Training Evaluation is a mystery yet unresolved. What is it that defines training effectiveness? How practical is the Kirkpatrick Model of Training Evaluation? or… does it all boil down to this? Conclusion: A training is successful when all your objectives…
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Froth Experiments with Learner Motivation.
Froth and her cat meet Sloth for lunch. So though Froth’s program managed the first three parameters of the ARCS Model of Learner Motivation, it failed to Satisfy the learners…or so thinks Britney, the cat.
The IDEAL – Topic: The Algo-Heuristic Method
The Algo-Heuristic Theory or the Algorithmic – Heuristic Theory defines three types of instructional rules. Descriptive rules – describe what the process is. Prescriptive rules – describe what should be done. Permissive rules – provide alternatives to the prescriptive rules.…
e-learning for Corporate Skill-building – The Challenges
In the previous post “e-learning for Corporate Skill-building – The Possibilities”, we discussed the advantages of using e-learning in organizations. However, the corporate implementation of e-learning presents the management with certain challenges. Let us look at some of these challenges…
Sloth & Froth Comics – Teamwork Training and Decision-making.
Sloth is found on the bank of a river – bound and unconscious… Morale of the Story: Every once in a while, you’ll bump into an audience that is smarter than you are.
e-learning for Corporate Skill-building – The Possibilities
We all know that in the long run e-learning is less expensive. It is less expensive because of the following reasons: Multiple Roll-Outs No Distribution Costs Reduced Trainer Time Reduced Trainee Time Standardization of Quality I accept it, you accept…
The IDEAL – Topic: Criterion Referenced Instruction (CRI)
Criterion-referenced instruction is built around the premise that a learner should be able to fulfill the criterion of meeting the learning objective. So it focuses upon designing a training program or a course in a way that it enables all…
Comic Strip/Cartoon – Sloth & Froth – Sloth attends an awesome Train-the-Trainer Program, but…
Sloth has returned from an intensive Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program on “How to Design Effective Trainings for a Diverse Audience.” He appears to be a happy, satisfied learner. The question is – is he? ID/Training Terminology Used in the Comic Strip:…
Flash Fiction – Coffeebeans’ Dilemma – A Micro-story about the Challenges of Behaviorism
Why won’t she learn, wondered Coffeebeans. I must’ve gone wrong somewhere. She sat down to think some more. Froth, the woman who had adopted her, appeared to be nice. She cared for her. She fed her the best food, and…
Corporate e-Learning – Mythology, Ideology, and Reality
The last two decades saw many organizations jump on the e-learning bandwagon expecting that it would help set them on a fast track towards their goal of training cost reduction. We all know that training departments have traditionally been seen…