Glossary
Corporate Trainer Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential corporate trainer terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key corporate trainer vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in corporate trainer training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ADDIE
- Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate.
- Adult learning theory
- How adults learn best.
- Blended learning
- Mixing online and in-person training.
- Competency model
- Skills needed for a role.
- E-learning
- Online training.
- Facilitation
- Guiding group learning.
- Job aid
- A quick reference tool.
- Kirkpatrick model
- A four-level training evaluation model.
- Learning objective
- What learners should be able to do.
- LMS
- Learning management system.
- Microlearning
- Short training segments.
- Needs assessment
- Identifying skill gaps.
- Onboarding
- Training new employees.
- SME
- Subject matter expert.
- Storyboard
- A plan for e-learning content.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Corporate Trainer practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Corporate Trainer training.
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