As a trainer in a world full of technology, you've got to add some tech to your instruction to keep up. Integrating more technology in your lessons will not only decrease your workload as the trainer, but it will also...
Believe it or not, everyone needs to recognize that STEM is vital component to success. It is not only used in our schools, it is needed in corporate America. Here you will see many reasons for implementing it. What is...
Effective feedback is crucial for improving communication, enabling educators to reach their full potential, and ultimately for better instruction. Feedback, however, is sometimes difficult to define and is often confused with advice or praise. Wh...
Training needs assessments help you pinpoint performance problems that need to be solved and identify the best solution, whether that’s training, a different intervention, or some combination of both.
Instructors of all kinds have to create and deliver courses. Whether you are a teacher or a trainer delivering information to children or adults, you will have to employ techniques to address the needs of your unique group of learners....
You're excited to start on the new learning project that your boss, or your client, wants you to complete. Before you start the conversation about the content, you'll need to learn about the organization, the audience, and the goals to...
This learning path is for anyone who is interested in designing engaging and effective training. It is meant to give you a high-level overview of the instructional design process. Newbies and pro's alike will be able to benefit from these...
This learning path will assist you, even if you are simply a learner at this moment, in curating content to build an engaging learning path on Catcat's platform.
This path is designed to help anyone who is interested in a career in Instructional Design or like many Instructional Designers, fell into it by accident and now you need to answer the question "What the heck am I doing?"...
So you've created a training course! Now what?? By looking at the various outcomes of the training, you can assess the validity and value of your training course on the trainees and for the company, and based on this knowledge,...
The fun part about conducting a training gap analysis is that they provide you and your organization with so much needed information that you can repeat the process as many times as you need. Gap analysis can help you ensure...
Employee training is integral to the overall success of a business. Whether you are on-boarding new employees or enhancing the skills of existing ones, they need the tools to become aligned with your company culture and learn their new (or...
When developing a educational opportunity for the masses, there is a continual balance that must be struck between seemingly opposing forces. One one hand, we have the subject matter expert's vast pool of expertise and wisdom to share with everyone....
In order to create meaningful opportunities for learners to make choices and become self-directed in their learning, educators have to move away from being lesson planners and embrace their role as designers of learning opportunities and educational spaces. Learning designers...
Training has evolved from simply checking completion boxes to a more comprehensive way an organization can ensure their learners have the necessary skills to complete their job and showcase their potential. A 'Training Needs Assessment' is so valuable because your...
This path will discuss how to adapt instructional content and delivery methods for different learner levels and learning types; and alternative methods for determining training effectiveness. We will explore the different ways that people learn and how to deliver content...
If you want to create an effective training program, it'll take more than just good content. This path is designed to give you key information, pointers and ideas for how to structure your next training program so that it can...
Managing a team is hard. Managing a remote team is even harder. This path will help you with two specific aspects of management that are especially challenging: delegating and giving feedback. This path is just a small part of the...
At the workplace, we need to collaborate with others to achieve results. Whether these interactions are internal, with our colleagues, or external, with clients or providers; knowing how to effectively create and claim value in negotiation is an essential workplace...
The Learning & Development field has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade. Learning Professionals have expanded their expertise and can now be seen in every facet of the business. Aligned with this expansion is the role of...
This path will provide you with some of the basic theories associated with how adults learn. It should provide you with some solid foundations on which to build any learning you are creating aimed at the adult learner, particularly in...
During this training, you will learn how to present and create recommendations regarding course design, technology, and instruction delivery options. As we discussed in the intermediate version of this course, the first step in any process is to generate a...
This learning path was created for those who need advice on incorporating technologies into instruction. There are many options, with more coming out daily, or so it seems. Incorporating technology like computer-based training (also known as eLearning), videoconferencing, learning management...
You finished the training design. The trainer delivered the training. The learners enjoyed the learning experience and some of them described the training as "life-changing". Congratulations! Your hard work paid off. But wait, really? How can you prove it? If...
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