OpenSesame

JANUARY 19, 2012

Each year the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) surveys learning and development professionals and compiles their findings into the State of the Industry Report. At the same time, ASTD found that the number of learning hours used per employee remained stable at 32 a year. More flashy technology tools?

ASTD 40

ASTD Report Industry Develop 40

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 31, 2012

ASTD TK12 had a lot of nuances that offered nearly something for everyone. Assessment tool vendors – Questionmark was there, can’t recall anyone else. ASTD International is nice, but you get everyone there, not just e-learning. I know why people love Yammer, but its fee based product is not super low cost.

TechKnowledge 71

TechKnowledge Assessment PPT vendor 71

Upside Learning

APRIL 24, 2013

Deliver Pre and Post Training Assessments. An LMS training delivery is not bound to courses and ILT sessions alone, but encompasses assessments as a powerful method to engage learners, encourage learning and test learners’ understanding of the subject content. ASTD ICE 2013 | May 19 – 22 | Dallas, TX, USA | Stand #839.

Blended Learning 233

Blended Learning LMS Virtual Classroom Social Networks 233

The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 30, 2014

Leaders need tools (See: ASTD Workforce Development Blog ). A useful strategic leadership tool could be an assessment instrument, a visioning process, a strategic planning map, decision-making steps, a feedback structure, or any aid that helps a leader facilitate improvement of individual, team, and organizational performance.

Leadership 190

Leadership Benefits Tools Organizational Learning 190

Clark Quinn

JULY 30, 2013

The Learning & Performance Institute research suggests that L&D practitioners don’t assess themselves as having all the skills they might need. Some are saying that things are largely okay, while others are suggesting that things must improve. Where are we at? Are we on track? I have previously written that the industry has to change.

Survey 172

Survey ASTD Suite Forum 172

Upside Learning

APRIL 16, 2013

Your LMS vendor can be your best guide for the right infrastructure setup and to assess the readiness of your current setup to support blended learning. Assessments. ASTD ICE 2013 | May 19 – 22 | Dallas, TX, USA | Stand #839. Stakeholders. Instant performance reports can also be generated for review and analysis.

Blended Learning 244

Blended Learning Blended LMS Virtual Classroom 244

Making Change

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

But in contrast to many studies, the researchers went beyond assessing the correct regurgitation of facts and looked at how well learners applied and extended their knowledge, which is our goal in business training. It’s a one-hour online workshop you can request for your team or ASTD chapter.

Cognitive 274

Cognitive ASTD Asynchronous Instructional 274

OpenSesame

JANUARY 18, 2013

An important part of planning for the new year is assessing what’s worked and what hasn’t in the past. The American Society for Training & Development’s 2012 State of the Industry report is a valuable resource for doing just that.

Report 74

Report ASTD Industry Enterprise 74

Web Courseworks

JANUARY 27, 2011

When developing a basis of my evaluations, I derive some of my factors from the ASTD Certification Institute’s, E-Learning Courseware Certification Standards that was released in the early part of the century. I do not think the ASTD quality certification program exists. Is there a pre-assessment?

Evalution 145

Evalution eLearning ASTD Courseware 145

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 28, 2014

A couple of notes before I present my guide to ASTD exhibitors. I will be using Twitter throughout the day ( @diegoinstudio ), with live tweets using the ASTD hashtag #ASTD2014. To save time, I have them linked directly to where they are with the ASTD online guide. Some vendors will make their debut at ASTD.

vendor 68

vendor Guide ASTD Association Learning Management System 68

Upside Learning

MAY 2, 2013

My response to clients has typically been: If you are referring to Kirkpatrick Levels 1 & 2 it’s not very difficult; ‘smiley sheets’ will tell us about Reaction, and ‘assessments’ can help determine Learning. ASTD ICE 2013 | May 19 – 22 | Dallas, TX, USA | Stand #839. The conclusion? FREE eBook.

Evalution 262

Evalution Kirkpatrick Training Train 262

Clark Quinn

MAY 28, 2014

The numbers have been documented (from a presentation with results from the ASTD Benchmarking Forum) as dropping in implementation from 94% doing level 1, 34% doing level 2, 13% doing level 3, and 3% doing level 4. In assessing the impact, part of me is mindful that tools can be used for good or ill. That’s not the idea!

Kirkpatrick 172

Kirkpatrick Social Networks Phillips ASTD 172

Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

My live blogged notes…ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Recap of her recent article for ASTD: e-Learning – What’s Old is New Again When you say you’re doing elearning what are you doing? Tags: astd allison rossett. Allison Rossett is a Professor of Educational Technology at University of San Diego and noted author.

