<learningPlan>

A Learning Plan topic describes learning needs and goals, instructional design models, task analyses, learning taxonomies, and other information necessary to the lesson planning process.

Content model

<title>, <titlealts>?, (<shortdesc> | <abstract>)?, <prolog>?, <learningPlanbody>, <related-links>?, *

Not contained by any element.

In order
  1. <title>
  2. Optional <titlealts>
  3. Optionally one of the following
    • <abstract>
    • <shortdesc>
  4. Optional <prolog>
  5. <learningPlanbody>
  6. Optional <related-links>
  7. Zero or more

Not contained by any element.

Inheritance

- topic/topic learningBase/learningBase learningPlan/learningPlan

The <learningPlan> element is specialized from <learningBase>. It is defined in the learningPlan module.

Example

This section is non-normative.


<learningPlan id="learningPlanExample"> 
  <title>Learning Plan</title> 
  <shortdesc>It's always good to provide a plan.</shortdesc>
  <learningPlanbody>
    <lcProject> 
      <title>lcProject</title>
      <lcClient> 
        <title>The client</title> 
        <p>Describe the client here.</p>
      </lcClient>
      <lcPlanTitle> 
        <title>The plan title</title> 
        <p>Describe the plan title here.</p>
      </lcPlanTitle>
      <lcCIN> 
        <title>The identifying information</title> 
        <p>Provide information about the course identification here.</p>
      </lcCIN>
      <lcModDate> 
        <title>The modification date</title> 
        <p>Provide the modification date and related information here.</p>
      </lcModDate>
      <lcDelivDate> 
        <title>The delivery date</title> 
        <p>Provide the delivery date information.</p>
      </lcDelivDate>
      <lcPlanSubject> 
        <title>the Plan subject</title> 
        <p>Provide information about the plan subject.</p>
      </lcPlanSubject>
      <lcPlanDescrip> 
        <title>The plan description</title> 
        <p>Provide information about the plan description.</p>
      </lcPlanDescrip>
      <lcPlanPrereqs> 
        <title>The prerequisites for the plan</title> 
        <p>Provide information about the plan prerequisites.</p>
      </lcPlanPrereqs>
    </lcProject>
    <lcNeedsAnalysis> 
      <title>The needs analysis</title>
      <lcOrganizational> 
        <title>Organizational needs</title>
        <lcGeneralDescription>Provide general description information.</lcGeneralDescription>
        <lcGoals>Provide information about organization goals related to this 
instruction.</lcGoals> 
        <lcNeeds>Describe organizational needs related to this instruction.</lcNeeds>
        <lcValues>Describe organizational values related to this instruction.</lcValues> 
        <lcOrgConstraints>Describe organizational constraints related to this
instruction.</lcOrgConstraints>
      </lcOrganizational>
      <lcPlanAudience> 
        <title>The audience</title>
        <lcGeneralDescription>Provide general description information.</lcGeneralDescription>
        <lcEdLevel>Describe the education level for the learning audience.</lcEdLevel>
        <lcAge>Provide age information.</lcAge>
        <lcBackground>Provide background information.</lcBackground>
        <lcSkills>Describe the skills needed.</lcSkills> 
        <lcKnowledge>Describe the knowledge requirements.</lcKnowledge>
        <lcMotivation>Describe the reasons why the learners want and/or need to take the
instruction.</lcMotivation>
        <lcSpecChars>Provide information about any special characteristics of the
instruction.</lcSpecChars>
      </lcPlanAudience>
      <lcWorkEnv> 
        <title>The work environment</title>
        <lcWorkEnvDescription>Describe the work environment.</lcWorkEnvDescription>
        <lcPlanResources>Provide information about resource planning.</lcPlanResources>
        <lcProcesses>Provide information about important processes.</lcProcesses>
      </lcWorkEnv>
      <lcTask> 
        <title>A task</title>
        <lcTaskItem>Describe the specific task item.</lcTaskItem>
        <lcKnowledge>Detail the knowledge needed for this task.</lcKnowledge>
        <lcSkills>Describe the skills needed.</lcSkills> 
        <lcAttitude>Provide information about important attitudes.</lcAttitude>
      </lcTask>
      <lcTask> 
        <title>Another task (as many more as you would like...)</title> 
        <lcTaskItem>Describe the specific task item.</lcTaskItem>
        <lcKnowledge>Detail the knowledge needed for this task.</lcKnowledge>
        <lcSkills>Describe the skills needed.</lcSkills> 
        <lcAttitude>Provide information about important attitudes.</lcAttitude>
      </lcTask>
    </lcNeedsAnalysis> 
    <lcGapAnalysis> 
