TAP Certificate in Learning Needs Analysis
Overview
This course offers a structured approach to identifying learning needs to ensure the most appropriate intervention is designed. Accurately discerning learning and the business needs enables solutions to address performance gaps between what a target group currently knows or does and what the organisation requires it to know or do.
What's included in the course?
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Pre-course work
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Evening work
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Assessment
Who is it for?
L&D professionals who are required to analyse the learning needs of the target group.
What the delegates will learn
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Understanding the learning needs analysis process
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Clarifying a sponsor’s request
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Forecast business benefits
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Gathering information about the performance gap
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Determining the content
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Selecting delivery options and analysing resources
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Costing learning and making recommendations
Next steps
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L&D Consultancy Skills
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Managing Learning Transfer
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Learning Evaluation
Objectives
Delegates plan the analysis of their own learning event to meet the criteria of the Analysis Profile, using the templates provided.
Outline
Session 1: Introduction to the analysis process
In this session, we consider:
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What learning needs analysis is
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The analysis process
Session 2: Scoping your project
In this session, we consider:
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Scoping your project
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The benefits of scoping
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Scoping questions
Session 3: Planning for evaluation
In this session, we consider:
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Planning for evaluation
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The Kirkpatrick model
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Four stages of defining business benefits
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Planning measurable business benefits
Session 4: Gathering information
In this session, we consider:
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Information gathering techniques
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Analysis tools
Session 5: Analysing the content
In this session, we consider:
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Analysing the content
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The content analysis process
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Task matrix to define learners’ competencies
Session 6: Developing aims and outcomes
In this session, we consider:
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Differences between aims, outcomes and objectives
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Writing aims and outcomes
Session 7: Selecting delivery options and analysing environments
In this session, we consider:
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Types of delivery options and their benefits
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Estimating delivery times
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Types of environments
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Analysing the environments
Session 8: Estimating time and costs and making recommendations
In this session, we consider:
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Estimating design time
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Estimating project costs
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Requirements for estimating costs
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Winning support for recommendations
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Learning needs analysis report formats
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course.