Blended Learning 145

Blended Learning Virtual Classroom ASTD Social Networks 145

Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from the Thursday morning keynote at ASTD Tech Knowledge in Las Vegas. First do an assessment to understand what level they’re at before they get into the curriculum. AmyJoMartin NY Times Best Selling Author & Founder of ?@DigitalRoyalty. DigitalRoyalty. Use a blended learning approach.

Metrics 160

Metrics Social Media Convert Liability 160

Learning Visions

JANUARY 24, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from Tim Martin''s session at ASTD Tech Knowledge, wrapping up today in Las Vegas. Pre and Post surveys to self-assess afterwards. Tin Can 101: It’s a shared system for two systems to talk about the things that a person does. Unlike SCORM which was about content in a browser. So text doc sends statement.

Simulations 157

Simulations Code of Conduct Server Doc 157

Upside Learning

MAY 24, 2009

While ‘assessments & testing’ tops the list of most valuable features, ‘customization requirements’ features as the top most challenge. visit ASTD for complete survey results. Centralize management of learning activities (66.7 %). Measuring training usage (29.9%). Track regulatory compliance (28.7%).

Survey 124

Survey LMS Compliance Training ASTD 124

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

ASTD National - ASTD's LinkedIn group. ASTD Discussion Forums - Fairly active discussion forums on wide variety of topics such as e-Learning, consulting, OD & Leadership, Performance Improvement. Discussions deal with a wide variety of topics. Lots of members and discussion. DEOS-L - The Distance Education Online Symposium.

Community 105

Community Ning Instructional Design eLearning Guild 105

Vignettes Learning

JUNE 11, 2008

These are comments I received during my presentation at the ASTD ICE. I summarized these at the ASTD ICE presentation. Assess your own skills. "We have 100,000 members, and we want to jump on board and use Web 2.0 for Learning.""Top I see a pattern, which is both good and bad. There is a misunderstanding about Web 2.0

Micro-Learning 40

Micro-Learning ASTD Social Networks Wiki 40

Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

With this, you can schedule and run your offline and online training as per the schedule, administer assessments pre or post your training programs and generate instant reports to determine the success of your overall training. ASTD ICE 2013 | May 19 – 22 | Dallas, TX, USA | Stand #839. Easy and secure exchange of learning data.

Blended Learning 262

Blended Learning Blended LMS Wiki 262

eLearning 24-7

MAY 14, 2013

As an honored tradition for the ASTD International Trade Show and whatever else they call it, I present my latest news and notes in the world of e-learning. Having them jump through hoops or listen to your banter to assess their worthiness is not beneficial to anyone – especially your potential new client. system and so on.

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ASTD vendor LMS Learning 71

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 26, 2014

On the expo side, and I know ASTD Events are going to disagree with me (err, they already have via Linkedin), I wasn’t overly impressed on the number of vendors’ booths. Key features include: Knowledge and skill based assessments. Assessments, provide feedback too. Tagged: ASTD , ASTDTK14 , e-learning vendors.

ADL 66

ADL ASTD vendor Social Networks 66

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 6, 2015

This often quoted ASTD article states that it typically takes 127 to 184 hours (16 to 23 days) to create, using authoring tools, one hour of self-paced online learning containing moderate interactivity. YouTube Statistics. Research indicates that the time, effort, and cost to create e-learning courses using authoring tools is exorbitant.

Social Networks 111

Social Networks Association Learning Management System Cost LMS 111

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

MAY 12, 2020

ASTD findings show that almost all organizations (92 percent of respondents) use the first level of evaluation which measures participant reaction. ASTD: New Study Shows Training Evaluation Efforts Need Help. What level of evaluation did you administer? Did you give out smiley sheets (reaction sheets), or take it a few steps further?

Metrics 52

Metrics ASTD Evalution Social Networks 52

Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Recently we’ve written a series of articles about writing effective test questions for workforce training assessment. We already covered multiple-choice questions, an online workforce assessment workhorse, in a different article, so we won’t address that here. We hope you’ve found the series interesting and helpful.

