Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 17, 2011

I said in my last post that Kirkpatrick’s four levels were all about the training itself rather than how the training affects organizations. He recommends performance tests to measure an increase in skills. He suggests evaluation checks throughout the training?skill skill practice, role plays, and training simulations?with

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. The focus is on the training event itself and the follow-up to that event. Company executives are typically interested in the bottom line, not how well their employees apply the learning from a training class.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? I started thinking about this during a program on Accelerated Learning at the Minnesota Chapter of the International Society of Performance Improvement (MNISPI).

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 20, 2012

Recent research by ASTD and REED Learning indicates that the top skills desired by Learning & Development departments are measuring and evaluating training. Reaction: To what degree did the learners react favorably to the training experience? These are the KSAs needed for performing the new on-the-job behaviors.

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