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Adult learning principles for trainers: Designing and facilitating sessions that stick

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for new and experienced corporate trainers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 30 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 7 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 30 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why experienced learners switched off · 6 min

    Before you begin · Two refreshers · What changed?

  • Lesson 2: How adults learn: useful principles and myths · 5 min

    Working principles · Myth or reality · Check

  • Lesson 3: The Kolb experiential learning cycle · 5 min

    Four stages · Which stage? · Check

  • Lesson 4: Grey areas: mixed rooms and unwilling learners · 5 min

    Experience cuts both ways · The sceptical expert · Mandatory and unwilling

  • Lesson 5: Self-direction, transfer and a planning checklist · 5 min

    Support learners to steer · Making it stick at work · Your planning checklist

  • Lesson 6: Plan your next session and final assessment · 4 min

    Apply it · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

In the first month of a trainer pathway, before a team redesigns its mandatory training, and as a refresher for trainers who lecture.

New and experienced corporate trainers, facilitators, mentors and educators who teach adult learners; run by the head of L&D or a train-the-trainer programme lead.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Ld contact
  • Training standards link
  • LMS or record system
  • Next course link
  • Course URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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