TAADES501A
Design and develop learning strategies
This unit specifies the competency required to design, develop and evaluate learning strategies.
Competency Field
Learning Design
Application of the Unit
Learning strategies document a framework for the learning requirements and the teaching/delivery and assessment arrangements of a vocational education and training qualification. The learning strategy is the umbrella document that outlines the requirements for designing the learning and assessment process at the qualification level.
These requirements include: determining the specific criteria or learning outcomes to be achieved; any recognition and entry requirements (if appropriate); an outline of the areas of learning/content to be addressed; the assessment requirements, the broad sequence of learning, the delivery and assessment methods to be used, the resources required and any other additional information to support a learning and assessment pathway to a qualification.
The criteria may already exist if the qualification is part of a Training Package. In this instance the endorsed competency standards packaged within the Training Package qualification constitute the relevant criteria. Alternatively, if the learning strategy takes the form of a course for accreditation, the learning outcomes may need to be developed to reflect an identified industry, enterprise or community need.
This unit addresses the competency requirements for developing a learning strategy relevant to both Training Package qualifications and course-based qualifications.
The learning strategy provides an overview or outline only. Detailed guidance is fleshed out through the content of specific learning programs. Each learning strategy would require development of a number of learning programs, depending on the design approach of the learning strategy.
The competency of developing learning programs is addressed separately in TAADES402A Design and develop learning programs.
In a traineeship or apprenticeship context, this unit should be linked directly to TAACMQ502A Coordinate training and/or assessment arrangements for apprenticeships/traineeships, which more closely establishes the learning strategy requirements for that model of training delivery.
The competency specified in this unit is typically required by instructional designers, trainers/facilitators, training consultants and training coordinators/managers.
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