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.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

Hardly ever do they use “Level 3: Behavior,” and they never use “Level 4: Results.” 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. But it wasn’t.

Evalution 160

Evalution Social Networks Social Learning Blended Learning 160

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

What really intrigued me was the fact that your references # Attention: retention (remembering what one observed),# Reproduction (ability to reproduce the behavior and # Motivation (good reason) to want to adopt the behavior resembles the Kellers’ ARCS model of learning. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Properly d.

Social Learning 134

Social Learning Social Networks Social Blended Learning 134

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Social Learning theorist Albert Bandura maintains that: “Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Ive been looking for some ammo t. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. All Rights Reserved.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 181

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Kirkpatrick and Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick, published in 2010, makes this case. According to their scheme, which they call the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model, there are four levels of results that can be assessed: Reaction, Learning, Behaviors, and Results. Have they adopted new behaviors?

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Assessment Simulations Kirkpatrick Training 208

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

If the Pareto Principle holds, then these extraordinary few must be identified and leveraged to ensure a change in behavior occurs, enterprise-wide. I believe user adoption or training should be developed with the intent of creating a social epidemic, or should we say ‘workplace epidemic.’ And this shouldn’t be very hard. Properly d.

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

October 2010 did not disappoint! 4 Free Tools to Help Get Your PowerPoint from Good to Great , October 21, 2010 Continuing the recent trend of PowerPoint in the news , I stumbled upon an article in USA Today that provided some tips and advice for designing more engaging presentations. Here is the best from this past month.

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