Goals & Expectations

This first blog post will focus on my current understanding of HPT, what

my expectations are for this semester, and what I hope to do with what

I have learned after this course is over. Below, I address the following points:


What do you think Human Performance Technology entails?

I feel like Human Performance Technology entails finding the proper solutions for issues beyond the lack in skills and knowledge that arise in companies or organizations that effect bottom line numbers.

 

What skills and knowledge do you already have that you feel relate to the content of this course?

I understand that training is not a sole solution when prescribing for Human Performance issues and that addressing multiple organizational areas within a company are necessary for the correct solution. In taking the former into account, there can be the need for creating training, but maybe not the kind of training originally suggested or for the audience it was originally intended. With the skills I’ve developed during my time in the LDT program, I could create that specific training. 

 

What do you hope to gain from this course?

From this course I would like to learn how to discern when standard training is not the solution for a company or organization and to learn the appropriate solutions to implement when this happens. 

 

What do you expect to contribute to this course?

Considering this is my first time learning about this subject, I feel my best contributions might be insight from previous experiences to help myself and other classmates bridge old knowledge and information with new knowledge and information. 

 

How do you believe you will use what you learn in this course in your future career?

I feel the information learned from this course will be valuable in my future career of instructional design, specifically when conducting the “analysis” for potential instruction. If in my analysis I discover that training is not the solution, I know the appropriate solutions to bring before the managers on that project. 


 

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