1. Designing & Implementing a
Successful Online Recreation Staff
Training Program
Matt Volitis, MBA & José H. González, Ed.D.

2. Poll Everywhere
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3. Poll Everywhere
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4. • 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!

5. My targeted staff segment
• Referee
• Lifeguards Written
• Fitness staff Exercise!
• Personal trainers
• Group exercise instructors
• Trip leaders
• Score keepers…

6. What area does your staff need
improvement?
Written
Exercise!

7. Educational technology

8. What platform (LMS) ?

9. Creating the lessons
Content
& delivery
Content & Delivery
method
Learning Objectives Assessment
Method

10. What are?
Learning
Assessment
objectives
Content and
delivery
method

11. 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

12. Assessment method
• Quiz
• Demonstration
• Random testing
• Commenting online
• Assignments
• Drills
– Subs using the portal, pretend emergency
situations, signing out equipment, etc….

13. Example #1
Hazing Workshop

14. Once logged in, click on the tntpsu.pbworks.com link
Click Here

15. Click on Activity 1
Click Here

16. Read Info & Leave a Comment
3. Click Here
1. Type your
comment here.
2. Once finished click
add comment
button.

17. Click on Activity 2
Click Here

18. 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.

19. Information on learning….

20. • 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.
http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=110&subid=181&contentid=1234

21. Moodle Online Training
http://www.plymouth.edu/webapp/courses/course/view.php?id=13385

22. “QR Codes 101”

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