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Alternative to the Kirkpatrick Model of Training Evaluation

LearnDash

If you have been in the elearning (or training) industry for any amount of time, then you are most likely aware of the Kirkpatrick model of learning evaluation. One could write an entire book on the Kirkpatrick model and the different levels, but I am not going to get into too much detail. Kaufman’s 5 Levels of Evaluation.

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Learner Surveys and Learning Effectiveness, with Will Thalheimer

Upside Learning

The heart of the discussion revolves around the Learning Transfer Evaluation Model (LTEM), an eight-tiered framework that surpasses conventional models like Kirkpatrick’s. Measuring Learning Impact: Cautions against relying solely on surveys and explores alternatives like trials and success case methods.

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Donald Kirkpatrick’s four levels of training: Lessons from a Legend

Origin Learning

Kirkpatrick , Professor Emeritus, University Of Wisconsin first gave his ideas for a series of articles to be published in the Journal of American Society of Training Directors in the year 1959, hardly had anyone anticipated that this was to be the stuff of legend. When Donald L. Here is what the model basically measures and how: Reaction.

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48 Books Every Aspiring Chief Learning Officer Should Read

TalentLMS

This is why my team and I put together this list of forty-eight books. The books are organized by category: Books recommended by training experts (4). Learning books (4). Corporate training books (3). Instructional design books (6). Instructional design books (6). Learning technology books (2).

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How to Measure Online Course Effectiveness

CourseArc

Kirkpatrick’s Four-Level Approach to Assessing Training Outcomes. In his well-known book Four Levels of Training Evaluation , industry expert Donald Kirkpatrick established a trusted method to help training developers and HR specialists measure the effectiveness of their training initiatives.

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Training evaluation: Ask the right questions

Ed App

Kirkpatrick has been writing about evaluating training programs for close to 60 years. Kirkpatrick and Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick. The Kirkpatricks are specialists in helping trainers understand how to evaluate a program’s effectiveness. An equally-valid method, yet more labor-intensive, is personal interviews.

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Alternatives to Kirkpatrick

bozarthzone

While the Kirkpatrick taxonomy is something of a sacred cow in training circles—and much credit goes to Donald Kirkpatrick for being the first to attempt to apply intentional evaluation to workplace training efforts—it is not the only approach. More later on alternatives to the Kirkpatrick taxonomy. Enough already, Jane!