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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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Level Up Learning: How the Kirkpatrick Model Helps Businesses Deliver Effective Training

Schoox

Effective training checks the boxes and equips employees with the skills and knowledge they need to perform better on the job. To know if training programs are effective, L&D leaders need to see how employees apply their skills and knowledge to the job and how it impacts the business—but doing so isn’t easy.

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The Kirkpatrick Model: 4 Levels of Training Evaluation

Epilogue Systems

Yet, the ultimate litmus test for these elaborate training programs lies in their ability to deliver a return on investment ( ROI ), the application of acquired knowledge by participants, and their positive influence on job performance and overall organizational success. What Is The Kirkpatrick Model?

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How to Evaluate Learning: Kirkpatrick Model for the 21st Century—A Revision

Dashe & Thomson

I was asked by Wendy Kirkpatrick to remove the copyrighted Kirkpatrick diagrammatic model from my original blog post, How to Evaluate Learning: Kirkpatrick Model for the 21st Century. Behavior: To what degree did the learners apply what they learned back on the job? Kirkpatrick calls this Return on Expectations, or ROE.

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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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How to Evaluate Learning: The Kirkpatrick Model for the 21st Century

Dashe & Thomson

Kirkpatrick’s revised “Four Levels of Evaluation” model, what we need to do is find out what success looks like in the eyes of these senior managers and stakeholders and let them define their expectations for the training program. Behavior: To what degree did the learners apply what they learned back on the job?

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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’. They go on to add that research suggests that 70% of learning happens on the job in many different ways. As designers of learning, have we applied the model with Don’s intent? You can download the paper here.