Instructional Designs and Strategies On-Site Training

All terminal (or course) objectives are written for learners whose professional role involves the design, selection, or management of human resource development programs. The primary role is that of a thoughtful evaluator of needs, programs, vendors, and implementation. This professional will often serve as a link between levels of the organization and between the organization and outside vendors.

Each of these objectives incorporates a series of specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to achieve these competencies. These enabling objectives are identified in the course notebook.

At the completion of the course in Instructional Design and Strategies, the participant will (or will be able to):

2)  Use the Critical Events Model to evaluate and manage training design including:

• conduct needs assessment using varied techniques
• perform and judge task and job analysis
• identify learner needs
• construct and judge instructional objectives
• design and judge curriculum
• design/select and judge appropriate instructional strategies
• obtain the necessary instructional resources
• evaluate the implementation of training

4)  Design and implement evaluation at all four levels: reaction, learning, job performance, and business impact

5)  Create action plans to assure learning transfer

• Introduction to Course
• Adult Learning Principles
• Critical Events Model
• Training Needs Assessment
• Evaluation/Feedback in Critical Events Model
• Specifying Job Performance
• Identifying Learner Needs
• Writing Objectives
• Adult Learning Styles
• Building Curriculum
• Instructional Strategies
• Resources/Implementation
• Evaluation Skills
• Putting the Process Together
• Action Planning
• Closure