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There are three types of cognitive loads that training development professionals should consider. Use this tool to help define and reduce each for your learners. This tool was adapted from the ATDYou course, Cognitive Science in Learning. 

Reducing Cognitive Load

An assessment is a way to measure or determine an individual participant’s knowledge and skill. Evaluations differ from assessments in that they assess the performance of the learning program. Use this tool to help you design better questions for each. This tool was adapted from the ATDYou course, Designing and Developing Learning Materials.

Design Considerations for Assessment and Evaluation

This tool provides script guidance for the three types of usability tests. This tool was adapted from the ATD Course Methods and Techniques for Testing Learning Technologies. 

Usability Testing Script Guidance

The most widely established method of formatting a performance-based learning objective was devised by Robert Mager in 1962. This tool was adapted from ATD's Master Instructional Designer Program. 

Mager's Model for Writing Learning Objectives

Shannon Tipton demonstrates how drip-feed learning can affect employee training programs, which tools to use, and how to create an effective campaign in this issue of TD at Work.

Improve Retention With Drip-Feed Learning

Volume 4 of Train the Trainer, Measurement and Evaluation: Demonstrate Your Program’s Impact and Value, features essential new issues, along with evergreen material from TD at Work’s most popular issues.

Train the Trainer, Second Edition, Volume 4: Measurement and Evaluation: Demonstrate Your Program’s Impact and Value

Train the Trainer Volume 1, second edition: Foundations and Delivery: Become a Successful Trainer, delivers practical wisdom and essential tools designed to address the immediate needs of new trainers or serves as a refresher for more seasoned trainers.

Train the Trainer, Second Edition, Volume 1: Foundations and Delivery: Become a Successful Trainer

Volume 2 of Train the Trainer, Instructional Design: Captivate Your Audience, helps you design and deliver training that sticks by using fundamental adult learning techniques.

Train the Trainer, Second Edition, Volume 2: Instructional Design: Captivate Your Learners

Beth McGoldrick explains how to identify and train deskless workers while motivating them to succeed in this issue of TD at Work.

Training Deskless Workers

Different methods are best for teaching knowledge or skills or to influence attitudes. Including a variety of methods throughout the course will ensure that varying preferences are accommodated. Use this tool to help you blend the best methods for your learning needs. This tool was adapted from the ATDYou Course, Selecting Delivery Methods and Media. 

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