1. Organizational Learning in Action

Program Overview

• The Organizational Learning in Action (OLA) is a virtual program that helps corporate learning professionals in developing and implementing successful learning strategies across their company.
• This 5-week program is divided into three phases, a preparation phase, live sessions, and a follow-up phase.
• OLA aims to help corporate learning professionals and teams learn how to align their learning strategy with their company's overall strategy. It enhances their "ability to influence multiple stakeholders, discover leading practices in program and portfolio design and delivery, and establish and market a learning brand for their organization."
• It also helps teams "create a common action plan and a shared commitment around their organization’s critical business issues, identify capability gaps, update skills, and create a winning team dynamic" to turn strategies into action.
• The program brochure can be found here.

Program Curriculum

• The program's topics include:
•  Cultural enablers of learning 
•  Strategy tools and frameworks  
• Adult learning and instructional design concepts  
•  Learning technology vehicles
•  Governance and stakeholder management  
•  Branding and marketing concepts  
•  Change management principles and practices

• More details about the weekly program topics can be found here.

Unique Selling Proposition

• Organizational Learning in Action (OLA) offers pre-and post-program support as well as follow up opportunities. Before the commencement of the virtual program, professionals and/or teams participate in a detailed diagnosis of their company's learning strategy and practices. In addition, they get access to pre-program webinars and preparation materials.
• Each program class is carefully selected to represent a "truly international and diverse peer group." The average class participants are 44-year-old men and women (equal gender split) representing more than 15 industries and nationalities.
• In addition, learners have the opportunity to apply the ideas and concepts to their own company throughout the program.
• Program participants are also invited to the annual Chief Learning Officer Roundtable in June.
• OLA also offers a team discount where the fourth participant from the same company takes the course for free.
• Some impact metrics of the 2019 Organizational Learning in Action program can be found below:

 

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2. Build a Company Learning and Development Program

Program Overview

• Build a Company Learning and Development Program is a virtual L&D program featuring 10 courses created by industry experts and offered via LinkedIn Learning.
• The program helps learning professionals "learn how to develop a corporate training program, from setting expectations with execs to developing content to creating a learning culture."
• It also provides tips for "making learning decisions based on actual data, keeping [teams] engaged, and using success metrics to support learning initiatives."

Program Curriculum

• The program is composed of 10 courses including:
•  The Future of Workplace Learning (Amanda Nolen)
• What You Need to Know to Get Started with Your Training Program (David Brownlee)
•  Organizational Learning and Development (Britt Andreatta)
•  Components of Effective Learning (Michael Allen)
• Setting and Managing Realistic Expectations for Your L&D Program (Karl Kapp)
•  Data-Driven Learning Design (Lori Niles)
•  Motivating Your Team to Learn (Stefan Mumaw)
•  Tips for Learner Engagement (Jason Mulero)
•  Practical Success Metrics in Your Training Program (Ajay Pangarkar)
•  Creating a Culture of Learning (Jason Mulero)
• These courses can be individually purchased as well.
• Of the ten courses, three most-relevant courses that help with creating an L&D strategy, understanding L&D strategy components, and find skills gaps are:

 Organizational Learning and Development

• In this course, Britt Andreatta, an internationally recognized thought leader and consultant, explains "how to build an L&D program to attract and retain talent and help employees develop the skills" that keep an organization competitive.
• She also "shares how to adapt your program over time, assess your organization's level of maturity, and design a learning program that maps to your organization's maturity level. She covers adult learning theory and methods, outlines the basics of instructional design, and explains the different kind of learning programs available."
• More than 126,000 (126,630) people have watched this course.

 Setting and Managing Realistic Expectations for Your L&D Program

• In this course, Dr. Karl Kapp explains "how to manage expectations about the budget, format, and goals" of an L&D program.
•  More than 6,700 people have watched this course.

 Data-Driven Learning Design  

• In this course, Lori Niles "discusses the importance of data analysis on learner behavior prior to solution design. She also details how marketing uses data—and how L&D professionals can apply some of those techniques to increase content consumption."
•  Over 30,500 people have watched this course.

Unique Selling Proposition

• Unlike other L&D programs which are taught by one instructor, this program features insights by 10 industry experts.

3. AIHR's Learning & Development Certificate Program

Program Overview

• Learning & Development Certificate Program is an online, self-paced program featuring five courses, 39 video lessons, assignments, quizzes, and a capstone project. It is offered by the Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR).
• This certification program takes L&D professionals "from building a targeted L&D strategy to putting it into practice by building the learning culture and landscape" within their organization.
• It also helps them "identify key learning needs, analyze skills gaps, and use learning analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of learning interventions and avoid wasting the L&D budget."

Program Curriculum

• The five courses and a graded project included in the program are:

•  L&D Foundations (5 modules) 
•  Learning & Development Strategy (3 modules)  
•  Skills Gap Analysis (1 module)  
•  Coaching (2 modules)  
•  Learning Analytics (4 modules)  
•  Graded Capstone Project (1 module) 
• The detailed contents of each module can be found here.

Unique Selling Proposition

• In addition to teaching how to develop and implement an L&D strategy, this certified course helps L&D professionals "learn the skills to set up managerial coaching programs."
• Some of the unique selling points of this course and AIHR are:
•  Real-world projects 
•  Self-paced online learning  
•  Practitioner community & coach 
• AIHR offers courses and certifications to 175 Fortune Global 500 companies. On average, its courses receive a rating of 8.9 out of 10.

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Additional Information

• GSDC's Certified Learning & Development Professional Course is another program that offers L&D training and certification. However, following the certification session, participants of this program have to clear an exam as well.