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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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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010. In dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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And every company has agreed to use “Level 1: Reaction,” or?as 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. as it has come to be known—the “Smile Sheet.”

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise Learning? Another subject I’ve never heard anyone say they hate is Facebook. Maybe a couple of you do hate Facebook. Maybe a few of you hate Facebook.

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise Learning? Another subject I’ve never heard anyone say they hate is Facebook. Maybe a couple of you do hate Facebook. Maybe a few of you hate Facebook.

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

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The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. less big companies, for more than 20 years. less big companies, for more than 20 years. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

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Where Facebook and LinkedIn serve mainly as social dashboards for our personal and professional networks, respectively, I see Twitter as a customized information portal. Tweet – Tweets are almost identical to Status Updates in Facebook, except Twitter users are even less interested to hear about the tuna fish sandwich you just ate for lunch.