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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. Well, based on where Kirkpatrick and his son James are today, I was completely wrong.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. My thinking about training evaluation was turned on its head by a presentation at the February 2011 MNISPI meeting by Beth McGoldrick of Ameriprise’s RiverSource University. I have found this to be extremely frustrating. But it wasn’t.

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My Favorite Things: Tools and Tips to Facilitate Content Development

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You may even gain a little peace of mind the next time you need to share or collaborate on a flow chart or diagram during the course of your content development efforts. Andrea March 28, 2011 at 4:47 pm # Thanks for the tip Dave. It is my intention to share some of my favorites with you over the coming year.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Scrimping often plays out in the form of internal IT pros developing and delivering end-user training. And furthermore, a recent Gallup study found that firms with engaged workforces have 2.6 times the earnings per share growth rate compared to their industry counterparts. The evidence is undeniable, and yet companies continue to scrimp.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

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Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems. Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster. Properly d.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Return of the (Digital) Native by Jim on March 25, 2011 in mobile learning In recent years, we’ve all heard a lot about digital natives. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” Properly d. Properly d.