Instructional Design: Training Needs Analysis

In today’s fast-paced business world, creating learning solutions that truly meet learner needs is critical to organizational success. This course equips instructional designers, trainers, educators, L&D professionals, and managers with the skills to conduct effective training needs analyses and design impactful training programs. You’ll learn how to set project goals with sponsors and stakeholders, gather and analyze data, identify performance gaps, and create targeted learning solutions that improve productivity, performance, and business results..

In this course you can expect to:

  • Set project objectives and align them with business goals. 
  • Identify the target audience for training and define their needs. 
  • Discover various data sources and methods for collecting data, including focus groups, interviews, and surveys. 
  • Develop skills in facilitating focus groups and interviews and designing effective surveys to gather relevant data. 
  • Analyze the data to identify gaps in learners' knowledge, skills, and attitudes. 
  • Define learning outcomes that meet the identified training needs. 
  • Discover best practices for presenting the results of the needs analysis to project sponsors and other stakeholders.
Requirements:
 
  • No prior experience in instructional design is required.
Who this course is for:
 
  • Instructional designers 
  • Trainers and educators 
  • Training managers and supervisors 
  • New & aspiring interested instructional designers
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Ade Bakare MS, RAC, CPTD

Ade Bakare is a highly qualified and experienced instructional design and learning professional with over 15 years of experience in corporate learning and development. As a certified professional in talent development (CPTD) in corporate learning and development (L&D) specializing in instructional design, Ade has extensive expertise in designing impactful learning solutions that drive capability building and support strategic business objectives. 
He currently works in a global capacity within the biotech and biopharma industry as a senior learning experience and systems expert, where he leverages instructional design principles, AI, digital learning strategies, and learning technologies to create high-quality learning experiences that enhance performance and solves business problems. 
Ade is also the Founder and Chief Learning Officer (CLO) of Corporate Instructional Design Mastery Institute (CIDMI), a platform dedicated to empowering aspiring and experienced instructional design professionals through practical training, coaching, and industry-focused learning resources. Through CIDMI, he shares his expertise and passion for helping professionals build successful careers in corporate instructional design and digital learning.

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