      <title>The gap analysis</title>
      <lcGapItem> 
        <title>A gap item</title> 
        <lcPlanObjective>Describe the related plan objective for this gap.</lcPlanObjective>
        <lcJtaItem>Provide job task analysis information about the gap.</lcJtaItem> 
        <lcGapItemDelta>Describe the gap item.</lcGapItemDelta>
      </lcGapItem>
      <lcGapItem> 
        <title>Another gap item</title> 
        <lcPlanObjective>Describe the related plan objective for this gap.</lcPlanObjective> 
        <lcJtaItem>Provide job task analysis information about the gap.</lcJtaItem> 
        <lcGapItemDelta>Describe the gap item.</lcGapItemDelta>
      </lcGapItem>
    </lcGapAnalysis> 
    <lcIntervention> 
      <title>An intervention</title>
      <lcInterventionItem> 
        <title>An intervention item</title>
        <lcLearnStrat>Describe the manner in which the learning content will be
instructed. This should be a high level design that applies instructional-design
theories and models.</lcLearnStrat> 
        <lcPlanObjective>Describe the objective to be addressed by a gap analysis
or intervention.</lcPlanObjective> 
        <lcAssessment>Describe assessment plans.</lcAssessment>
        <lcDelivery>Describe the delivery method for this learning content.</lcDelivery>
      </lcInterventionItem> 
      <lcInterventionItem> 
        <title>Another intervention item (and more if you want 'em)</title> 
        <lcLearnStrat>Describe the manner in which the learning content will be instructed.
This should be a high level design that applies instructional-design theories and
models.</lcLearnStrat>
        <lcPlanObjective>Describe the objective to be addressed by a gap analysis or
intervention.</lcPlanObjective> 
        <lcAssessment>Describe assessment plans.</lcAssessment>
        <lcDelivery>Describe the delivery method for this learning content.</lcDelivery>
      </lcInterventionItem>
    </lcIntervention>
    <lcTechnical> 
      <title>Technical considerations</title>
      <lcLMS> 
        <title>The LMS</title> 
        <p>Describe characteristics of the learning management system to be used. 
        </p>
      </lcLMS>
      <lcHandouts> 
        <title>The handouts</title> 
        <p>Describe any handouts. </p>
      </lcHandouts>
      <lcClassroom> 
        <title>The classroom</title> 
        <p>Provide information about the classroom, if used. </p>
      </lcClassroom>
      <lcOJT> 
        <title>On-the-job training targets</title> 
        <p>Describe the on-the-job training.</p>
      </lcOJT>
      <lcConstraints> 
        <title>Constraints</title> 
        <p>Describe any constraints.</p>
      </lcConstraints>
      <lcW3C> 
        <title>W3C web standards</title> 
        <p>Provide information about any related web standards.</p>
      </lcW3C>
      <lcPlayers> 
        <title>Supported players</title> 
        <p>Detail the tools and plugins used for time-sequenced display at runtime.</p>
      </lcPlayers>
      <lcViewers> 
        <title>Supported viewers</title> 
        <p>Detail the viewers used for time-sequenced display at runtime. </p>
      </lcViewers>
      <lcResolution> 
        <title>Supported resolutions</title> 
        <p>Provide a list of related resources and information about them, such as related
articles or samples on the web.</p>
      </lcResolution>
      <lcFileSizeLimitations> 
        <title>File size limitations</title> 
        <p>Describe any file size limitation in the download environment.</p>
      </lcFileSizeLimitations>
      <lcDownloadTime> 
        <title>Download time</title> 
        <p>Provide an estimate of the download time.</p>
      </lcDownloadTime>
      <lcSecurity> 
        <title>Security concerns</title> 
        <p>Describe security concerns or restrictions.</p>
      </lcSecurity>
    </lcTechnical>
  </learningPlanbody>
</learningPlan> 

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group (with a narrowed definition of @id, given below), Architectural attribute group, and outputclass.

@id (REQUIRED)
An anchor point. This ID is usually required as part of the @href or @conref syntax when cross referencing or reusing content within the topic; it also enables <topicref> elements in DITA maps to optionally reference a specific topic within a DITA document. This attribute is defined with the XML Data Type ID.
@id (REQUIRED)
An anchor point. This ID is usually required as part of the @href or @conref syntax when cross referencing or reusing content within the topic; it also enables <topicref> elements in DITA maps to optionally reference a specific topic within a DITA document. This attribute is defined with the XML Data Type ID.