Creating Effective Presentations for Adult Learners

Creating and delivering effective presentations for adult learners means providing engaging and relevant instruction for the context. When planning effective professional development sessions, facilitators must consider best practices, andragogical principles, and biases held by themselves and their audience.

Include the following:

• Overview of andragogy, including Malcolm Knowles’ five assumptions about the characteristics of adult learners.
• A rationale for applying andragogical principles when creating and delivering professional development .
• At least 3-5 best practices for creating and delivering effective presentations to adult learners .
• Explanation of how cultural, ethnic, and gender biases  of presenter and audience can affect presentation effectiveness and strategies you will use to reduce or eliminate bias.