Lies About E-Learning

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Elliott Masie

Adding the letter "e" in front of any term triggers an avalanche of lies. For example: Email has made our organization so much more productive, or e-commerce will be the end of stores. The letter "e" brings a dot.com hyper-enthusiasm and hyper-cynicism to any process. T... More »

5 and A Half Steps To Evaluation Success

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Martin Schmalenbach

What do we mean by evaluation success? Chances are the definitions will change over time, and from situation to situation. There are some common definitions out there, however. Success with evaluation does not mean that the training or learning activity being evaluated ... More »

Measures To Consider When Evaluating Training ROI

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Martin Schmalenbach

People often ask questions, such as, "What kinds of metrics are most commonly used to measure ROI?" There then follows discussions on the kinds of measures used, or that shouldn't be used, and sometimes the conversation goes off track and conflict brakes out. While peop... More »

How Blended Learning Changes What We Do

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Allison Rossett

ASTDs 2005 State of the Industry report is positive about blended learning. Though efficiency gains continued to be realized by e-learning itself, many BEST (entities winning ASTD awards) organizations attribute efficiency gains to the blending of e-learning with the ot... More »

Review: Morae

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Jon Aleckson

Product Information CD-ROM TechSmith Corporation 517.381.2300 www.techsmith.com $1298 Training departments often overlook an important component of e-learning development: usability testing, specifically, pre-release testing. Even though good design is user centered and... More »