Learning Objects 40

Learning Objects Write Blog LMS ASTD 40

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 6, 2015

This often quoted ASTD article states that it typically takes 127 to 184 hours (16 to 23 days) to create, using authoring tools, one hour of self-paced online learning containing moderate interactivity. YouTube Statistics. Research indicates that the time, effort, and cost to create e-learning courses using authoring tools is exorbitant.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Association Learning Management System Cost LMS 100

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 6, 2015

This often quoted ASTD article states that it typically takes 127 to 184 hours (16 to 23 days) to create, using authoring tools, one hour of self-paced online learning containing moderate interactivity. YouTube Statistics. Research indicates that the time, effort, and cost to create e-learning courses using authoring tools is exorbitant.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Association Learning Management System Cost LMS 100

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 10, 2012

You can also structure the module to review and assess the learner’s understanding, something that may be missed on the floor. Self-assessment. I like this approach because it gives the learner some freedom and confidence as they assess their skills. January 25-27: Las Vegas ( ASTD TechKnowledge 2012 ). Louis (ASTD).

Blended Learning 80

Blended Learning Mentoring Solution ASTD 80

Marcia Conner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

From the ASTD 2012 State of the Industry (full report available to ASTD members, non-members for a fee): More than $156 billion was spent by U.S. ASTD estimates that U.S. Organizations described by ASTD as BEST excel at weaving learning into the corporate culture. organizations on [formal] employee learning in 2012. .

Blended Learning 103

Blended Learning ASTD Budget PeopleSoft 103

Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

We share information that allows someone to assess a situation and make appropriate decisions that produce real consequences. Somewhere in the process you get to the point where you need to assess their understanding. However that type of assessment only demonstrates whether a person knows the facts or not. Louis (ASTD).

Effectiveness 81

Effectiveness ASTD Case Study Wiki 81

Mindflash

APRIL 3, 2012

Sharon Bowman , owner of Bowperson Publishing and Training , once said at an ASTD conference I attended, that the ideal instructor is “the guide from the side, not the sage on the stage.” Ask great questions during to assess learning progress (to continue as planned or to activate plan B or plan C). Sages tell. Guides ask.

ASTD 88

ASTD Training Train Evalution 88

Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2011

Each section can have its own welcome, instructions, content, assessment, and summary. Assessment : process to review overall understanding. Tidbits: I’m at the ASTD International Conference & Expo this week. June 9 : Langhorne, PA (ASTD)— Tips to Becoming an E-Learning Pro. Summary : summary of course objectives.

Rapid eLearning 87

Rapid eLearning ASTD Help Summary 87

Mindflash

JUNE 12, 2012

Identify which skills in the organization have the greatest bottom-line impact, then assess the organization’s proficiency level with these skills. Develop Skill Proficiency Assessments. Create high-impact “skill assessments” to help HR better qualify job candidates during their interview process.

Mentoring 85

Mentoring Training Train Creative Commons 85

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 9, 2011

Then figure out how you’ll assess that the objectives are met. Build your first course and then do a post assessment when you’re done. Tidbits: I’ll be in Atlanta next week doing two sessions for the ASTD and hosting a free jam session in Atlanta on August 17. September 15 : Lincoln, NE (ASTD)— Become a Rapid E-Learning Pro. $80

Rapid eLearning 79

Rapid eLearning Help Tips ASTD 79

Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2010

I can’t help but making connections to some of what I heard this week out in Las Vegas at ASTD Tech Knowledge 2010. He presented this morning at ASTD on Learning in 3D. I see the potential, think it’s where we’re going, but don’t think we’re quite ready for prime time. What’s Really Going On Out There? I guess the question is when?

Blogging 133

Blogging Second Life Social Networks Case Study 133

Rapid eLearning

MAY 22, 2012

Put an assessment up front to determine their level of understanding. July 18: Knoxville, TN ( Smoky Mountain ASTD ). July 25: Portland, OR (ASTD). July 31: Austin, TX (ASTD). I’ll be in town so the Austin ASTD is hosting a free Articulate jam session. August 15 & 16: Houston, TX ( ASTD Houston ).

Compliance Training 78

Compliance Training Compliance ASTD Course 78

Mindflash

MAY 19, 2011

Assess employees’ capabilities in the skills critical to success in the job. Develop an employee-customized learning plan based on the assessment. Track performance before and after education to quantify the impact and assess the effectiveness of the education. Knowing which skills drive sustained performance is critical.

Teach 89

Teach ASTD Association Assessment 89

Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

In November 1959, Donald Kirkpatrick published a series of seminal articles on training evaluation in the ‘Journal of the ASTD’. Return on Expectations (ROE) is the ultimate indicator of value – Despite what they might say, training professional tend to jump into the task of designing and developing learning without a proper needs assessment.

Kirkpatrick 174

Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174