Competency | a knowledge, skill or attitude that enables one to effectively perform the activities of a given occupation or function to the standards expected in employment.
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Curriculum | the aggregate of modules or courses directed toward a common goal of a given organization. May also refer to a collection of required readings.
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Delivery system | a means of organizing, presenting, or distributing instruction, typically employing a variety of media, methods and materials.
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Evaluation | the process of determining the adequacy, value, outcomes and impact of instruction and learning.
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Instruction | a planned process that facilitates learning.
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Instructional context | the physical and psychological environment in which instruction is delivered or in which transfer occurs. Related Term: Learning environment.
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Instructional design | systematic instructional planning including needs assessment, development, evaluation, implementation and maintenance of materials and programs.
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Instructional goal | a general statement of learner outcomes, related to an identified problem and needs assessment, and achievable through instruction (Dick and Carey, 1996, pg. 23).
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Instructional objective | a detailed description of what learners will be able to do having completed a unit of instruction (Dick and Carey, 1996, pg. 119). Related Term: learning outcome; behavioral objective; performance objective.
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Instructional strategy | a general approach to selecting and sequencing learning activities. Related Terms: teaching methods.
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Learner profile data | descriptions of the learner characteristics pertinent to instruction, including data such as age, skill level, education and work experience. Related term: target population characteristics.
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Learning style | an individual's preferred means of acquiring knowledge and skills. Related term: Cognitive style, multiple intelligence.
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Media | the means by which instruction is presented to the learner. Typically classified in terms of the perceptual channels employed, such as visual or auditory media.
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Needs assessment | a systematic process for determining goals, identifying discrepancies between optimal and actual performance, and establishing priorities for action. Related terms: Training needs assessment, needs analysis, front end analysis, task and subject matter analysis.
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Performance improvement | the process of designing or selecting interventions which may include training directed toward a change in behavior, typically on the job. Related terms: Performance technology, human performance technology.
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Performance statement | an explanation of activities comprising a competency statement.
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Target population | those persons for whom an instructional intervention is intended. Related term: The learners.
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Transfer | the application of knowledge and skills acquired in training to another environment, typically a work setting.
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Validation | the process of determining the extent to which competencies and performance statements are supported by the profession.
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