shown or demonstrated. In these cases, it is recommended that the participants be encouraged, to the extent possible, to talk the instructor through the skill being demonstrated. Training material design should be carefully considered and traditional tools like slideware should be created with the specific aim of supporting the instructor rather than as the main delivery tool for the lesson. During the training session the instructor should consider the benefits of live video conferencing as a means of training delivery and a more human interaction for the participants. Even with increased interaction between instructors and participants and the above recommendations, long periods of online training can be particularly draining for both. It is therefore recommended that the instructor schedules frequent short breaks into the overall training session.
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