HR for Dynamics gives you several options to differentiate your training plans / trainings & learning modules. This distinction is made in the fields Learning Type & Learning Classification. The selection of a type does not trigger an automatic process, nor are there any dependencies. The selection of these fields is an information for your trainee to know what type of training it is.
This functionality becomes available with Rollup Update 42.
Info page: Learning Types
Objective
Definition of Learning Types
Below you can see the choices for learning types and how they are differentiated in the learning context:
| Type | Definition | Example | Comparison |
| Seminar | Course in which the participants work on certain topics under [scientific] guidance and deal with technical / methodological knowledge. (always a trainer present) |
Under a training plan, the employee is sent to an event at a university to gain expertise in a particular area. | Compared to an (ordinary) training, a seminar has a school / university background where more theoretical knowledge is to be imparted. |
| Training | General term for personnel development in which employees acquire or refine skills (practical knowledge) | First aid training | Compared to the seminar, the training is about practice |
| Tutorial | Is a detailed description in written / oral / cinematic form, which explains a certain process or function. | How To - Videos Step - by - step instructions |
Compared to training, knowledge is broken down into exact work instructions in a documentary and detailed manner. |
| Education | Education refers to the deepening or broadening of knowledge and competencies after an initial educational phase has already been completed. | Attending further education after having learned a profession and wanting to be up-to-date | Compared to the training, this has something to do with their learned profession (job) / performed activity in the company |
| Webinar | A webinar is a presentation on the web where questions are asked and answered live | Course that can be attended online | |
| Distance Learning | Teaching of comprehensive knowledge and skills in which the teacher and the learner are exclusively physically separated. The learning success is monitored at regular intervals. (There is usually no trainer, but learning materials are provided). |
Includes for example: Learn languages / school degrees / university degrees etc. on a distance. | Compared to education, this does not happen predominantly "on-site". |
| Workshop | Workshops are moderated working groups whose goal is to find solutions to problems, work through issues or promote the development of new ideas and innovations. | Workshop Employer Branding: We were not given any lessons on what exactly employer branding is in detail and why you need this. | In contrast to seminars and training sessions, there is no (or little) input from the workshop leader. The essential task is to create a framework through moderation and guidance to enable effective and efficient work on the objectives. |
| Coaching | Coaching is the professional accompaniment and personal support of persons with management and control functions as well as experts in companies. | Coaching: "How do I lead a team" --> A new manager receives (intensive) advice from a coach on how to lead a team, since the coach already has the professional and personal prerequisites. | Coaching is a process in which the integrating part of already existing skills and abilities plays a more essential role. While trainers have specific expertise that they impart to trainees, coaches bring a more neutral and broader perspective. The coach focuses on the existing resources and potentials, motivates and promotes their use and implementation. |
| Blended Learning | Blended learning combines the two different forms of learning face-to-face and e-learning. | A training consists of several learning modules that have different forms. This means the classification of the training is hybrid with the learning type Blended Learning | |
| E-Learning | E-learning refers to all forms of learning that use electronic or digital media for the presentation and distribution of learning materials and/or to support interpersonal communication. | PL 900 - Online Path to read through and work through (MS Docs). | Compared to the webinar there is no trainer, it is mainly about building up theoretical knowledge or self-learning. |
| Training on the job | Refers to learning on the job in order to gain practical experience. (Keyword: Learning by Doing) | After receiving training (e.g. "How to successfully call customers"), the person should gain practical experience by calling 20 customers and practicing the learned methodology. | Compared to e-learning (also without a trainer), the focus here is not on theoretical knowledge, but on practical learning |
| Shadow | Job shadowing is a form of on-the-job training that allows an interested employee to shadow and closely observe another employee as they perform their job. | Experienced employee shows a New Colleague how the job (in which they are joining) works and what the internal processes are. | In comparison to coaching, shadowing is about the daily business in a department, how internal processes work and more or less "silently" accompanying the working day of a colleague. |
| FAQ | This is a classic question and answer session where the questioners are allowed to ask the experienced staff member or trainer questions. | FAQ session after receiving a training |