Course Details

Course Title:  Training Design

Course ID:  TD202E

Fees:  $150

Days:  3

Introduction    

As continuous learning grows ever challenging for work forces of every level, so training design becomes more critical in the aim to transfer appropriate learning that will be sustained and be highly valuable.

This 3 day programme sets out to unpick the process and skills of designing learning that is both memorable and makes distinct contributions to people and the organisation as a whole.  Looking at 21^st century training challenges and how people learn, the programme offers a thorough grounding in planning and designing training for a wide variety of situations and levels.  Aimed at developing understanding and skills, it emphasises creative approaches underpinned by robust planning and post-learning evaluation techniques.

Course objectives       

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate how to effectively plan, design and evaluate training
• Identify the hallmarks of effective learning within a training intervention
• Judge how to design appropriate training that meets individual and organisational objectives 
• Identify how to use different training methods, appropriately and creatively

Prerequisite            

Experience of initiating or contributing to training interventions

Who should attend?

New training and development or HR staff who have responsibilities for training design; or managers who have line-management responsibility for staff development.

Course outline       

Day one

• What makes learning ineffective
• What training should be able to do
• The learning cycle
• Designing and conducting a training needs analysis
• Defining aims and objectives for training
• Useful questions for planning the design

Day two

• Designing evaluation methods
• Writing a training plan
• Selecting training methods
• Identifying delivery needs
• Writing a session plan

Day three

• Training delivery environments and needs
• How to enhance learning opportunities
• Designing pre-workshop learning
• Multi-method training designs
• Researching supplemental tools for training
• Action planning