I’m a complete beginner — will this work for me?

Absolutely . The training course materials are designed for beginners and advanced trainers, people managers, business owners, and entrepreneurs alike, without needing to create their training content from scratch. You don’t need training skills or a lot of experience - the content walks you through exactly what to do, step by step. There's no business speak, no complicated contracts - just straightforward workshop packs that anyone can both follow and facilitate.

Can I edit the training course materials?

Yes. Everything is created in Microsoft Office, allowing you to easily edit, rebrand, and deliver the training course material as needed.

How quickly will I see results?

The initial basic setup takes about 5 minutes to download the training content and add your logo. After that, any extra time required will depend on whether you decide to include company-specific details or examples in the training content.

How can I be sure that this will work for me?

We are early pioneers in providing customizable training course materials, helping thousands of trainers, L&D professionals, people managers, and consultants access editable content that saves them time and helps them change lives. For over three decades, we have known what works — and what works best for your audience today.

Can I use the training course material to launch a business?

Yes , we'll walk you through each course and provide everything you need to offer your own in-house training courses or run them as your business. All workshop packs can be delivered under your brand.

Why choose Oak Innovation over other providers?

We've created a proven set of 52 workshop packs focused on what actually works in workshop settings today. This is backed by over 30 years of experience.

Are there budget-friendly options?

Yes . That's precisely why we created ways to save you time, money, and effort. The workshop packs start at $10 for a complete course.

Are these digital or physical products?

These are digital downloads . You can print and edit them as your own.

Have you ever felt overworked, stressed or overwhelmed while developing training instructional materials?

I know I have.

One of the reasons I started Oak Innovation was to provide the instructional materials that I wish I had access to when I was starting out. And what you are going to read below is a quick insight into the world of instructional materials.

I wish when I was beginning my career that I had access to the sorts of instructional materials that are so instantly available these days.

If you have ever wondered about using instructional materials and if they are right for you, you are going to gain some insights! I cover what are instructional materials, and I share simple examples of instructional materials.

What are instructional materials?

I started my company in 1995 and I’ve been working in this space for a long long time now. And, from day one, I’ve been fascinated on working how best to create and combine instructional materials to create the best learning experiences for course delegates.

Here’s the thing. Developing instructional materials is HARD, right? And it’s so easy to get lost in all the content that you think you need to have. Others make it look so easy so it’s important to have a strong definition to guide you initially. From there you can break things down to something that may suit your situation more.

To illustrate, Muraina, (2015) defines instructional materials as:

“… the human and non-human materials and facilities that can be used to ease, encourage, improved and promote teaching and learning activities. They are whatever materials used in the process of instruction. They are a broad range of resource which can be used to facilitate effective instruction. They indicate a systematic way of designing, carrying out and employing the total process of learning and communication and employing human and non-human resources to bring out a more meaningful and effective instruction. They are human and non-human material that a teacher uses to pass information to the learner in his/her class.”

I’ve come to understand that instructional materials are an umbrella term for all materials that have been created for use by course delegates and their instructors as instruction or learning resources to aid delegates in their acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Examples of instructional materials.

One of the most common questions I get is what are the main examples of instructional materials. The answer always boils down to instructional materials can be printed or non-printed, auditory or visual, and may include textbooks, presentation materials, other experiential materials, and online tools.

To illustrate:

Print: Textbooks, handouts, study guides, manuals, readings, outlines, lesson plans, handouts, online articles, and online resources.
Visual: Infographics, charts, photographs.
Audio: Podcasts, expert recordings.
Audiovisual: Slides, television, multimedia, YouTube, Vimeo, movies, and tv clips.
Electronic: Computers, e-learning, tablets.
Presentation Materials: PowerPoint slide deck, lecture notes, training manuals, case studies, delegate-created content.
Experiential: Expert interviews, guest speakers
Online Tools: Keynote, Prezi, LinkedIn SlideShare, Zoho Show, FlowVella, LibreOffice Impress, Ludus, PowToon, Speaker Deck, Visme, WPS Presentation, authorSTREAM, Genially, Canva, Beautiful.ai , Ahaslides.

To summarize, there are some great ways to access instructional materials that need to be put to amazing effect within companies these days. Remember, to focus on finding the right instructional materials both for you and your course delegates. If you do these two things, you’ll be delivering successful training courses on your own.