In this video (7 min 54 sec), Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager of the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), shares three practical principles to help public librarians to design and deliver engaging and effective digital skills training for adult learners.

The video:

• Explains how adults learn differently from children and young people.
• Presents three important principles for effective digital skills training: Make learning relevant; Demonstrate briefly, then let learners practise; Build confidence by creating a supportive learning environment.
• Shares a real-life example from Kawempe Youth Centre Community Library in Uganda, illustrating how digital skills training for adults is organized through learner-centred teaching methods, extensive hands-on practice, and practical digital skills that participants can immediately apply in their daily lives and work.

More EIFL-PLIP Small Bites on organizing and delivering library training programmes:

• Keeping learners engaged and preventing disruptions during training (8 minutes)
• Effective use of icebreakers & energizers (8 minutes)
• Managing Workshop Expectations (5 minutes)
• Different Roles of a good trainer: Instructor, Facilitator and Coach (6 minutes)
• Promoting Your Library's Training Programmes on Social Media (7 minutes)
• How to Evaluate Your Library’s Training Programme (5 minutes)
• Adapting Open Educational Resources for Library Training (10 minutes)

Visit our YouTube channel to explore more EIFL-PLIP Small Bites training videos for public librarians. 

Enjoy the Small Bites video series! Let us know if you found the format and content useful, or if you have any feedback – plip@eifl.net