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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

My thinking about training evaluation was turned on its head by a presentation at the February 2011 MNISPI meeting by Beth McGoldrick of Ameriprise’s RiverSource University. She combined Michael Scriven’s Key Evaluation Checklist with Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Learning Evaluation and Robert Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

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. This is no longer just evaluating whether you like the course. Level 1: Reaction.

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Is Your Measuring Stick Allowing You To Manage For The Better.

Dashe & Thomson

It helped, too, that the game moved slowly enough to allow spectators to conduct business and keep track of bets, all while watching the game. Training uses evaluations, both formal and informal. The key to developing the best employee or the best training is to evaluate and develop them. Are they clear and concise?

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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

Dashe & Thomson

View all posts by Jon → ← Re-evaluating Evaluation What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? In this case, the corporate learning world can learn a lot from Khan Academy, about how to keep lessons informal, quickly-paced, and ultimately, a lot more engaging. less big companies, for more than 20 years.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

Look for businesses you love, people you know, or news sources you read. Well if that’s the case, I expect to see TweetDeck start to make some noise in the business community. Keep in mind that Twitter messages are limited to 140 characters, though, so keep it short and sweet. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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How to Design Effective Training for Learning Evaluation & Analytics

Watershed

We talk a lot about learning evaluation and measuring the effectiveness of training on the overall business. First Stop: Designing a Delicious Course. So, we'll start our series by digging into this challenge while also examining the question: Why is learning evaluation so hard?

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How to Design Effective Training for Learning Evaluation & Analytics

Watershed

We talk a lot about learning evaluation and measuring the effectiveness of training on the overall business. First Stop: Designing a Delicious Course. So, we'll start our series by digging into this challenge while also examining the question: Why is learning evaluation so hard?