Designing & Implementing a
Successful Online Recreation Staff
        Training Program




Matt Volitis, MBA & José H. González, Ed.D.
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• Time
   – Decreases the face time
   – Employee transitions
• Resources/Prof. Staff
   – Professional staff is not committed to the training “dates”
• Money
   – Staff training is done on their own time
• Energy
   – Minor changes every year
• Organized
   – All in one place!
My targeted staff segment
•   Referee
•   Lifeguards                    Written
•   Fitness staff                Exercise!
•   Personal trainers
•   Group exercise instructors
•   Trip leaders
•   Score keepers…
What area does your staff need
       improvement?



 Written
Exercise!
Educational technology
What platform (LMS) ?
Creating the lessons


                              Content
                             & delivery
                            Content & Delivery
                              method
Learning Objectives                              Assessment
                                 Method
What are?


 Learning
                           Assessment
objectives


             Content and
               delivery
               method
Selecting content                 Delivery method
1. Best practices                 1. Photos
2. Current operation procedures   2. Videos
3. Areas needing improvement      3. Audio
4. New information or changes     4. Screencast
   (rules, procedures, etc…)      5. Face-to-Face/hands
5. Updates                           on
                                  6. Simulation
Assessment method
•   Quiz
•   Demonstration
•   Random testing
•   Commenting online
•   Assignments
•   Drills
    – Subs using the portal, pretend emergency
      situations, signing out equipment, etc….
Example #1
Hazing Workshop
Once logged in, click on the tntpsu.pbworks.com link




Click Here
Click on Activity 1

Click Here
Read Info & Leave a Comment



3. Click Here



                 1. Type your
                comment here.


                2. Once finished click
                    add comment
                       button.
Click on Activity 2

Click Here
Watch Both Video’s and Comment Below

                        Click Play




                                            ?’s they need to
                                                 answer


                                        The comments are your assessment
       The Q & A are you assessment tool for this training. It shows whether
                                         tool because you are able to read
       they finished or not and actually did the assignments.
                                            them to make sure they are
                      If not completed must have consequences!
                                           completing the assignments.
Information on learning….
• Visual 65%
             – learn best by seeing
             – enjoy pictures, TV, reading



     • Auditory 25%
             – learn best by hearing
             – human tape recorders, like music, conversations



     • Kinesthetic 10%
             – learn best by hand on, physically
             – enjoy doing things with hands, playing sports
             – are often diagnosed with ADD at a young age


      How do you reach them all & what type of learners are your staff?
              This is the billion dollar question.

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Designing & implementing a successful online recreation staff