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A tribute to Dr Donald Kirkpatrick, pioneer and veteran of Instructional Design

Origin Learning

Dr. Donald Kirkpatrick is one of those few people that have achieved eternity by virtue of their contribution. A professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin and the creator of the Kirkpatrick Four-level Evaluation Model , Dr. Kirkpatrick passed away on May 9, 2014 at the age of 90. May his soul rest in peace.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. The title was “Expanding ROI in Training Programs Using Scriven, Kirkpatrick, and Brinkerhoff,” which sounds pretty academic. What I liked was that McGoldrick didn’t critique the Kirkpatrick model. But it wasn’t.

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ROI and Metrics in eLearning

Tony Karrer

Kirkpatrick's Level 3: Improving the Evaluation of E-Learning Level 3 evaluations measure whether the there was an actual transfer of learning to the actual work setting. I'm working on an article around the use of ROI and metrics in eLearning. I did a quick search for resources and here's what I found.

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Allison Rosset Guest Post: Evaluation—Words Into Action?

The Learning Circuits

We speak fluent Kirkpatrick. An ASTD benchmarking study looked at course evaluations by Kirkpatrick level. An ASTD benchmarking study looked at course evaluations by Kirkpatrick level. The topic—evaluation. But knowing is not doing, not even close. That data was collected five years ago. Chew on that.

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The Power of Simplicity

CLO Magazine

Don Kirkpatrick gave his farewell presentation on the four levels at ASTD’s annual International Conference & Exposition in Orlando last week. His work, popularized by his four-part series in the monthly ASTD magazine in 1959-1960, provided that measurement framework for the profession. 2) How should I do it?