Another in the occasional series where I write about what annoys me about a topic. This time, learning evaluation.

• Stop telling people there’s a silver bullet. There isn’t.
• Completion does not equal learning.
• Satisfied does not equal learning
• Redesigned happy sheets make no difference. Honestly. They don’t.
• Learning is complex and complicated. To suggest evaluation is easy is dishonourable.
• You have to work with the wider organisation and business to make evaluation happen.
• Aim higher than just knowing how much ‘stuff’ people have done.
• Having an evaluation strategy is important. Not following it is meaningless.
• You can’t evaluate if you don’t understand how data and information work.
• Delivering learning activity with no understanding of its effect on the organisation is ethically wrong.

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