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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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Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. What I liked was that McGoldrick didn’t critique the Kirkpatrick model. But it wasn’t. She enhanced it.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

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Is financial success the most important item, or personal fulfillment, or a host of other things that happen over the course of a large timeframe? For example, writing “All milestones will be completed on time” as a success factor doesn’t give enough leeway that you may need in the normal course of events.

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Who's Building the Social Learning Roads? | Social Learning Blog

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Without throwing him completely under the bus, I’ll describe him as being late to the social media party but definitely ahead of the curve when it comes to openness to using informal learning elements like social media in his undergraduate courses. Instead of getting answers, by the time it was over I found myself asking more questions.

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The $2 Whiteboard Shows Power of Peer-to-Peer Learning | Social.

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Of course, the person “next to you” might just as often be consulted via email or other online tool, but it doesn’t change this fact: the amount of workplace learning done in formal training sessions is a tiny fraction of of the learning that takes place one-on-one, between coworkers. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Train Your Client On Training.

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Or you can challenge yourself and your client, allow them to see past what they’re used to and consider an approach that would produce results more in line with their business objectives. He ends the blog with this key message: The goal is to build a course appropriate to your client’s needs. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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Unfortunately, we then run the risk of jettisoning the effectiveness of our courses entirely. With deadlines and budget pressures always present, it’s easy to jettison these “soft&# elements. Now, quick go see the movie before the Academy Awards this Sunday. I’ll be seeing it again! Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.