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How to evaluate social and informal learning

Jay Cross

Dan Pontefract had a great post on TrainingWreck about the inadequacy of the Kirkpatrick model in a world where learning is increasingly collaborative and networked. In brief, the Kirkpatrick levels are good for events, not processes. Kirkpatrick is about push, not pull, learning. Social networks are like telephones.

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LearnTrends: Backchannel

Jay Cross

mariancasey: social network. Moderator (Clark Quinn): but things are moving too fast, networks where everyone is thinking towards the same goal) is where agility (yes, I said agile ) can flourish. Chris 2: Agile networks require collaborative learning across companies. kelly_smith01: change was yesterday.