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Metrics for Workplace Learning

Strengthen your knowledge of how to use key metrics to assess the impact and success that workplace learning brings to the employee evaluation process. Designed for HR professionals, this course introduces the process of needs analysis, theories and best practices in adult education and industry standards in metrics for workplace learning.

Skills you'll learn

  • Identify metrics to measure the impact of employee learning and training initiatives
  • Achieve employee learning and training goals by selecting the appropriate intervention
  • Leverage metrics to select and implement systematic and individual improvements to learning and training activities
  • Evaluate initiatives for efficacy and identify opportunities for iterative improvement

Skill modules

Identifying Appropriate Workplace Metrics

    • Key Terms for Needs Analysis Metrics
    • Conducting an Organizational Analysis

Selecting Learning Interventions

    • Optimal Intervention Key Terms
    • Is Training the Appropriate Intervention?

Improving Learning and Training

    • Instructional Development Metrics Key Terms
    • Captivating and Motivating Adult Learners

Evaluating Initiatives for improvement

    • Effective Learning Key Terms
    • Data Management and Corporate Learning and Design

Showcase your achievement

You will earn a Certificate of Completion and Skill Badge for each individual skill in this Skills Pathway when you've successfully completed each skill with a score of 85% or higher. Share your accomplishments by uploading them to your social media profiles, such as LinkedIn®¹.

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Frequently asked questions

The Metrics for Workplace Learning Skills Pathway may be right for you if you have an interest in learning about needs and development analysis. This Skills Pathway could also help you grow your career in the education field.

By purchasing this Metrics for Workplace Learning Skills Pathway, you are taking the first step in growing your workplace learning skills. You should purchase this Skills Pathway if you're interested in learning theories and best practices in adult education.

Everyone is welcome to take the Metrics for Workplace Learning Skills Pathway. No application is necessary.

All levels and skillsets are welcome to take the Metrics for Workplace Learning non-credit Skills Pathway. There are no prerequisites for this Skills Pathway.

This Skills Pathway aligns to the SHRM Functional Area 4 of the Body of Knowledge: Learning & Development. This Skills Pathway is not endorsed by SHRM.org. SHRM is a registered trademark of Society for Human Resource Management.

The Metrics for Workplace Learning Skills Pathway has four modules comprised of subjects like “identifying metrics with needs analysis.” Each module has a knowledge check and brief assessment to validate your skills. You can expect the Skills Pathway to take about 4 hours, and all Skills Pathways are 100% online and self-paced.

A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.

Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.

  • Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.
  • Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.
  • Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.

Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.

Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.

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