The Blended training for developing visually impaired people: Trains the trainer of sensory basic skill

This activity aims to examine the appropriateness of the Blended Learning design course.  The Train  the Trainer course is a developing sensory basic skills course for the visually impaired to prepare a team of lecturers and assistants. Conducted training for 16 visually impaired people. Training for the trainer programs is a fundamental sensory analysis program online on YouTube within 6 lessons each lesson consists of 2-5 clips that consist of 10-15 minutes of sound clips for self-learning. The live events (online workshop) were arranged by Zoom every week for a total of 6 weeks. All trainers were evaluated knowledge by pre-test and post-test, the study found that the total average score before learning was 5.4 points out of 10. After learning, the total average score was 7.7 points, which was a significant difference. Satisfaction survey form was estimated on Google form. The participants were most satisfied with the lecturers (average score of 4.6), followed by the content and application of benefits was a high level (average score of 4.2), and Overall satisfaction course was the highest level (average score of 4.5). Self-assessment in knowledge before and after training was increased from the middle level to the highest level with scores of 3.3 and 4.5, respectively. The result indicated that training design using Blended Learning, online lessons, and live events, was sufficient to prepare the trainer in this program.