Course information

This one-day course offers a high-level, end-to-end framework for strategic training design, delivery, and assessment. You will leave with practical skills to help you develop short courses and team training sessions that will meet individual and organisational needs. You will develop an understanding of how people learn, then learn ways to structure and sequence learning content and activities to form an effective learning progression. You’ll also gain an understanding of the types of environments that support learning, different modes of delivery, how to capture and retain attention, and how to successfully facilitate group learning. Finally, you will learn to develop informal assessment strategies to measure a learner’s progress and achievements.

This course is ideal for anyone interested in course design or delivery, regardless of experience:

• If you are new to teaching and learning – perhaps you’re a subject matter expert who has been asked to train others – this course will provide invaluable insights to help you kickstart your first training project with confidence.
• If you are an experienced practitioner, you will gain new perspectives to help you to affirm, extend and expand your knowledge and skills as a trainer, assessor and designer.

Aims

This course will leave you with a high-level blueprint for designing, delivering and assessing learning programs that help individuals and teams develop the skills and knowledge needed to meet organisational objectives.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• incorporate adult learning principles into program design and delivery of training
• design learning programs and environments that meet diverse learner needs
• write measurable and meaningful learning outcomes and associated assessment criteria
• sequence training content to promote effective learning
• select learning resources that enhance learning
• identify delivery and facilitation strategies that support learner progress
• establish informal ways to measure and assess learner progress and achievements.

Content

Understanding adult learners and their needs

• Principles of adult learning
• Neuroscience of adult learning

Design and develop

• Gather information and identify needs
• Write learning outcomes
• Design the training sequence and environment
• Incorporate assessment
• Select learning resources
• Develop session plans

Facilitate learning

• Delivery modes
• Facilitation techniques and tips

Assess learning

• Key principles that underpin quality assessment
• Formative vs summative assessment
• Practical, informal strategies to assess progress and achievements

Evaluate learning

Intended audience

This program is ideal for anyone who wants to design, facilitate and assess successful training programs. This applies to organisational training, but also to any situation where a learner or group of learners needs to acquire new skills, knowledge or capabilities.

This course will be especially helpful for managers, team leaders, employees and trainers, and insightful for anyone interested in designing quality learning experiences.

Prerequisites

None

Delivery mode

• Face-to-face, presenter-taught workshop
• Online workshop via the platform Zoom

Delivery style

Both delivery modes cover adult education theories and their practical application to produce successful learning and development. You will be encouraged to share your ideas and background to broaden class discussions.

Materials

Course materials are provided electronically using Dropbox.