People who are new to training adults or new to L&D: new trainers and facilitators, people who have taken on responsibility for learning in their organisation, managers and team leaders who train their people, subject matter experts and HR professionals. No prior experience is needed.

Adult learning principles describe how adults learn best. Adults learn when learning is relevant to their work, builds on their experience, involves them actively and feels safe to take part in. This course covers the key adult learning theories and shows you how to apply them to design and deliver workplace learning.

How adults learn and the theories behind it, learner engagement and motivation, memory and making learning stick, neuroscience and the learning environment, the emotional context of learning and psychological safety, barriers to learning, structuring content, and social and collaborative learning.

It is a one-day course, 9:00am to 4:30pm, run face to face at a city training venue or live online via Zoom. Online, you can also take it as two half-day sessions. You earn an AITD certificate and a digital badge. In-house delivery brings the course to your team, online or at a location of your choice.

It is mapped to the AITD Capability Framework at a foundational level, building capability in Evidence-informed Practice, Facilitating Learning and Learning Experience Design. See the AITD Capability Framework for the full set of L&D capabilities.

Yes. AITD delivers Adult Learning exclusively for your team, online or at a location of your choice. Find out more about in-house delivery.