Contains information about trainings and seminars and their differences.

1. TRAINING, SEMINAR, AND
WORKSHOP
PREPAREDBY: NORELIE T. ANTECRISTO
NEGROS ORIENTAL UNION OF COOPERATIVES
CDA ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDER WITH CTPRO 066

2. DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
TRAINING,
SEMINAR, AND
WORKSHOP

3. TRAINING
Training is the act of providing
information and instruction to
someone. It is the act of
teaching and or developing
skills, knowledge, etc. in a
participant. The purpose of
training is to improve one’s
capability, capacity, productivity
and performance.

4. SEMINAR
A seminar has a structure that is
more like a lecture or classroom
style of learning. In this respect, the
lecturer, speaker or instructor gives a
speech or shares information with
the audience, similar to how a
teacher lectures a classroom full of
children. Seminars tend to have
much larger audiences because it
simply consists of an expert sharing
information with the audience on a
specific topic.

5. WORKSHOP
A workshop refers to a seminar,
discussion group, or the like, that
is used to exchange the ideas,
demonstration about any
particular subject. It emphasizes
problem-solving, hands-on
training, and requires the
involvement of the participants.

6. STRATEGIES
AND METHODS

7. WHAT THE DIFFERENT TRAINING, WORKSHOP,
AND SEMINAR STRATEGIES AND METHODS?

8. COOPERATIVE
LEARNING
Cooperative learning is
an instructional
strategy that enables
small groups of
participants to work
together on a common
task.

9. SOCRATIC
The Socratic method uses
questions to examine the
values, principles, and
beliefs of students.
Through questioning, the
participants strive first to
identify and then to
defend their moral
intuitions about the world
which undergird their
ways of life.

10. PEER
TEACHING
Peer teaching occurs when
participants, by design,
teach other participants.
Peer teaching involves one
or more participants
teaching other
participants in a particular
topic or area and builds
on the belief that “to
teach is to learn twice”

11. DISTANCE
LEARNING
Distance learning is
defined as 'any form of
teaching and learning in
which the teacher and
learner are not in the
same place at the same
time' (Gilbert, 1995).

12. INTEGRATING
TECHNOLOGY
Today, facilitators realize
that computer literacy is
an important part of
participants education.
Integrating technology
into a
training/workshop/semina
r when appropriate is
proving to be valuable for
enhancing and extending
the learning experience of
the participants.

13. CASE METHOD
The case method is an
instructional strategy that
engages participants in
active discussion about
issues and problems
inherent in practical
application. It can
highlight fundamental
dilemmas or critical issues
and provide a format for
role playing ambiguous or
controversial scenarios.