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?

• Pre-course work
• Evening work
• 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

• Understanding the learning needs analysis process
• Clarifying a sponsor’s request
• Forecast business benefits
• Gathering information about the performance gap
• Determining the content
• Selecting delivery options and analysing resources
• Costing learning and making recommendations

Next steps

• L&D Consultancy Skills
• Managing Learning Transfer
• 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:

• What learning needs analysis is
• The analysis process

Session 2: Scoping your project
In this session, we consider:

• Scoping your project
• The benefits of scoping
• Scoping questions

Session 3: Planning for evaluation
In this session, we consider:

• Planning for evaluation
• The Kirkpatrick model
• Four stages of defining business benefits
• Planning measurable business benefits

Session 4: Gathering information
In this session, we consider:

• Information gathering techniques
• Analysis tools

Session 5: Analysing the content
In this session, we consider:

• Analysing the content
• The content analysis process
• Task matrix to define learners’ competencies

Session 6: Developing aims and outcomes
In this session, we consider:

• Differences between aims, outcomes and objectives
• Writing aims and outcomes

Session 7: Selecting delivery options and analysing environments
In this session, we consider:

• Types of delivery options and their benefits
• Estimating delivery times
• Types of environments
• Analysing the environments

Session 8: Estimating time and costs and making recommendations
In this session, we consider:

• Estimating design time
• Estimating project costs
• Requirements for estimating costs
• Winning support for recommendations
• Learning needs analysis report formats

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course.