General

Academic Integrity Guide

• This guide is for any learner who wants to better understand academic misconduct and the risks involved in different forms of misconduct

Academic writing handbook for learners in the FET sector

• While aimed more at learners on Level 5 and Level 6 courses, this handbook provides an introduction to academic writing

Referencing Guide

• The ETBI Digital Library's referencing section

Referencing handbook for the FET sector

• This handbook aims to assist FET learners in improving their understanding of referencing and their referencing skills

Training Delivery and Evaluation Subject Guide

• The Digital Library's subject guide for the QQI Module 6N3326. Some overlap with this section, but with some other subject matter expert-suggested resources that may be of interest.

eBooks

For information about accessing these ebooks, see this guide's ebook page

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Factors Influencing Training and Development

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Adult Learning Theories: Everything You Need to Know

• Defines what adult education is, explains the challenges of adult learning, reviews the key adult learning theories and principles, and shares some tried-and-true recommendations on how to teach adult learners effectively

Business Balls: Training and Development

• Contains invaluable information, techniques and tips to enhance your own and other people's training and development process.

Creating Learning Cultures: Assessing the Evidence

• Unpacks what learning culture means in practice, and what you can to do to embed a learning environment in your organisation

Introduction to Adult Learning Theories

• Book chapter offering a very short introduction to learning theories. The entire book can be downloaded here

Learning Theories

• Another very short introduction to three major learning theories

Theories of Motivation: 8 Most Popular Theories You Must Know

• Discusses the concepts, principles, and practical applications of each theory to help better understand the psychology of motivation

Reasons, Processes and Steps Involved in Conducting a Training Needs Analysis

 

A Guide to Conducting a Training Needs Analysis [Free Template]

• Explains what a training needs analysis is, provides a guide for conducting this analysis, and helpful examples.

How to Conduct an Efficient Training Needs Analysis: 6 Stages

• Everything you need to know about how to conduct a training needs analysis for your learning program, from start to finish

Learning Needs Analysis

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development factsheet introducing methods for identifying L&D needs and provides insight for those in smaller organisations, addressing their particular challenges in identifying learning and development needs

The Trainer's Handbook - Karen Lawson [ebook]

• See above

Conducting a Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

The Trainer's Handbook - Karen Lawson [ebook]

• See above

Instructional Design Models

Ahead: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

• Explains UDL, which provides an effective framework to improve the learning experience of all students within the mainstream teaching environment. 

Instructional Design Models

• List of the most common instructional design models (including the ADDIE model) that are used to design learning experiences, courses, and instructional content.

A Quick Guide to Four Instructional Design Models

• The basic, most widely used models that e-learning designers acknowledge and use to structure and plan their training

Designing Training Interventions

Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Write Effective Learning Objectives

• Bloom’s Taxonomy is a classification of the different objectives and skills that educators set for their students, otherwise known as learning objectives.