Apparently, organisations conduct evaluations for specific L&D programmes only half the time. This is one of the interesting things we’ve found out from our survey of L&D professionals’ attitudes to evaluation. There’s still time to add your thoughts – please click on the link and let us know what you think about the ways we… Read More What do you think?
In the course of writing a book*, I’ve spent more time reading than writing. A few years ago I wrote a post which said: Everyone has an opinion; some will be informed opinions.Everyone can guess; some will be educated guesses. Opinionated, Andrew Jacobs, March 2020 Through the research for the book and the MASSIVE amount… Read More Everyone has an opinion
I’m pulling together a load of strands of work to produce learning material, workshop and a book about why evaluation fails and how we can do it differently. Yes, a book – hence the post about avoiding writing the other day. I’m really enjoying the opportunity to spend time wading through words and pulling them… Read More Fun, amusing and really REALLY hard
Looking at data around the effectiveness of learning, I’m always drawn to the point where people are asked how they felt the training/learning/event was and are asked to score it on a simple 1-6, or worse, 1-5 scale. How can you say what something is like when you don’t have a comparator? We could be… Read More How’s that?
I was reading an article over the weekend about the use of data in helping understand your learning offer, its engagement, and effectiveness. All good until I got to the part which which said that the point where people drop off is where they give up and need to be re-engaged. This feels wrong. Our… Read More Not quite what it says
Lost and Desperate 