This week’s topics
Introduction to Professional Development
- Continuous professional development frameworks
- Statutory and regulatory requirements
- Internal and external learning sources
- Workplace training opportunities
- CPD for Company Directors
- Learning & Transfer of Training Defined - Training & Development Lecture 4 Part 1 (Full Version)
- Forces That Influence Learning - Training & Development Lecture 1 Part 3 (Full Version)
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain what is meant by professional development.
- 1.3 Determine the different sources available for professional development.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain what is meant by professional development.
Study materials
Videos
- CPD for Company Directors · YouTube · ThreeTicks · 12 min · for registered students
- Learning & Transfer of Training Defined - Training & Development Lecture 4 Part 1 (Full Version) · YouTube · Professor Q · 6 min · for registered students
- Forces That Influence Learning - Training & Development Lecture 1 Part 3 (Full Version) · YouTube · Professor Q · 17 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Human Resource Management, ch. 8: Training and Development · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 244–288 · for registered students
- Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 8.4: Employee training and development · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 263–265 · for registered students
- Educational Psychology (Seifert & Sutton), Appendix C: The reflective practitioner · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 351–376 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
