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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
More a leader than a technician, the learnscape architect is the network champion who carries the vision, monitors metrics, promotes network participation and encourages continuous experimentation.
 
Monday, June 29, 2009
Build and nurture an active community around the system you introduce. Define a clear set of metrics and track them meticulously all the time .
 
Sunday, June 28, 2009
In an environment of continuous flow and interaction, there’s a need to consider an emerging metric: return on investment in interaction (ROII). The working definition of ROII is the observable development of capacity and capability to create economic values out of intangibles.... In a June 2008 “The Network Thinker” blog post, social networking pioneer Valdis Krebs outlined four generic metrics that are becoming widely accepted as leading to observable, tangible measurable outputs: • Increase in size of network. • Increase in internal network connectivity.
 

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I'm working on an article around the use of ROI and metrics in eLearning. I did a quick search for resources and here's what I found. I thought it would be worth posting this list here. Kirkpatrick's Level 3: Improving the Evaluation of E-Learning Level 3 evaluations measure whether the there was an actual transfer of learning to the actual work setting....
Internet Time Blogs Web Metrics & ROI Internet Time Group helps companies get the most out of eLearning. Our white papers Heres more about what we do . Power Shift eLearning infrastructure decisions are climbing up the corporate ladder....
When it comes to measuring the impact of training events (ex. instructor-led classes and online courses), there are two main types of metrics: transactional data and user data.... User data is actionable data. It shows us where we are succeeding and where we are failing. It helps us realize what we need to change. The tough part is that it’s difficult to collect accurate user data.
New book: What Would Andrew Do? by Jay Cross & friends How to sell senior management on the value of learning. Preview and Table of Contents 189 pages, $19.99 hard copy or download , $14.99 read-only Blurb : Chief Learning Officers and training directors are struggling to convince executives they are making a difference. To be successful, they must think and act like business people.
Beth Kanter shares her presentation on Mapping metrics to strategy (with slide show) focused on non-profits using social media: The session will share an overview of why the sequence listen, learn, and adapt is critical to implementing a successful social media strategy.... We’ll examine what can and can’t be quantified as well as various metrics and analytics tools.
Understanding this model is important in order to be able to apply it within different situations in order to help drive behavior change that ultimately leads to improvement in metrics. THE PROCESS AND MODEL At its simplest, the model is based on providing metrics that suggest possible tactical interventions, support the creation of action plans to improve the metrics and track the changes in the metrics so that performers can see their progress and continually improve....
It's been a while since I looked at: ROI and Metrics in eLearning and in this case, I was more looking at traditional content delivery and their impact.... So the benefit is what we measure. Other’s measurements might be: # How large one’s network is # Number of meetings taking place (or, more intuitively, are NOT taking place) # Number of travel arrangements made (or, again, NOT made).
The question about how to measure the return on investment (ROI) for social media participation comes up in every workshop I deliver, as definitive, statistic-based metrics seem to be the primary way communicators feel they can secure approval and budget for these programs from their management teams....
Your job is to get the course focused on performance. How do you measure the ROI of a new hire training course? If it’s an information dump, that’s hard. However, if you tie the information to a performance goal then you have a metric to hang your hat on. For example, new employees need more hand holding for initial IT support.... If you’re not quite sure what that is, help the customer sort through their expectations. The key question here is, "How will you know you’re successful?
Use EVA instead. Last year it became common knowledge among eLearning professionals that ROI (Return on Investment) is more than a number. It’s a metric that requires you to state projected costs and benefits explicitly. It forces you to evaluate whether you’re proposing a sound investment or a loser.... No Spam.