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February 9, 2012
Conference Highlight: Answer-Judging: Where eLearning Platforms Fall Short

Real training requires more than binary feedback. But how can such complication be reproduced in elearning?

 

Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Ethan Edwards points out a tragic schism between in-person training and elearning, and offers a tool to bridge the gap.

As instructors, we all know that the best learning occurs when learners are challenged, make mistakes, get specific individualized instructional feedback, and then get the opportunity to practice.

February 3, 2012
Conference Highlight: The Reframing Meeting

Help your company or clients understand that you have more to offer than simply executing their orders. Here are resources to help you prepare for a make-or-break reframing meeting.

 

In the third of three posts, Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Dick Handshaw talks about establishing your position as a strategic partner.

February 1, 2012
Conference Highlight: Proactive Performance Consulting

To transition from an “order taker” to a strategic partner, start acting the part today.

 

In the second of three posts, Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Dick Handshaw talks about establishing your position as a strategic partner.

January 30, 2012
Conference Highlight: Tired of Taking Orders? Part I

Your function is to train, but in the minds of your co-workers and employers, you may be anything from an order taker to a strategic partner. In the end, that perception determines how effectively you can do your job.

 

In the first of three posts, Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Dick Handshaw talks about the transition from “order taker” to “strategic partner.” Check back for posts two and three February 1st and 3rd. 

November 23, 2011
Last Word: Remember When

Trainingmagazine graciously asked me to write the final Last Word column for 2011 in view of my 50-plus years as a training professional, my creation of the Four Levels of Evaluation, and my recent
retirement. Much has happened through these last 50 years.

By Don Kirkpatrick

Trainingmagazine graciously asked me to write the final Last Word column for 2011 in view of my
50-plus years as a training professional, my creation of the Four Levels of Evaluation, and my recent
retirement. Much has happened through these last 50 years.

July 25, 2011
Training Today: Father of the Four Levels Retires

After creating the Four Levels of Evaluationmore than 50 years ago, Don Kirkpatrick recently announced his retirement. His “swan song” took place the end of May in Orlando at the ASTD national conference when he conducted his final workshops on the four levels. He reminisces with Training about the evolution of the four levels.

After creating the Four Levels of Evaluation more than 50 years ago, Don Kirkpatrick recently announced his retirement. His “swan song” took place the end of May in Orlando at the ASTD national conference when he conducted his final workshops on the four levels. He reminisced with Training about the evolution of the four levels:

July 1, 2011
The Story of The Four Levels of Evaluation

Can you believe Don Kirkpatrick’s four articles on Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results were first printed in a trainingjournal more than 50 years ago? Immediately, they began to get the attention of training people. Some called them the “four levels,” while others named them the “Kirkpatrick Model” for evaluating training programs. Kirkpatrick actually had not called them either one.

By Don Kirkpatrick

Can you believe my four articles on Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results were printed in ASTD’s Training & Developmentjournal more than 50 years ago? Immediately, they began to get the attention of training people. Some called them the “four levels,” while others named them the “Kirkpatrick Model” for evaluating training programs.

I had not called them either one. They were based on my 1954 dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin and research I had done between 1954 and 1959.

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