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Programs vs Learning Plans

Hello, what is the difference?

Programs and Learning plans are both ways of structuring learning.

Programs are predefined structures with courses and competencies that specify the order the learning needs to be be completed.

Learning plans are aimed at identifying a user's future learning needs Learning plans are able to be managed and reviewed by the user's manager.

What are you wanting to achieve with these?

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Hi Craig,

Thanks for your timely reply.

Ultimately we want to have managers assess the learners "competence" of the skill acquired while taking a specific course. My organization wants to deploy groups of classes we are calling "foundations" and assign them to learners or audiences. At an incremental basis the manager will be required to assess the learners competence of a specific skill acquired during class with a mastery and frequency scale.

We are not sure weather Learning Plans or Programs are the best way to move forward? My organization has run up against multiple road blocks with Learning Plans and we are considering Programs instead if it can suit our need also.

Any help and advice is appreciated. Thank you.

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Hi Diana

This does sound more like Learning plans as the manager needs to review learning and make comments periodically.

It isn't really a case of having Learning Plans or a Program - a Learning Plan can contain programs. Programs are required when the order of completion of learning is required to be controlled.

What are the road blocks that Learning plans are providing - there may be a way of minimising these.

Regards

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