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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

My thinking about training evaluation was turned on its head by a presentation at the February 2011 MNISPI meeting by Beth McGoldrick of Ameriprise’s RiverSource University. She combined Michael Scriven’s Key Evaluation Checklist with Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Learning Evaluation and Robert Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method.

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4 Ways to Apply the Situated Learning Theory

Origin Learning

What is the Situated Learning Theory? Situated learning, simply put, is learning that takes place in the same context in which it is applied. But assessment of the intellectual growth of the individual and the group of learners the individual is a part of through discussion, reflection, and evaluation is necessary.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

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. This is no longer just evaluating whether you like the course. Level 1: Reaction.

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Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

His methodology encouraged positive engagement with learning using a wide variety of techniques that included art and music. The American developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner developed a theory of multiple intelligences and how intelligence relates to learning. A final example involved American Art. Properly d.

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Everything you need to know about the spacing effect – in five minutes

Learning Pool

There is a huge and teeming literature of learning theory which, let’s be honest, most of us don’t have the time to read. It may have an impeccable grounding in empirical research, but the spacing effect is far from being an obscure scientific principle known only to learning theory ‘geeks’. in experimental psychology.

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

Dashe & Thomson

My passions in life include music, sports, Minneapolis and adult learning, so I search for experts in these fields and follow them for up-to-the-second updates (Tweets). I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. Properly d.

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Amazon would make a good Instructional Designer

Integrated Learnings

I see books on instructional design and eLearning, books and music that my kids will like, travel guides for my wife, the list goes on and on. For example, one of our clients has a very mobile and busy workforce; they respond best to short, very targeted modules, typically 10 minutes or less (learning theory says most do).