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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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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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A tribute to Dr Donald Kirkpatrick, pioneer and veteran of Instructional Design

Origin Learning

Facebook 1 Twitter 5 Google+ 0 LinkedIn 1 Pinterest 1 Origin Learning mourns the loss of a great innovator. Dr. Donald Kirkpatrick is one of those few people that have achieved eternity by virtue of their contribution. Dr. Kirkpatrick was the keynote and featured speaker at many events in the world of workplace learning.

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Navigating the Learning Impact Spectrum: The Science of Translating Data into Tangible Outcomes

Infopro Learning

Make Your Learning Matter: Practical Strategies for Measuring Learning Impact Even after decades, the Kirkpatrick Model, introduced in the 1950s, remains a go-to framework for assessing training impact. The Kirkpatrick Model provides a framework, guiding us from reactions to skills gained and real-world application.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend No comments yet. Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. Properly d.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. After reading this, I started thinking about this new LinkedIn utility I recently installed. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before. less big companies, for more than 20 years. Properly d.

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

Dashe & Thomson

Where Facebook and LinkedIn serve mainly as social dashboards for our personal and professional networks, respectively, I see Twitter as a customized information portal. For those of you that use web-based aggregators like Google Reader but have not yet made room for Tweets, Twitter is an aggregator on steroids. Properly d.