bozarthzone

APRIL 1, 2008

My new big red (very red) book ships next week, chock-full of tools, templates, checklists, worksheets, guidelines, tips, rants (well, only on problems with evaluation and "ROI"), most of them also available as printable/editable items on the CD.

Guidelines 40

Guidelines ROI Evalution Templates 40

bozarthzone

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I am a proponent of online learning; I have an advanced degree in it and for 15 years my primary work role was evaluating and advocating for the use of educational technologies and alternative approaches to traditional instruction. My introduction to and subsequent support for online learning came from my own graduate-level courses.

Virtual World 52

Virtual World Alternatives Education Learning 52

bozarthzone

JANUARY 20, 2009

The seven information skills highlighted are: (1) retrieving information; (2) evaluating information; (3) organizing information; (4) collaborating around information; (5) analyzing information; (6) presenting information; and (7) securing information.

Informal 40

Informal Skills Security Knowledge Management 40

bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Pintura: Art Detective " from Eduweb asks learners to evaluate, synthesize, and apply information rather than just memorize. The first is the typical bullet-points approach; the second, an interactive mystery about a painting found in an attic. " Composite image from " Better than Bullet Points ".

Tips 40

Tips Develop Images Tagging 40

bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The traditional approach to training evaluation is seriously flawed. Here are some of the sacred training cows I tipped in Atlanta: --Much of what we call 'e-learning' would be much more useful if distributed as text documents. --The Good e-learning is about design, not software.

Training 40

Training Train Customer Service Instructional Design 40

bozarthzone

MARCH 27, 2010

The solution here is not based in designing-implementing-evaluating instruction, but in identifying places for, and deploying resources toward, good performance support. It would be like not training at all, but for adding the maddening "I think I heard something about this" factor to an already frustrating situation.

Instructional Design 71

Instructional Design ADDIE Server Performance Support 71

bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

My third book, From Analysis to Evaluation , was envisioned as a compilation of tools developed and used by practitioners in the field, loosely arranged around the ADDIE model of instructional design. My January 24 post, "Collapse of a Community of Practice", included an aside about what training practitioners are really doing v.

Media 40

Media Instructional Design ADDIE Communities of Practice 40

bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

tools to support instruction as well as inform formative and summative evaluation. Certainly the bigger goal is to help training become less an event and more a process, and to support ways for workers to form communities and interact with one another -- not just with the trainer. But there are plenty of strategies for using Web 2.0

Social Media 49

Social Media Media Wiki Social 49

bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

And therein lies the central problem with the traditional (think 4-level) means of "evaluating" training. If you've been led to believe there's only one approach to evaluating training, try Googling around for Stufflebeam, Brinkerhoff, Stake, and Scriven. And there are others, so keep Googlin'.

Taxonomy 40

Taxonomy Evalution Pattern Google 40

bozarthzone

MARCH 1, 2016

There were entire books on evaluating training programs and initiatives—like those beloved and institutionalized by my then-employer without any real rationale—and not just single classes.

Journal 40

Journal Communities of Practice Articulate Community 40

bozarthzone

APRIL 16, 2009

Quia : Inexpensive one-stop site for unlimited-use quizzes, Flash games, evaluations. I still say this beats Photoshop hands-down for creating graphics for the web and editing photos. Statistical feedback on quizzes rivals that provided by many much-pricier LMSs.

Authoring Tools 45

Authoring Tools VOIP WizIQ Virtual Classroom 45