Training Design Basics

  • 3h 10m
  • Saul Carliner
  • Association for Talent Development
  • 2003

Training design is a must-have skill for every trainer. This second book in the ASTD Trainer Basics series keeps its focus on the bottom-line skills of the design craft beginning with planning and need analysis; to writing, designing, and evaluating course materials; to marketing and administration. Training Design Basics shows you how to put together quality, performance-based training that will be delivered in a classroom.

About the Author

Saul Carliner is an assistant professor of educational technology at Concordia University in Montreal, where he teaches courses in human performance technology, knowledge management, and qualitative research. His research interests include emerging genres of online communication and means of assessing the effectiveness of content for the workplace. He has also served on the faculties of the City University of Hong Kong, University of Minnesota, and Bentley College.

Also an industry consultant, Carliner advises corporations on strategic issues in e-learning and communication. His clients include Berlitz, Guidant, IBDM, Microsoft, ST Microelectronics, 3M, VNU Business Media, and several government agencies. His other books include Designing E-Learning (ASTD, 2002), An Overview of Online Learning (HRD Press, 1999), and, with Carol Barnum, Techniques for Technical Communicators (Macmillan, 1992), Carliner is also a popular workshop presenter. His training workshops have been presented at the following events: TRAINING, Online Learning, ISPI conferences, and ASTD Webinars.

He is a fellow and past international president of the Society for Technical Communications, past president of the Atlanta chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement, and holds a Ph.D. in instructional technology from Georgia State University.

In this Book

  • The Basics of Training Design
  • The Basics of Planning a Training Project
  • The Basic Information Needed to Start a Project
  • The Basic Instructional Objective
  • The Basics of Organizing Courses
  • The Basic Strategies for Presenting Content
  • The Basics of Developing Course Materials
  • The Basics of Producing Learning Materials
  • The Basic Quality Checks for a New Course
  • The Basics of Administering Your Course
  • Additional Resources
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