Fall 2025 - HR Learning & Development

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MacEwan University
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Community Partnership Developer
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Timeline
  • September 15, 2025
    Sandbox start
  • December 5, 2025
    Sandbox end
Sandbox
5 projects wanted
Dates set by sandbox
Preferred partners
Alberta, Canada
Large enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Sandbox scope

Categories
Talent recruitment Employee retention Training & development Workplace culture
Skills
training and development collaborative communications business presentations team processes
Student goals and capabilities

Working in small teams, our 3rd & 4th year HR students will create the general outline for programs to be implemented in the future. Students will be developing a comprehensive plan for your team, utilizing current theory and secondary research, to highlight critical content required by your custom training program. 

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
40 students
Project
35 hours per student
Sandbox leads assign students to projects
Teams of 5
Up to 4 team(s) per project.
Each student can join up to one team
Expected outcomes and deliverables

     1) A needs assessment to determine learning and development objectives and requirements and consists of: (a) an organizational analysis, (b) a task analysis, and (c) a person analysis of the trainee


        2) Design a training and development program including its delivery. This includes: a)Creating training objectives, b) Determining the training content c) Determining the training Methods and d) Determining the learning principles.


       3) Present a plan to evaluate the training. This includes: a) Determining the criteria to be evaluated and b) Determining how to evaluate the design. 

Project timeline
  • September 15, 2025
    Sandbox start
  • December 5, 2025
    Sandbox end

Project examples

  • Tying training and development function to the achievement of organizational strategic goals.
  • Apply appropriate adult learning theories and concepts to workplace training and development initiatives.
  • Design a training and development plan which includes:


Additional partner criteria

Partners must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this sandbox:

  • Q1 - Text short
    Will a mentor be able to commit to regularly meeting with student(s) and providing input and feedback for the duration of the project?  *
  • Q2 - Checkbox
     *
  • Q3 - Checkbox
     *