Dashe & Thomson
APRIL 17, 2011
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.
Dashe & Thomson
MARCH 15, 2011
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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E-Learning Provocateur
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
For example: The NIH Proficiency Scale maintains Not Applicable, Fundamental Awareness (basic knowledge), Novice (limited experience), Intermediate (practical application), Advanced (applied theory) and Expert (recognized authority). No doubt each of these scales aligns to the purpose for which it was defined.
Learning Rebels
APRIL 20, 2015
To “Kirkpatrick” or not to “Kirkpatrick”, that is the question. Many a person has debated the Kirkpatrick evaluation taxonomy. To name a few: Dan Pontefract: Dear Kirkpatrick’s: You Still Don’t Get It (a personal favorite). Jane Bozarth: Alternatives to Kirkpatrick .
Dashe & Thomson
MAY 11, 2011
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. Properly d.
Dashe & Thomson
APRIL 19, 2011
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. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!
Upside Learning
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Theories suggest what the proper data should be, but reality has a bad habit of intruding. A starting point A core framework is the so-called Kirkpatrick model (with caveats about the legitimacy of the claim to fame). There are a variety of ways to measure impact. Some are indirect, others are more direct.
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