Training Design Handbook
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Learn a proven process for designing learning experiences that engage participants and deliver impactful outcomes.
We’ll share how to effectively run a training needs assessment, craft your learning objectives, and design an engagement training program.
Who is this training design handbook for?
When was the last time you learned something new? What supported that learning? Chances are, you were immersed in a carefully designed learning experience – either led by an experienced instructor or guided by a well-structured course.
If you are interested in this handbook, you are probably interested in understanding learning, how it happens, and how to best design experiences to support it.
You might call yourself a trainer, facilitator, learning designer, instructional designer, instructor, teacher, or something else entirely. As long as you need to create experiences that support learning, especially for adults, this handbook is for you!
In this PDF, you’ll find ideas, tips and resources that can help you create effective learning programs. We will cover 5 key steps of learning design, from analyzing training needs and defining learning objectives, all the way through to creating a memorable closing section and taking next steps.
When should I use this training design handbook?
One of the biggest challenges when designing for learning is how to successfully support participant engagement. In today’s busy workplaces and crowded media environment, it’s all too easy to get distracted and lose interest in a training program. Yet, there are many tools and strategies learning designers can leverage to ensure engagement remains high.
You’ll find dedicated tips in this guide, as well as 6 activities you can add to your sessions today to help sustain learner interest, whatever your topic.
Long before a course is available for participants to join, it needs to be created, going from a simple idea or learning need all the way to a functional plan. Looking at the classic ADDIE model of instructional design as a blueprint, in this handbook we’ll be focusing on the first two letters: A for Analysis and D for Design.
Use the resources in this handbook any time you are creating a new learning solution and want to ensure you design training materials that are fit for purpose and help you meet your business goals.
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