39 courses with the subject WLD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
WLD 300Effective Communication in Workforce Learning Development3
This course is designed to provide a foundation in effective written and oral communication techniques for workforce training and development professionals that introduces associated theories and practical applications of those theories such as formation of job aides, resumes, e-mail, social media, memoranda, letters, applying for grants, proposals, and reports. Nonverbal and intercultural communications are emphasized.
WLD 305Emotional Intelligence in Training and Development3
Designed to investigate the role of emotional intelligence for understanding, assessing, and regulating your emotions, interpreting the verbal and nonverbal behavior of learners, and adjusting behavior and instruction in relation to learners.
This course equips students with classroom management strategies designed for adult learning and workplace training environments. Students will explore and practice techniques to foster respect, engagement, and collaboration while minimizing disruptions and ensuring smooth facilitation.
Designed to develop an appreciation for the abilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals. Emphasis will be on working effectively with diverse populations, recognizing the need to address format, availability, styles, abilities, motivations, and/or backgrounds when providing learning and development solutions across and within borders and cultures.
WLD 315Foundations of Adult and Workforce Education3
Designed to investigate historical, economic, psychological, and education foundations of post-secondary, vocational, adult training and re-training, and workforce learning programs. Will address who participates in workforce education, why they participate, and how andragogy influences the delivery of workforce education.
Designed to develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions for organizational leaders in talent management, workforce development, career development. Introduces concepts related to career and adult development theory and coaching strategies to achieve performance and goal success at an individual, group, and organizational levels.
WLD 325Facilitation and Presentation in Learning & Development3
Designed to research and discover effective facilitation skills in adult education and workplace environs, including the nature of groups, group dynamics, effective planning, role clarification, identifying intervention points, & effective tools and techniques useful in building consensus around a topic, using effective questioning skills to guide participants toward action, and developing effective methods for addressing conflicts among participants.
WLD 330Instructional Strategies for Workforce Learning & Development3
Designed to develop knowledge of adult learning theories and concepts and their application to the instructional process/strategies with adults . Understand andragogy, strategies, materials, implementation, and delivery of learning activities with adults .
Designed to effectively explore, recognize, and understand diversity in work settings and how that understanding is used to meet the unique learning needs and identify the opportunities for collaborative efforts.
WLD 340Introduction to Organizational Development3
Designed to develop an understanding of the practices used to diagnose organizational needs and subsequent organization interventions and improvements within the workforce.
WLD 359Work Experience in Workforce Learning and Development1
Credit granted for past work experience in the area of workforce learning and development while employed in business & industry, non-profit, government service, or military organizations. Students will be required to develop a portfolio of their experiences in which they demonstrate any of the three main capabilities of the Talent Development Capability Model. Instructor approval needed.
WLD 375Principles of Adult and Workforce Learning and Development3
Designed to explore basic theories of adult learning and instruction as they relate to the learner, the workplace and the social context. Develop an understanding of basic adult learning and instruction principles including design and delivery of education .
Designed to develop a systematic approach to assessing employment and training needs, developing curriculum, assessing organizational and community-based resource needs and measuring impact.
Credit is granted for prior learning and/or past professional development while employed in business and industry, non-profit, government service, or military organizations. To earn credit, your prior learning should be relevant to the three capabilities of the Talent Development Capability Model: Building Personal Capability, Developing Professional Capability, and Impacting Organizational Capability. Students seeking credit for prior learning will participate in a direct equivalency evaluation process in which submitted transcripts, certifications, documented professional developments, and the like are assessed using the Talent Development Capability Model.
Designed to provide an analysis of theoretical foundations of instructional design and application in design practice. The course will examine multidisciplinary and multicultural influences upon instructional theory and development. A broad range of current design research and theory and future directions in design theory and practice will be explored.
WLD 401Motivation in Workforce Learning & Development3
Reviews and analyzes theories of motivation in relation to instructional design strategies. The primary emphasis is on the motivation to learn and techniques for stimulating and sustaining learner motivation.
WLD 402Performance Improvement in Learning & Development3
Designed to introduce the field of human performance technology (HPT) through examination of basic concepts and principles of human performance, human performance system models, various approaches to solving human performance problems and how they can be applied to the field of workforce L&D.
WLD 404Design Thinking in Training and Development3
This course introduces students to design thinking as a powerful framework for creating innovative training initiatives and addressing workforce skill gaps. Students will apply empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing to design learner-centered programs that solve real organizational challenges.
WLD 405Fundamentals of Learning in Workforce Learning & Development3
Exploration of the workplace as a learning environment, with a focus on the social and political dynamics of diverse learners and workplace learning communities.
