The workplace curriculum should engage all people targeted by the learning programs including the workers and the instructors. Thus, a curriculum should involve designing programs, applying and reflecting on their success as well as revising designs. However, some aspects of the curriculum development pose challenges in workplaces. Some of those challenges and their possible solutions are summarized below.
Topics posing the most challenge in workplace
E-learning is one of the methods that present key challenges in workplaces. Despite its increased use, the application performs poorly regarding employees’ motivation. That is because it mainly fail to address the learners and organizations’ need for success (Wang, Ran, Liao & Yang 167).
The other aspect of curriculum development that poses a key challenge is the programmed instruction given that it requires all the target personnel to have basic technology and computer literacy that could be lacking at some levels of the organization
Overcoming the challenge to develop a curriculum for employees
On the other hand, addressing the programmed instructions’ challenge requires the development of new capacities and skills including basic knowledge of technology and computer literacy for the entire workforce. Also, there should be a continuous review of services and programs relating to the professional and vocational development given technological change (United States, O.T.A.C. 234).
Works cited
United States, O.T.A.C. Computerized manufacturing automation: employment, education, and the workplace. Collingdale, PA: DIANE Publishing, 1984.
Wang, M., Ran, W., Liao, J., & Yang, S. J. H. “A Performance-Oriented Approach to E-Learning in the workplace.” Educational Technology & Society, 13.4 (2010), 167-179.
