The Learning Cluster Design Practicum
Do you want to deliver flow of work learning that changes your customer’s day to day actions? Do you want to stop just delivering one and done training?
In this novel 3-week modern learning experience, you will not only become a fundamentally capable LCD practitioner, you’ll walk away with a learning cluster for a current work project.
What You’ll Take Away
The practicum isn’t just a place to upskill on the model. Participants accelerate their growth and impact by bringing an active work initiative to the course and applying the LCD model to build a learning cluster.
See the work past participants have developed by the end of the course below.
Practicum Output Examples
Learning Clusters developed by the end of the practicum.
What Can My Org Expect To Receive As Benefits From My Participation?
A High Business Impact Learning Cluster on Technician Capability Improvement
Sales Team Development Learning Cluster: Storytelling Capability
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A Learning Cluster for New Hire Onboarding in Healthcare Compliance Team
Course Overview
A practicum by definition implies a practical experience, guided by an expert.
Using the leading community collaboration platform, Circle, to deliver a novel, social-learning-centered experience, we build your capability to designing learning for your customers across the flow of work.
With a small cohort of no more than 15 people, you will go on a 3-week blended learning journey to learn the model, the Five Actions, the Tools, and apply to a current project you bring to the course.
What Stands Out About the 3-Week Practicum?
A Multi-Faceted, In the Flow of Work Experience,
Built Around Social Learning as the Center
Built Around Social Learning as the Center
The three weeks are not immersive, they are a blended learning curriculum that works with your flow of work:
- 2.5 days of learning time spread across three weeks
- 1 Learning Cluster for a Current Work project/initiative
- 5 live sessions
- 3.5 hours of self-study
- Social learning through the leading platform for community, Circle
- 30-min of individual work project coaching
- Case study practice
Capped at 15 participants to provide a deep, quality experience.
“You have nothing to lose and you won’t regret it. My team and I tried for a year and a half to apply the model on our own. I’ve read the book twice. The two weeks flipped us completely and gave us the right direction we had been missing.” – S. Ashford, L&D & Customer Education Leader
“I was never satisfied with the benefits to the business in my SPOs. On my own, I was not able to pinpoint why I never felt they were right, but during the coaching session and hear other participants share their SPOs, it was identified that I was too vague and general.” – D. Gsoell, L&D Leader, Veritext
“Using the tools will really help me help others to produce meaningful assets that help the learners where they are.” – J. Hurley, Consultant
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What You’ll Learn
Assess the issues with traditional L&D models that fail to address today’s digital context
Describe the approach each of the five Actions take to build a new L&D product, the Learning Cluster
Commit and express confidence in delivering a coordinated package of learning assets, a Learning Cluster, for a given capability gap in your organization
Apply the Five Actions and their Tools to develop a Learning Cluster for a current training initiative you are working on
“Loved how hands on and interactive the program was. I got a lot out of applying the process to one of my programs AND receiving feedback. I’m taking back a lot of valuable information to my organization that will pay dividends in helping us revamp our program.“
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