WLD 408Marketing in the Workforce Learning and Development3
This course is designed to equip future Learning and Development Specialists with the marketing strategies that would allow them to market their training programs to management, employees, and organizational stakeholders. Learners will explore strategies to highlight the value of training, align initiatives with organizational goals, and communicate impact effectively.
This course introduces students to emerging innovations in learning and training design, from new technologies to creative instructional strategies. Participants will explore how these innovations can enhance engagement and effectiveness in organizational training.
WLD 410Designing & Developing Learning & Development Programs3
Emphasis on the foundation of understanding roles of learning, training and development in workplace settings, and systematic and evidence-based approach for designing and managing quality L&D programs in the workplace. The course will research concepts, knowledge and skills to access, design, develop, deliver and evaluate trainng programs as the apply to workplace learning and development.
WLD 411Multimedia-based Instructional Design for Workforce Learning & Development3
Focuses on cognitive learning theory, perception, motivation, color principles, communication, usability, multimedia learning principles and instructional design applicable to designing multimedia instructional products. Students will learn to design, develop, and evaluate multimedia applications for workforce development.
WLD 412Instructional Technology Integration for Learning & Development3
Provides workforce development professionals the knowledge and skills related to application and integration of computer and information technologies to workforce learning and development environment.
WLD 413Technology-based Applications in Learning & Development3
Students will learn to design, develop and evaluate interactive computer, video, and mobile-based instructional programs that address workplace instructional needs using a systematic instructional design process.
Designed to examine the concepts, technologies, and issues related to the design, development, delivery, policymaking, and evaluation of online courses and programs.
Focus on principles of designing Internet-based (web-based) instruction. Explore the use of Internet tools and other instructional design principles to design and develop web-based instruction. Develop knowledge and skills on how to create an interactive online learning environment based in principles of andragogy and how to design, develop, deliver, and manage online or web-based instruction. Examine the theory, practice, and technology related to web teaching and learning. Recognize the differences between face-to-face and online learning environments, select appropriate strategies for the design and delivery of a pedagogically sound online instruction.
Explore the process of designing games, simulations, and virtual environments for teaching and learning. Analysis of design and use of commercial games and simulations to identify technical, practical, and pedagogical limitations. Explore a variety of engine software and various methodologies for building and evaluating gaming models.
WLD 418Learning Management Systems in Workforce Learning & Development3
Address administrative, management and tracking aspects of online courses. Emphasizes managing enterprise level Learning Management System (LMS), SCORM compliant and processes for launching courses authored in all standard course-authoring tools. Cover a variety of topics related to LMS, including key terms and definitions as well as the LMS management process.
Explore image-editing techniques (Beginner to advanced) while simultaneously investigating the principles of human-computer interaction. Focuses on designing visually pleasing interfaces for PC, tablet, and mobile devices. Introduces theories of interface design and how to apply them in various settings through raster and vector image editing software.
WLD 420Project Management in Learning & Development3
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of project management. Students will learn the principles of planning, scheduling, allocating resources, budgeting, proposal preparation, cost control and personnel management for instructional projects.
Review of the diffusion process by introducing essential concepts and reviewing contemporary theoretical developments. Emphasis will be placed on diffusion and social network analysis as applied to workforce development.
WLD 422Change Management in Learning and Development3
This course explores the fundamentals of change management through the lens of learning and development (L&D). Students will examine how planned change initiatives impact employees, teams, and training programs. They will also learn how to support change through communication, training, stakeholder engagement, and upskilling efforts.
WLD 430Appraising Organizational Change in Workforce Learning and Development3
Designed to provide an introduction to evaluation techniques associated with educational evaluation media and materials, courses, curricula, students or other elements in educational programs. Various units of the course will focus upon particular evaluation techniques.
Examination of the nature and purpose of measurement and assessment of learning outcomes. Particular attention is paid to the concepts of reliability, validity, norms, interpretation of scores, response sets, fairness in testing and performance assessment, and norm referenced vs. criterion referenced tests. A variety of instruments that are used to measure or assess human attributes and behaviors are studied.
This course explores how the brain learns and teaches students how to apply brain-friendly strategies to optimize training and learning. Students will draw on insights from the learning sciences to design and deliver effective, engaging, and meaningful learning/training experiences.
Designed to provide students opportunities to investigate problems in workforce learning and development through an on-site experience. Special approval needed from the instructor. Restricted to Workforce Learning and Development majors.
Provides the student with an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills from a planned work experience in workforce learning and development. Students will meet learning outcomes developed jointly with the site supervisor. Internship placements provide learning experiences not available in the classroom setting. internships provide entry-level, career-related experience and workplace competencies that employers value when hiring new employees.
