Introduction: For this assessment, you will create the initial design of your training and development program for an organization of your choice, including the selection of a training topic, developing a working needs analysis, and identifying learning objectives.
What trainees take away from a training and development program depends on three critical components?
*The trainee’s characteristics: how they learn, what they already know, and their motivation to learn the material being presented.
*The training design: the program itself.
*The work environment.
Since workplace training deals with adults, being well versed on how adults learn is key. There are many theories on adult learning, and they come from a variety of sources including psychology, education, and sociology. Another focus in your program design should be on learning styles. We learn in different wayssome of us listen and some take notes for exampleand trainees will learn best when they know the objectives of the program. The outcomes of learning are wide-ranging, including verbal, intellectual, and motor skills, as well as cognitive strategies. To transfer what is learned in the training environment to the job environment, the training needs to be authenticas real and identical to life and as meaningful (useful) to the trainee as possible.
*Describe the training topic in general terms (such as improving communications or safety awareness).
*Why is this training needed?
*Assess the strategic impact of the training topic on the organization. (Think in terms of the long term impact of the training program.)
Develop a training needs analysis (TNA) for your topic. Instead, research your topic using the Internet, to determine what you want trainees to learn and create the information as if it is based on a TNA.
Consider the following in your analysis:
*Identify what the trainees know or what they can do before the training.
*Identify what the trainees should know or be able to do after they have completed the training and development program.
*Summarize the results of your research or provide a set of the questions you would ask SMEs if you were to meet with them.
Develop 35 specific training objectives for your training topic. (Hint: Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, create your objectives based on what you have determined the trainees should know, or be able to do, after attending the training program.)
*How would a distance learning module enhance a trainee’s learning experience?
