##### 3.3.1.9 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.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
learningPlan | ( (title) then (titlealts) (optional) then (shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then (prolog) (optional) then (learningPlanbody) then (related-links) (optional) then (no-topic-nesting) (any number) )

###### Contained by

This element is not contained by any other elements.

###### Inheritance

- topic/topic learningBase/learningBase learningPlan/learningPlan

###### Example

    <learningPlan id="learningPlanTest">
        <title>Learning Plan</title>
        <shortdesc>It's always good to provide a plan.
        </shortdesc>
        <learningPlanbody>
            <lcProject>
                <title>lcProject</title>
                <lcClient>
                    <title>lcClient</title>
                    <p>Describe the client here.
                    </p>
                </lcClient>
                <lcPlanTitle>
                    <title>lcPlanTitle</title>
                    <p>Describe the plan title here.
                    </p>
                </lcPlanTitle>
                <lcCIN>
                    <title>lcCIN</title>
                    <p>Provide information about the course identification here.
                    </p>
                </lcCIN>
                <lcModDate>
                    <title>lcModDate</title>
                    <p>Provide the modification date and related information here.
                    </p>
                </lcModDate>
                <lcDelivDate>
                    <title>lcDelivDate</title>
                    <p>Provide the delivery date information.
                    </p>
                </lcDelivDate>
                <lcPlanSubject>
                    <title>lcPlanSubject</title>
                    <p>Provide information about the plan subject.
                    </p>
                </lcPlanSubject>
                <lcPlanDescrip>
                    <title>lcPlanDescrip</title>
                    <p>Provide information about the plan description.
                    </p>
                </lcPlanDescrip>
                <lcPlanPrereqs>
                    <title>lcPlanPrereqs</title>
                    <p>Provide information about the plan prerequisites.
                    </p>
                </lcPlanPrereqs>
            </lcProject>
            <lcNeedsAnalysis>
                <title>lcNeedsAnalysis</title>
                <lcOrganizational>
                    <title>lcOrganizational</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>lcPlanAudience</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>lcWorkEnv</title>
                    <lcWorkEnvDescription>Describe the work environment.</lcWorkEnvDescription>
                    <lcPlanResources>Provide information about resource planning.</lcPlanResources>
                    <lcProcesses>Provide information about important processes.</lcProcesses>
                </lcWorkEnv>
                <lcTask>
                    <title>lcTask</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 lcTask (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>lcGapAnalysis</title>
                <lcGapItem>
                    <title>an lcGapItem</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>and another GapItem for you to consider</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>lcIntervention</title>
                <lcInterventionItem>
                    <title>lcInterventionItem</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 lcInterventionItem (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>lcTechnical</title>
                <lcLMS>
                    <title>lcLMS</title>
                    <p>Describe characteristics of the learning management system to be used.
                    </p>
                </lcLMS>
                <lcHandouts>
                    <title>lcHandouts</title>
                    <p>Describe any handouts.
                    </p>
                </lcHandouts>
                <lcClassroom>
                    <title>lcClassroom</title>
                    <p>Provide information about the classroom, if used.
                    </p>
                </lcClassroom>
                <lcOJT>
                    <title>lcOJT</title>
                    <p>Describe the on-the-job training.
                    </p>
                </lcOJT>
                <lcConstraints>
                    <title>lcConstraints</title>
                    <p>Describe any constraints.
                    </p>
                </lcConstraints>
                <lcW3C>
                    <title>lcW3C</title>
                    <p>Provide information about any related web standards.
                    </p>
                </lcW3C>
                <lcPlayers>
                    <title>lcPlayers</title>
                    <p>Detail the tools and plugins used for time-sequenced display at runtime.
                    </p>
                </lcPlayers>
                <lcViewers>
                    <title>lcViewers</title>
                    <p>Detail the viewers used for time-sequenced display at runtime.
                    </p>
                </lcViewers>
                <lcResolution>
                    <title>lcResolution</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>lcFileSizeLimitations</title>
                    <p>Describe any file size limitation in the download environment.
                    </p>
                </lcFileSizeLimitations>
                <lcDownloadTime>
                    <title>lcDownloadTime</title>
                    <p>Provide an estimate of the download time.
                    </p>
                </lcDownloadTime>
                <lcSecurity>
                    <title>lcSecurity</title>
                    <p>Describe security concerns or restrictions.
                    </p>
                </lcSecurity>
            </lcTechnical>
        </learningPlanbody>
    </learningPlan>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
id | This ID enables topics to be referenced uniquely by topicrefs in DITA maps. | ID |  | Yes
conref-atts attribute group (conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) | A set of related attributes; includes all of the attributes described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group except for the id attribute. |  |  |
xmlns:ditaarch | Declares the default DITA namespace. |  | "http://dita.​oasis-open.​org/​architecture/​2005/" |
DITAArchVersion | Designates the version of the architecture that is in use. The default value will increase with each release of DITA. | CDATA | "1.2" | No
domains | Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. This value will differ depending on what domains are included in the current DTD or Schema. | CDATA | Varies based on the DTD or Schema; a sample value is "(topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d)" | No
select-atts attribute group (props, base, platform, product, audience, otherprops, importance, rev, status) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.5 select-atts attribute group |  |  |
localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group. |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |
domains | Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. This value will differ depending on what domains are included in the current DTD or Schema. | CDATA | Varies based on the DTD or Schema; a sample value is "(topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d)" | No

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Next Topic: 3.3.1.10 learningPlanbody

Parent Topic: 3.3.1 Learning and training topic elements

Sibling Topics:

3.3.1.1 learningOverview

3.3.1.2 learningOverviewbody

3.3.1.3 learningContent

3.3.1.4 learningContentbody

3.3.1.5 learningSummary

3.3.1.6 learningSummarybody

3.3.1.7 learningAssessment

3.3.1.8 learningAssessmentbody

3.3.1.10 learningPlanbody

3.3.1.11 learningBase

3.3.1.12 learningBasebody