Training Design Basics

by Saul Carliner

If you are designing a training program for the first time, this practical book is for you. Part of ATD’s Training Basics series, it zeroes in on how to design successful training for the face-to-face or virtual classroom. It also serves as a guide for developing self-study training programs, such as online tutorials and workbooks.

Internationally renowned workplace learning expert and educator Saul Carliner not only delves into the analysis and evaluation phases of training design—where most books stop—but also gives prominence to core competencies like materials development, marketing, and administration.

Updated to reflect changes in training practices, this second edition helps instructional designers hone key training skills. Major additions include guidance on live virtual and online tutorials, completely new training programs, and tips for how to adjust design practice when working under stringent conditions.

In this book you will learn:

Best practices for designing and developing training programs in the real world.
Tactics to successfully launch and run training programs you’ve designed.
How to adjust design practices along three tiers of effort in platinum, silver, and bronze scenarios.

About the Training Basics Series

ATD’s Training Basics series provides a baseline explanation of the theories and concepts behind featured topics, as well as instructions for their practical day-to-day application in the workplace. Additional titles include Adult Learning Basics , Competency-Based Training Basics , Technical Training Basics , and Virtual Training Basics .

279 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 16, 2015

About the author

Saul Carliner is Interim Chair and Professor in the Department of Education at Concordia University in Montreal, where his research and teaching focus on the design of materials for learning and communication, the management of groups who produce these materials, and the transfer of research to practice.

Also an industry consultant, he serves as Research Director for Lakewood Media and has provided strategic analysis, design, and evaluation services for organizations like the Bronx Zoo, Equitas, Lowe’s, ST Microelectronics, Turkish Management Centre, and several government agencies.

Reviews

[Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reference book for learning the basics of training

The author presents specific books in the back for delving deeper into specific areas like evaluating training. This book however is not simplistic but thoroughly covers the basics. I purchased the Book because I am being tasked with writing a training plan. Much of the first of the book on creating training objectives and the valuable checklists the author provides will give me the understanding of creating a quality training plan in a corporate setting. I am not consulting which the book gives advice about also. Overall, I skimmed the book first, then read all the chapters skipping content not relevant to my task. Finally, like icing on a cake, the book recommendations at the end will provide essential reading for learning beyond the basics.

[Rosetta Benton]

It was very informative with a lot of basic information about instructional design.