Adult Learning: Assessing Learning Needs
Ensure your learning efforts are aligned to your organization’s and stakeholders’ needs.
This on-demand e-learning course is available online immediately after purchase. Within the course you will have the opportunity to view video and animations, interact with content, and reflect on your learning. You will have access to the course(s) for 12 months from your registration date.
Assessing learning needs is all about identifying the goals and purposes for learning and ensuring they support both the organization and the individual. Assessing learning needs and setting goals at three levels – the organization, the job or task, and the individual – ensures a more impactful learning experience.
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Assessing learning needs is all about identifying the goals and purposes for learning and ensuring they support both the organization and the individual. Assessing learning needs and setting goals at three levels – the organization, the job or task, and the individual – ensures a more impactful learning experience.
In this course you will learn how to assess learning needs at three levels, the importance of identifying learning goals in order to deliver an engaging learning experience.
WHY SHOULD I ATTEND?
- Learn why it is important to assess learning needs before developing content.
- Gain an understanding of the different tools for assessing learning needs and when each is appropriate.
- Outline methods for learning about the individual needs of your audience and connect those needs to the design of an effective learning experience.
- Identify the goals and purpose for a particular learning solution.
- Select approaches to assess learning needs for the organization, the task or job, and the individual.
- Recognize assessment items that uncover learning needs.
- Outline methods for learning about the individual needs of your audience, and connect those to the design of an effective learning experience.
- Apply tools and templates to assess learning needs.
INSIGHT
What Do You Know About Brain Science and Adult Learning?
We’re hearing a lot these days about how the talent development community can use what experts know about brain science (or neuroscience) to improve adult learning. In fact, we often hear training...
VIDEO
Assessing Learning Needs
What do the learners need to know, and how will you find out? Watch this video to learn more about the content covered in this course.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Adult Learning Certificate
In this interactive certificate program, you will gain foundational knowledge of the theories and cognitive science principles underlying adult learning in the workplace and discover strategies to...
New learning professionals or others who are not familiar with the necessity of assessing learning needs or the tools available for assessment. This could include instructional designers or trainers, but also managers responsible for individuals’ learning or subject matter experts who have been asked to help others learn.
Anyone responsible for creating, supporting, or leading learning experiences for an adult audience will benefit from the foundational concepts in this program. This may include trainers, facilitators, instructional designers, academic educators, community educators, consultants, coaches, and beyond. This program is also applicable if you are not a full-time learning professional but a practitioner or manager who is responsible for developing team members or transferring your knowledge through learning opportunities.
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Things To Know
ATTENDANCE
On Demand
Full completion of the program within the one-year access period is mandatory in order to receive CEUs. Participants who complete all aspects of the program will see their completion status reflected on their transcript in the ATD Learning Portal.
If applicable, a certificate will be issued to you through the ATD Learning Portal at the end of the program.
CREDITS
1.5 learning hours
0.15 CEUs awarded
This program is eligible for 1.5 professional development hours or recertification points from the ATD Certification Institute (ATD CI) for the APTD or CPTD credential.
This program has been approved for 1.5 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
This program is valid for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrm.org/certification.
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