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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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And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. The title was “Expanding ROI in Training Programs Using Scriven, Kirkpatrick, and Brinkerhoff,” which sounds pretty academic. What I liked was that McGoldrick didn’t critique the Kirkpatrick model. But it wasn’t.

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

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For example, Harvard professor Andrew McAfee sums up the Strength of Weak Ties theory nicely, describing how acquaintances with whom we are less familiar are more likely to tell us things we don’t already know: … People we don’t know all that well are hugely valuable in our work. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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

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Academia needs a coherent learning theory, or set of theories, that provides guidance for building the road system so the cars can operate. We cannot continue to so caustically point to “lack of faculty buy-in” as the reason for our failure of imagination. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.

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

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Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training | Social Learning Blog - May 3, 2011 [.] Download the whitepaper » Blog this! instead choosing to learn from those around him (check out Jon’s post on peer-to-peer learning here). This is without a doubt the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say they hate reading. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

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→ Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d. Properly d.