Designing and Developing Training Programs

Designing and Developing Training Programs is filled with practical information, best practices, and proven strategies. This book will help both new and experienced trainers design and develop training programs that achieve results for both individuals and their organizations while meeting the challenges of today's fast-paced, rapidly changing learning environment. Created to be easy-to-use, Designing and Developing Training Programs covers a wide range of topics, including how to:Ensure that training is needed, relevant, and cost-effectiveAnalyze the needs and characteristics of the audienceWrite behavioral learningSelect the right content and design activities that help people learnDevelop effective learning materialsCreate a program evaluationDesign virtual and remote training programsPraise for Designing and Developing Training Programs"Janis Fisher Chan is truly a master designer, having an uncanny ability to help people to truly think. Her book is of real service to anyone in the field of training." -Manfred Kets de Vries, Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chaired Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and director, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre"What makes Janis Chan's book so exceptional is the variety of challenging, content-related exercises that bring the concepts 'up close and personal' into the reader's life and work." -Sharon Bowman, Author, Training from the BACK of the Room!

Janis Fisher Chan, a highly experienced writer, instructional designer, trainer, and developmental editor, is the confounder of a successful training company and author of several books and training programs, including E-Mail, A Write It Well Guide and The Academic Managers Guide to Meetings from Jossey-Bass.

Introduction	p. ix
The Training Plan	p. 7
Why You Need a Plan	p. 4
Planning Instructional Programs	p. 5
What to Consider When Using ADDIE	p. 9
What’s Next?	p. 14
Analyzing the Situation	p. 17
What’s a Needs Assessment?	p. 19
Gathering Information	p. 25
Analyzing the Information	p. 36
Consider the Stakeholders	p. 42
Consider the Learners	p. 44
Identifying Constraints and Other Factors That Impact the Training Program Design	p. 49
Determine Who Should Be Involved in Designing the Training Program	p. 51
Design It or Buy It?	p. 52
What’s Next?	p. 60
Writing Learning Objectives	p. 69
Why Learning Objectives Matter	p. 71
What a Learning Objective Should Be	p. 73
What Makes a Learning Objective Useful?	p. 79
How to Develop Learning Objectives	p. 83
Enabling Objectives	p. 87
What’s Next?	p. 91
Choosing the Delivery Method	p. 101
Overview of Training Delivery Methods	p. 103
Characteristics of Common Delivery Methods	p. 106
How to Choose a Delivery Method	p. 114
What’s Next?	p. 120
Identifying Content	p. 127
A Learner-Centered Approach to Content	p. 129
Nice-to-Know vs. Must-Know Content	p. 121
How to Identify Content	p. 122
What’s Next?	p. 143
Planning the Learning Activities	p. 149
What to Consider About Activities	p. 152
Components of an Experiential Learning Activity	p. 159
Types of Activities	p. 164
What’s Next?	p. 178
Structuring a Training Program	p. 183
What’s Involved in Structuring a Training Program	p. 185
Determining the Sequence	p. 186
Planning the Opening and the Closing	p. 189
Checking the Timing	p. 191
Identifying Visuals, Media, and Training Aids	p. 195
Preparing a Preliminary Agenda	p. 200
What’s Next?	p. 204
Developing Materials and Validating the Program	p. 209
Using a Training Materials Work Plan	p. 211
Developing Participant Materials	p. 212
Developing Trainer Materials	p. 216
Developing the Slides	p. 223
Identifying Materials for Activities	p. 225
Validating the Training Program	p. 225
What’s Next?	p. 230
Evaluating the Results	p. 237
The Function of Evaluation	p. 239
Questions an Evaluation Needs to Answer	p. 240
How to Conduct an Evaluation	p. 241
What’s Next?	p. 253
Designing Distance Learning Programs	p. 261
Overview of Distance Learning Programs	p. 263
Deciding When and How to Use Distance Learning	p. 266
Design Principles for Virtual and Remote Training Programs	p. 269
Resources	p. 277
About the Author	p. 281
Index	p. 283
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