Employee educational records have historically been captured on paper and kept in employee personnel files at the unit level. Some challenges presented by this method are the reliability of records, the challenge to produce official reports for regulatory agencies, and ... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Career Development , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Keeping a results-based evaluation and ROI process on track is one of biggest implementation challenges for evaluation professionals. In many ways, it's equivalent to training for a marathon. You start small with manageable goals, stretch your muscles, change your habit... More »

Learning & Development

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Why do we conduct an evaluation of a learning experience? Many times, we do not use the information or only give it a cursory review. Are there real benefits to conducting training evaluations? Some of the purposes for conducting evaluation include: To build relationshi... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Intermediate-level Content , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

There are seven golden rules that hold the key to constructing workable and accurate ROI calculations. They are: Everyone starts from a different place. Benefits need to be calculated in financial terms. It is your business case. Estimate conservatively. Everything has ... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Intermediate-level Content , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Among the many features that an LMS contains, chats and forums are perhaps the most underused and under appreciated. Yet, academia has long used discussion as the best way to build community and promote learning. So can you, by leveraging the power of chat in your LMS. ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Measuring and Evaluating , Mobile Learning , Students , Training and Development - General