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Learning Design Inspiration — From A Comic Strip

I was asked the other day what influences my learning experience design process. Naturally I answered with “anything that creates and promotes a positive experience!” Easy, right? But when you really think about it, how can we collectively create a positive experience for a large and diverse audience? I think the Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 5 yearsOctober 30, 2017 ago
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By Amy Schouten, 5 years ago
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Evaluation in the Digital Space

Evaluation models seem to focus heavily on traditional learning and development, when training is done face to face in a classroom like setting. But with the explosion of social and mobile learning, LMS systems and other eLearning methods, where does evaluation fit? What if ALL of your training and development Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsApril 21, 2017 ago
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ROI or ROE?

There seems to be a lot of confusion over which model is best -I would argue it depends on your organization’s culture, the business model and strategic planning process..and who controls the purse strings. ROE  I feel can be a tough sell to many parts of the business – but Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsApril 9, 2017 ago
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Kirkpatrick Levels of Evaluation

There is a lot out there on the 4 levels of Evaluation – I find this infographic from http://elearninginfographics.com/kirkpatricks-levels-evaluation-infographic/  best represents Kirkpatricks’ New World Model  – it also goes into Phillips level 5, and offers suggestions on evaluation strategies that could be implemented.

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsMarch 27, 2017 ago
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ADDIE for Digital Learning

ADDIE is the standard, yes, but I am not a fan of the model.  I prefer Hibbits and Travin ( a new find) but I designed in SAM/AGILE for years – it seems to support the IT world better, and was the standard project flow for the entire business. Yes, Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsMarch 20, 2017 ago
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A Great Book on Recall – How to Tackle Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

I was given a copy of this book recently, and have devoured it!  It walks through the brain science of why we forget – mostly due to bad study habits, and how to recall information – to Make it Stick.  Approachable and relatable examples are used to present hard data Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsMarch 20, 2017 ago
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Lovely Infographics on Evaluation Models

This is a little gem of website:  https://magic.piktochart.com/embed/1993702-evaluation-models It has some great little diagrams for Kirkpatrick, Scrivens and Brinkerhoff, but I like the Phillips one the best – it helped cement the ROI process in my mind as a path to follow with specific metrics to gather:  

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsMarch 18, 2017 ago
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Anderson’s Value of Learning Model: How to Determine Stage 3

Anderson’s model of Evaluation is very high level – or ‘big picture’, and targets the organization as a whole. This is critical if you want to foster a culture of evaluation in L&D and when you target the organization as a whole you can create a cycle of evaluation. So Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsMarch 18, 2017 ago
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Formative vs Summative Assessments

As I was looking for some tips specific for workplace learning I came across this article:  http://evaluationfocus.com/formative-summative-assessment-an-explanation/ A tip on how to remember the distinction between the two: Formative = “…‘formative informs”.  The idea is that I am informed about how the trainee is performing at various stages of the training….The Read more…

By Amy Schouten, 6 yearsMarch 14, 2017 ago

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