Program Elements
Learning Curriculum
What is a Learning Curriculum?
A learning curriculum is a structured sequence of learning experiences designed to build capability over time. It defines how different learning components fit together, in what order, and for what purpose, guiding learners from foundational understanding through to confident performance.
Why does a Learning Curriculum matter?
Capability rarely develops through one-off training. A learning curriculum provides clarity, progression, and consistency, helping learners understand how each experience contributes to their role. Emergent Learning is fantastic at helping organisations move from fragmented training to purposeful learning journeys.
What does a Learning Curriculum include?
What organisational or strategic elements influence a learning curriculum?
Learning curricula are shaped by business goals, workforce capability needs, role complexity, and future skill requirements. Emergent Learning assists organisations to align curricula with both current and future capability priorities.
What learning design considerations shape a learning curriculum?
Curriculum design considers sequencing, pacing, scaffolding, and reinforcement. Emergent Learning designs curricula that introduce concepts gradually and reinforce them through application rather than overload.
What delivery methods are involved in a learning curriculum?
A curriculum may combine eLearning, workshops, coaching, peer learning, scenario-based activities, and workplace practice. Emergent Learning designs blended curricula that feel cohesive rather than pieced together.
What results or outcomes does a learning curriculum produce?
Effective curricula build confidence, consistency, and sustained capability over time, supporting progression and readiness for increased responsibility.
What partnership or support elements are required?
Curricula rely on collaboration between L&D, leaders, SMEs, and learners. Emergent Learning supports these partnerships with reinforcement points and manager tools.
What investment considerations influence learning curriculum decisions?
Curricula rely on collaboration between L&D, leaders, SMEs, and learners. Emergent Learning supports these partnerships with reinforcement points and manager tools.
What does an effective learning curriculum process look like?
Where do I start when building a learning curriculum?
Start by identifying the capabilities learners need and how those capabilities evolve. Emergent Learning helps organisations clarify capability progression before design.
What is involved in building a learning curriculum?
The process includes discovery, role and capability analysis, curriculum mapping, design, development, piloting, and refinement. Emergent Learning simplifies this with clear stages.
What does the learning curriculum produce?
It produces a structured learning pathway that connects experiences into a coherent journey supported by guidance and reinforcement.
What is the expected outcome of a learning curriculum?
The outcome is sustained capability uplift, improved performance, and greater confidence. Emergent Learning supports this through thoughtful sequencing and reinforcement.
How can organisations improve learning curricula?
How do we avoid curricula becoming content-heavy?
Focus on what learners need to do rather than what they need to know. Emergent Learning has been praised for prioritising application.
How can we ensure learning curricula remain relevant?
Review and adapt curricula as roles and priorities change. Emergent Learning supports iterative curriculum improvement.
How do we support learners to navigate a curriculum?
Provide clear guidance, milestones, and expectations. Emergent Learning designs curricula with transparency in mind.
How do we know if a learning curriculum is working?
Look for patterns of capability growth, confidence, and performance improvement rather than completion alone.
Examples of Learning Curriculum in Practice
A leadership curriculum progressing from self-leadership to strategic leadership.\nA sales curriculum building product knowledge and customer conversations over time.\nA technical curriculum layering foundational knowledge with practice and advanced scenarios.\nAn induction curriculum supporting new starters across their first 90 days.