Online courses
Online courses
INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Become a confident and knowledgeable People Development practitioner - jump start your career in L&D with the only online course on the topic!
By the end of this course, you will learn:
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What Learning and Development is and how it can support the achievement of organisational objectives
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Freely discuss the goal and purpose of L&D
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How to identify different roles in L&D, their responsibilities and activities
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Best practices in building a list of skills and knowledge areas required to be a L&D professional
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How to devise a plan to meet your individual learning and development needs
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The basics of Talent Management
This course is for:
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Anyone aspiring to, or seeking to develop, a career in Learning and Development
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L&D professionals aiming to reassess and develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours
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Human Resource professionals aiming to further their understanding of the nature and scope of L&D
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People responsible for people development and growth (HR generalists and people managers)
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Practitioners aiming to develop their practice through reflection and continuous professional development techniques
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CIPD students pursuing Award (CIPD Level 3), Foundation (CIPD Level 5) or Intermediate (CIPD Level 7) Diploma or Certificate in Learning and Development
Course requirements and prerequisites:
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Have a working understanding in Human Resources and large organisations
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No previous knowledge of Learning and Development
With this course, you will have the opportunity to plan you career in Learning and Development (either as part of Human Resources (HR) or outside of it) by completing a Personal Development Plan. You will also have access to free Learning and Development resources, visual guides and case studies from best practices in L&D.
Join a worldwide community of ever-rising Learning and Development professionals by signing up to this course today!
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT METHODS (Advanced)
Learn how to choose and apply the most appropriate learning and development methods in your organisation.
Are you responsible for the learning and development of employees yet have no idea how to approach it? Have you seen first-hand how training isn’t always the best option? You are not alone! Welcome to my course Learning and Development Methods – deciphering the practice of L&D.
My name is Irina Ketkin and I have been an L&D practitioner since 2011.
This course is part of a series in Advanced Learning and Development and it focuses on a wide range of methods L&D practitioners can use to help their organisations.
This course is for anyone responsible for developing other people in the context of an organisation but isn’t sure what’s the best way to approach it and how to make it happen. If you are an HR expert or L&D practitioner, people manager, freelance trainer, coach or mentor, then this course is for you.
Explore learning and development like never before with:
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3.5 hours of video content
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15 articles
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21 downloadable resources and workbooks
The course focuses on 11 main methods by breaking each of them into 4 distinct parts: what it is, pros and cons, how to apply it and tips for L&D. The methods are:
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Classroom Training
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On-the-job Learning
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eLearning
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Flipped Classroom
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Coaching
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Mentoring
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Personal Development Plans
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Job Rotation
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Social Learning
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Experiential Learning
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Blended Learning
By the end of it you will be able to distinguish among a wide range of L&D methods, choose the most appropriate one for your situation and devise a practical plan on how to launch it in your organisation. And for extra confidence, each method I discuss includes a section with tips for L&D practitioners.
You should know that this course isn’t meant to be watched from beginning to end. It should be used more like a dictionary – just look up the things you are interested in, then apply it in the real-world and come back anytime you want to learn more.
I look forward to seeing you in the course.
LEARNING NEEDS ANALYSIS
(Advanced)
Learn how to analyse the learning needs of your organisation and provide fitting learning interventions.
Have you been asked to analyse the training or learning needs in your company yet you have no idea where to even start? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the amount of information you are surrounded with? You are not alone! Welcome to my course Learning Needs Analysis – a step-by-step practical guide to collecting and analysing the learning needs of your organisation.
This course is part of a series in Advanced Learning and Development and it focuses on a step-by-step guide L&D practitioners can follow to assess the current and future learning needs of their organisations.
This course is for anyone responsible for developing other people in the context of an organisation but isn’t sure how to understand the needs and provide learning solutions to fit those needs. If you are an HR expert or L&D practitioner then this course is for you. It can also be useful to freelance trainers and development consultants by helping them measure the clients’ needs in an objective and systematic way.
By the end of the course you will be able to explain to your stakeholders the process and the steps required to perform a Learning Needs Analysis, distinguish among various different ways to collect data, analyse it to fit your needs and then present your findings and recommendations. If you follow along with every step of the process, you will end up with a comprehensive learning needs analysis report that you can then present to your stakeholders and get their buy-in.
Watch a selection of the preview videos to get a feel for what the course is like. Also, check out the course content to see all the topics and steps that are included. And remember, every course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
I look forward to seeing you in the course.
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR CLASSROOM TRAINING
Learn how to design effective and engaging in-class and in-house training sessions and learning experiences from scratch.
Have you ever been tasked with designing a classroom training only to realise you have no idea how to do it?
I have been where you are and I know how you feel. That’s why we put all our experience, knowledge and most of the templates we use to design effective, engaging and fun classroom training sessions that yield long-term result on the overall performance of the company. We will share with you tons of real world examples, alternatives to the classics, practical tools that you can use straight away and a good deal of tips and tricks we've tested throughout the years.
At the end of this course, students will learn
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Recognise the most popular types of classroom training and learning opportunities available to organizations
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Perform key types of analysis to determine a need for a training
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Recognise different preferences to learning and demonstrate how those can be applied to a classroom training
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Practice the design and development of key training elements
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Translate Accelerated Learning principles to real-world classroom training
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Produce (design and develop) a classroom training timeline with highly engaging, effective and fun learning experiences
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Critically examine their training process and plan by establishing an evaluation strategy
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Employ various Instructional Design models to streamline their course creation process
This course is for:
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People responsible for people development via classroom training – trainers, facilitators, HR professionals and managers, consultants and freelancers, new teaching professionals
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Corporate trainers aspiring to, or seeking to develop further, their knowledge and skills in designing classroom training sessions
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Managers in need to design outstanding training sessions for their teams
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L&D and Human Resource professionals aiming to reassess and develop their knowledge and skills in instructional design for classroom training and to further their understanding of best practices
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Practitioners aiming to develop their training competencies through continuous professional development techniques
Course requirements and prerequisites:
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No previous training design experience is required
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Basic understanding of the business world is an advantage
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Basic understanding of Learning and Development practices is an advantage
With this course, you will have the opportunity to plan you career in Learning and Development (either as part of Human Resources (HR) or outside of it) by completing a Personal Development Plan. You will also have access to free Learning and Development resources, visual guides and case studies from best practices in L&D.
Join a worldwide community of ever-rising Learning and Development professionals by signing up to this course today!