Programme Overview
Our Certificate in Learning and Development is a 12 month programme for anyone in a role with L&D responsibilities, who wants to build both operational and strategic learning design and delivery skills and grow your knowledge of models, tools and techniques.
Over the course you can attend workshops, watch videos, read articles and complete online learning modules and assignments and get coaching and feedback from our team.
The programme also involves assessing your achievement level from the start to the finish.
Who should register?
You’ll benefit most from the Certificate in Learning & Development if you are in a role which has some responsibility for organising, designing or running training programmes. You may be:
- In an Office Manager/PA role but with L&D responsibilities
- Working as an HR Administrator, Coordinator or HR Advisor but responsible for learning.
- Be in a Learning Advisor or Learning Consultant role and want a practical qualification that will prepare you to continue your learning career.
What will you finish with?
The Certificate in L&D is different from tertiary study as we cover real life, rather than just covering theory. It’s full of practical suggestions and ideas to use. You’ll work through each module, with real case studies and assessments to test you are applying what we’ve covered. Once you’ve completed your final assessment you will be awarded your certificate.
Elephant Certificates are now recognised globally, in New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, the US and United Kingdom.
Core Modules
These modules must be completed. If you have advanced training or experience in one of these areas, then you can apply to have this module exchanged for an optional module.
Introduction to Learning
Understanding the different Learning and Development roles and roles and a virtual session to discuss the challenges that can face you in your career.
Learning Strategy
Different ways you can conduct a Training Needs Analysis, as well as building frameworks for developing a strategy and how to present it to your senior leaders.
Instructional Design 101
This module covers understanding different learning styles and then tools and techniques to design different types of learning activities.
Designing Learning Materials and online learning
Tools and techniques to make your slides, workbooks, handouts and online materials effective and look amazing. Then the second part of the module is to put these into an online learning module.
Engaging your Managers (and your Learners!)
You might have the best learning programmes in the world, but they’re meaningless if you can’t get managers and employees engaged in learning! This module covers tools to engage your learners.
Learning Management and Measurement
Managing an existing learning programme has a range of skills attached. This module covers all aspects of learning management.
Building a Learning Culture
You can have the best learning programmes in place but may still find L&D have to drive learning. Building a Learning Culture changes that. This module covers how.
Optional Modules
Two optional modules must be chosen from our five choices below:
Performance Coaching
Whether part of leadership development, L&D programmes or as a tool to use when advising and supporting a business, understanding and using the principles and models of performance coaching can be very valuable.
OD Models and Tools
There are a number of organisational development models and tools that are useful for L&D professionals to know. This module covers what they are, and how to use them for different parts of your HR, L&D or OD processes..
OD Psychology 101
There are a number of Industrial Organisational (IO) Psychology principles that are useful for anyone working in learning to understand. Using key methodology and practises mean you can put in place solutions that address the root cause of issues.
Leadership Capability
One of the key areas many L&D and OD professionals are responsible for is building leadership capability across an organisation, and often at different leadership levels.
Developing and Using Competencies
L&D can help their business use competencies in a variety of ways. This module covers how to design, develop and use competency models for different OD functions.
Just register and you can start the Certificate today. You’ll need to let us know if you want to swop out one of the core modules, for an optional (and will need to provide evidence you have had training in this area already).
The Certificate is scheduled over 12 months however you can defer completion by a further 6 months due to work or other circumstances.
Please do let us know if you have any questions. Unfortunately we cannot issue refunds once you have started your study.
Our team
During your study, the team at Elephant present the video’s and learning material as well as mark your assignments and provide you with personalised feedback and coaching.
What do graduates of the Certificate say?
I now think about learning and development more from the learners point of view. Always thinking what will they want to leave the session knowing, what are the learning objectives and how do I create this in my learning. Also being more mindful of how to communicate material and using a clear template, clear fonts, images that align to the content. I have also used the template provided within this course to map out the content, timings, activities and what learning style I am talking to. It was always good to get the feedback and it was always positive with constructive feedback around where additional information was needed. I would say I am most proud of being able to take the learnings from the certificate and actually apply to my role.
Rachel, PGG Wrightson
The feedback I received was always constructive and useful. I was most proud of getting the assignments done in such a busy time in my industry! The assignment I am most proud of is the Leading Change assignment. This really got me thinking about the change approach in my work.
I will refer back to many of the principles and tools I have experienced in this programme.
Melita, CCDHB
This certificate has exposed me to parts of L&OD. In particular it has given me visibility of the OD functions. When I was in the L&OD team my focus was around the Learning aspect. I now have clarity on how these roles would work together and deliver the best outcomes for our team in our branches. My biggest improvement has been in the facilitation of content that’s not mine. I am going to work on pausing when doing things and go back to review resources that I have available – like all the resources from this certificate.
Nadia, Placemakers
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