Discover a comprehensive, field-tested method for designing and developing training programs that achieve measurable results. This practical, application-based approach guides you through the entire process of building effective learning solutions.
Who Should Attend:
This seminar is designed for training professionals and instructional designers who lack formal training design credentials and have fewer than two years of hands-on experience creating training courses.
This comprehensive program teaches the essential skills for designing powerful training initiatives. You will navigate the complete training development cycle: conducting needs assessments, designing interactive learning experiences, creating activities that accelerate comprehension and skill application, preparing instructors to deliver the course, and measuring training effectiveness. Throughout this three-day workshop, you will apply your learning to develop a training module that addresses specific needs in your organization.
Establish your instructional design expertise in just three days through this practical, hands-on seminar that emphasizes real-world application.
Certificate Programs Include Ongoing Support:
- Access to on-demand lessons reinforcing key concepts and skills
- Refresher materials covering best practices in training design
- Practical articles providing tips, tactics, and implementation strategies
How You Will Benefit:
- Analyze organizational and learner needs using practical assessment tools
- Apply proven instructional design methods and standards to streamline course development
- Develop training content and activities that engage learners and support knowledge retention
- Make informed decisions about which content elements belong in your course
- Calculate realistic course timing and duration estimates
- Address and resolve common training design challenges
- Design training that produces lasting behavior change, not just classroom learning
What You Will Cover:
- Accelerated learning theory and practice
- The ADDIE model: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate
- Conducting training needs assessments and developing a training strategy
- Writing clear, measurable learning objectives
- Organizing, sequencing, and delivering course content and activities
- Selecting and designing training activities for different learning goals
- Planning and executing training evaluation methods
Course Outline:
Learning Objectives
- Identify and prioritize training needs through careful analysis of your learner population
- Translate job responsibilities and processes into specific training goals
- Design interactive, engaging training that enhances retention and skill transfer
- Develop realistic budgets, timelines, and implementation schedules for training projects
Components of Successful Training
- Define training success from multiple perspectives: learners, designers, instructors, organizational leadership, subject matter experts, and customer needs
- Explain how accelerated learning principles and learning style diversity increase learner engagement, retention, and knowledge application
- Describe the ADDIE process and how it creates training that meets learner and organizational objectives
Analyze Training Needs
- Explain how a thorough needs assessment ensures that training aligns with organizational and individual objectives
- Use industry best practices and proven tools to perform the five essential analyses: gap analysis, critical success factor analysis, work analysis, audience analysis, and technical analysis
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of different content organization strategies
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of instructor-led versus web-based training delivery
- Develop clear, professional training needs assessment and training strategy reports
- Create realistic budgets and project schedules that stakeholders will accept
Design Your Training
- Build engaging learning environments that support knowledge acquisition
- Make decisions about course scope to prevent content overload
- Calculate time allocation for each topic and learning activity
- Apply three main strategies for sequencing course content
- Select interactive activities that teach concepts and maintain learner interest
- Create a detailed design document that helps stakeholders envision the final course
- Write clear design specifications for a learning activity
Develop Your Training Course
- Write clear, step-by-step activity instructions for both facilitators and participants
- Incorporate activities that extend learning beyond the classroom into the workplace
- Apply best practices for designing effective webinars and online learning
- Establish an iterative review and revision process
Implement Your Training
- Determine the most effective approach for preparing instructors to teach your course
- Develop, deliver, and receive feedback on a training activity from your own training portfolio
Evaluate Training
- Explain the four levels of training evaluation and when each is appropriate
- Choose evaluation methods based on your audience, purpose, and evaluation level
