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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. Well, based on where Kirkpatrick and his son James are today, I was completely wrong.

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An Introduction to Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation

InSync Training

Without it, we have no idea if our designs have the impact we are hoping for! Our team has put together an overview of Kirkpatrick's popular (and proven!) Measuring and evaluating training makes up a critical piece of the learning implementation process. Four-Level Evaluation Model.

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Vale Don Kirkpatrick

Clark Quinn

Last week, Don Kirkpatrick passed away. That’s not the idea! Kirkpatrick rode this tool for the rest of his career, created a family business in it, and he wasn’t shy about suggesting that you buy a book to learn about it. And it’s instructive to see why on both sides.

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To “Kirkpatrick” or not to “Kirkpatrick”, that is the Question (or is it?)

Learning Rebels

To “Kirkpatrick” or not to “Kirkpatrick”, that is the question. Many a person has debated the Kirkpatrick evaluation taxonomy. To name a few: Dan Pontefract: Dear Kirkpatrick’s: You Still Don’t Get It (a personal favorite). Jane Bozarth: Alternatives to Kirkpatrick .

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Evaluating ELearning ROI with Kirkpatrick

LearnDash

Using The Kirkpatrick Model. One of the more well known ways to measure elearning and training initiatives is with the Kirkpatrick evaluation model. The point here is that Kirkpatrick emphasizes five different evaluation methods. The point here is that Kirkpatrick emphasizes five different evaluation methods.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

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. What I liked was that McGoldrick didn’t critique the Kirkpatrick model. But it wasn’t.

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50 Years of the Kirkpatrick Model

Upside Learning

In November 1959, Donald Kirkpatrick published a series of seminal articles on training evaluation in the ‘Journal of the ASTD’. Other than listing and describing the Five Foundational Principles, the authors also introduce a revised new-look Kirkpatrick Model. As designers of learning, have we applied the model with Don’s intent?