Subject Overview

This subject develops the knowledge and practical skills required to plan, design, deliver, manage and evaluate workplace training, learning and development. It integrates established learning theory with competency-based development, digital learning, analytics, artificial intelligence, ethics and current industry practice.

Learning Goal

By completing the subject, students will be able to identify learning needs, create aligned learning solutions, facilitate inclusive training, use learning technologies responsibly, evaluate outcomes and support organizational performance and employee development.

Syllabus

1. Foundations of Training, Learning and Development

Learning Objective: Explain key terminology, purposes, stakeholders and distinctions among training, learning, education, development, reskilling, upskilling and lifelong learning within human resource management.

Category: foundation

2. Learning Theories and Adult Learning Principles

Learning Objective: Apply behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, social learning, experiential learning, andragogy, motivation and learning-style cautions to workplace learning decisions.

Category: foundation

3. Strategic Alignment and the Learning Organization

Learning Objective: Connect L&D priorities with organizational strategy, performance goals, culture, workforce planning, capability building and the principles of a learning organization.

Category: core

4. Training Needs and Performance Analysis

Learning Objective: Conduct organizational, task, competency and individual analyses; distinguish skill gaps from non-training performance problems; and prioritize evidence-based learning needs.

Category: core

5. Competency Frameworks and Learning Objectives

Learning Objective: Develop competency profiles, skills matrices and measurable learning outcomes using job standards, proficiency levels and learning taxonomies.

Category: core

6. Instructional Design and Program Planning

Learning Objective: Use systematic models such as ADDIE and backward design to select content, sequence learning, plan resources, manage stakeholders and prepare implementation schedules.

Category: core

7. Learning Methods and Delivery Strategies

Learning Objective: Select appropriate methods including classroom instruction, demonstration, simulation, case studies, role-play, coaching, mentoring, job rotation, apprenticeships and blended learning.

Category: application

8. Learning Content, Materials and Assessment Design

Learning Objective: Create inclusive learning materials, activities and formative and summative assessments that align with objectives, workplace standards and principles of validity and reliability.

Category: application

9. Facilitation and Learner Engagement

Learning Objective: Facilitate individual and group learning, manage participation and resistance, provide constructive feedback, support diverse learners and create psychologically safe learning environments.

Category: application

10. Workplace Learning and Transfer of Training

Learning Objective: Promote learning transfer through practice, reinforcement, manager support, coaching, communities of practice, action learning and workplace performance support.

Category: application

11. Digital Learning, Learning Technologies and AI

Learning Objective: Use learning management systems, virtual classrooms, mobile learning, microlearning and learning experience platforms; assess responsible uses of generative AI, adaptive learning and automation in L&D.

Category: contemporary

12. Evaluation, Learning Analytics and Decision-Making

Learning Objective: Evaluate reaction, learning, behavior and results using Kirkpatrick and related approaches; interpret completion, engagement, skills and performance data; and estimate cost-effectiveness and return on investment.

Category: core

13. L&D Management, Governance and Ethics

Learning Objective: Prepare budgets, policies, vendor criteria and learning records while addressing accessibility, privacy, intellectual property, bias, quality assurance, compliance and ethical governance.

Category: strategic

14. Career Development and the Future of L&D

Learning Objective: Support career pathways, succession, employability and talent mobility while examining skills-based organizations, digital transformation, personalized learning, learning in the flow of work and emerging L&D roles.

Category: contemporary