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Vale Don Kirkpatrick

Clark Quinn

Last week, Don Kirkpatrick passed away. There were two major problems, however. The second problem was that whether or not he intended it (and there are reasons to believe he didn’t), it become associated only with training interventions. And it’s instructive to see why on both sides. That’s not the idea!

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An Overview: Phillips' Model for Learning Evaluation

Watershed

When we originally published our Learning Evaluation eBook and blog series, we covered four learning evaluation models representing a range of approaches and perspectives: Kirkpatrick, Kaufman, Brinkerhoff, and Anderson. Tip: Find out even more about Phillips' Model for Learning Evaluation in Jack Phillips' book.).

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Front-End Analysis: Backward Analysis and the Performance Gap

Dashe & Thomson

Don Clark, on his Big Dog, Little Dog: Performance Justification blog post “Analysis” says that the Japanese approach to performance improvement is to ask “why” five times when confronted with a problem or a desire to improve a part of an organization. They want to know what exactly is causing [.]

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How to Measure and Prove ROI in Training & Development

Acorn Labs

The only problem is, measuring training’s ability to help you progress can be difficult due to its intangible nature. The Kirkpatrick Model. The Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model is a method for analysing the learning effectiveness of a training program across different stages of the learning journey. The Phillips Model.

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How to Measure and Prove ROI in Training & Development

Acorn Labs

The only problem is, measuring training’s ability to help you progress can be difficult due to its intangible nature. The Kirkpatrick Model The Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model is a method for analysing the learning effectiveness of a training program across different stages of the learning journey. How is L&D ROI measured?

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Impact and ROI of Learning: Worth Pursuing or Not?

CLO Magazine

Instead, they call for showing the alignment of learning to business goals, focusing on easier-to-measure participant reaction, amount learned and application (levels 1, 2 and 3, respectively, of the Kirkpatrick Model/Phillips ROI Methodology) and finally focusing on employee engagement with learning (consumption of learning and completion rates).

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What's the problem with Kirkpatrick?

Clive on Learning

While acknowledging that Kirkpatrick's four levels of evaluation had proved valuable over more than thirty years in helping to measure instructor-led, content-based 'training' interventions, Sloman felt that a new approach was necessary to support a more self-directed, work-based 'learning' process. Not that ROI is in any way a red herring.