Recorded class session from San Diego State University. Click thumbnail to view video … [Read more...]
Tell us about your evaluation practices and priorities, please
March 2, 2012 by
Metrics in the Learning Organization A few years ago, I and Dr. Jim Marshall from San Diego State University studied how people are using learning technologies. What we found surprised us, as it will you. In the midst of other less cheery outcomes, it appeared more assessment is happening. That's what respondents reported two years ago. We were surprised because prior studies have found more words about evaluation than measurement activities and habits. Is it possible that things are different now, that new technologies enable more questions, more answers and more evidence-based decisions? Is this really a new era of big and small … [Read more...]
Harold Stolovitch at ISPI-San Diego
February 21, 2012 by
We were thrilled to welcome Harold Stolovitch and Erica Keeps, plus some of their friends from Orange County and Quebec, to San Diego on February 16, 2012. Harold, who calls himself a technologist because he applies evidence-based knowledge to practical problems, did just that for us. At the get-go, he got a big laugh by defining himself as somebody who "vulgarizes science," which after some back and forth in French boils down to making science useful. Heck of good idea. Harold Stolovitch reviewed a few of his favorite myths: He asked us to decide if IQ really matters in workplace learning and performance. As it turns out, after … [Read more...]
E-learning– What’s old is new again
January 20, 2012 by
Published in T&D, this article reports on a study conducted by Allison Rossett and Jim Marshall. Our focus-- when people are doing e-learning, what are they doing? What forms does this approach to training take? Our findings surprised. You hear about mobile everything, immersive learning, informal strategies and performance support. But that's not what workplace learning people reported that they are up to. They told us that e-learning means more assessments, more instructional design activities. http://www.astd.org/TD/Archives/2010/Jan/Free/1001_eLearning_Whats_Old.htm … [Read more...]
What Stinks about Webinars?
January 10, 2012 by
What stinks about webinars? An article from Chief Learning Officer magazine. This article reports the experiences and lessons of Colleen Cunningham and Antonia Chan, two webinar addicts, now recovering. View full article: http://clomedia.com/articles/view/what_stinks_about_webinars … [Read more...]
More Technology Requires More Analysis
January 10, 2012 by
Article from Military Simulations & Training. Read full article: http://mst.texterity.com/mst/2009-6/?pg=34#pg30 … [Read more...]
Enthusiasm about Technology isn’t Sufficient
January 10, 2012 by
Allison blogs on about how enthusiasm about technology just isn’t sufficient. We need analysis, data, and execution. Full post at Human Capital Exchange: https://hcexchange.conference-board.org/blog/post.cfm?post=35 … [Read more...]
New Edition of First Things Fast
January 10, 2012 by
The new edition of Allison’s classic book, First Things Fast: First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis, 2nd edition. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/Wiley. … [Read more...]
