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Impact is a theme we circle back to again and again on the Leading Learning Podcast because we believe that any learning business needs to create impact for the learners and other stakeholders it serves. And measurement and evaluation are critical for knowing if we’re creating impact and for showing that impact. Dr. Alaina Szlachta …
The average learning business does a lot. Add what a learning business could or should do to what it already does, and the list of possibilities is overwhelming. This episode of the Leading Learning Podcast focuses on four often-overlooked areas where we think investing more time and energy will pay off for learning businesses: supporting …
Developing effective learning products should be a central goal of all learning businesses, and one way to gauge effectiveness and then refine learning products is with learner surveys. In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, co-host Jeff Cobb talks with a true expert in the domains of learner surveys and learning effectiveness: Dr. Will …
Too often learning businesses think too much about the end product without considering all the phases in the learning product lifecycle. By focusing too much on the end result, there’s a missed opportunity in producing the best product possible. In this fourth episode in our informal series on tools for learning businesses, we highlight the …
Learning science uses evidence-based practice to support learning, and evaluation plays a critical role in providing that evidence by revealing its true impact. To help us unpack how evaluations should inform decisions about learning, we spoke with Dr. Robert Brinkerhoff and Dr. Daniela Schroeter, co-directors of the Brinkerhoff Evaluation Institute (BEI). Rob is an internationally …
With another year almost behind us, we find it’s always important to reflect back on everything that has happened and set our sights on what’s to come. That’s why, for the fourth year in a row, we are revealing key trends and developments that impacted the business of lifelong learning in the current year as …
To support learning in our rapidly changing, complex world, organizational leaders need to be innovative and work together to develop new ideas. The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) recognizes this need and has acted as an incubator for new ideas in a range of areas, including professional education. As Chief Learning Director at ICPAS, Ralph Gaillard has supported the organization’s efforts …
As providers of lifelong learning, what is the single most important issue you need to be concerned with? The answer is one word: impact. Now, more than ever, it has become critical for organizations to be able to demonstrate that their offerings are actually having an impact on learners. Learning experiences need to create a …
Smile sheets (i.e., learner response forms, student reaction forms) are perhaps the most widely used tool in the learning industry for gathering feedback and attempting to assess the effectiveness of a learning event. The problem is, there is almost no correlation between smile sheets and learning results. The good news is that if we are …
