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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. The title was “Expanding ROI in Training Programs Using Scriven, Kirkpatrick, and Brinkerhoff,” which sounds pretty academic. But it wasn’t. She enhanced it.

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Evaluating Informal Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Informal learning in organizations is finally being recognized as a key aspect of employee development and performance improvement. But how do you evaluate something that is as unpredictable and serendipitous as informal learning? These evaluation tools could easily be applied in work settings.

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Online Tools for Evaluating Informal Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Some of the methods being used in informal science education could be applied more broadly to informal and online learning in business, nonprofit, and government settings. Kirsten Ellenbogen describes some of these methods on the American Evaluation Association blog. internal wiki).

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Evaluating Social Learning

Dashe & Thomson

In the spirit of my blog posts on Re-evaluating Evaluation and Revisiting Kirkpatrick , I decided to start with Don Clark ?Big and his take on using Kirkpatrick’s four levels to create and evaluate social learning. Now, Clark is not actually working with the Kirkpatrick’s original four-level evaluation model.

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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. We need to let the stakeholders define their expectations for the program.

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Learning to Learn from Evaluation of Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Each approach to evaluation of training has something to contribute to assessing the impact of formal training on employee learning. However, the value of evaluation is not in the data. The real value is in organizational learning from evaluation. Learning from evaluation depends on asking the right questions.

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Training Delivery Strategies—How to Incorporate Feedback

Infopro Learning

Additionally, they should evaluate the training sessions to assess and make necessary improvements. When preparing a L&D program, training delivery is an important aspect that should be considered. Distance learning, eLearning, self-learning, and face-to-face training are just a few methods of delivering training.