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Instructional Design: Project Management’s Polar Identical Twin?

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Kathleen Iverson 22 comments

Learning solutions can be complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Sadly, many align poorly with organizational objectives and fail to deliver expected performance improvements. This is why the ATD Capability Model encourages instructional design professionals to build project management skills to ensure that instructional interventions achieve the desired learning or behavioral outcomes. According to the Project Management Institute project management is the application

The Checklist: A simple requirement for success

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Kathleen Iverson 36 comments

Before they take off, even the most seasoned pilots are required to use a pre-flight checklist. In his book Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande applied this process to surgery and found that 80% of the doctors found the practice beneficial and in many cases, there was a rection in error. The book’s main point is simple: no matter how expert you

Training Evaluation Series Part 4: Measurement Tools from Scholarly Publications

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Kathleen Iverson 7 comments

Last week, in the post, “Measuring Intangible Benefits,” you were introduced to strategies to locate tests that allow you to quantify the intangible outcomes of training by using the Mental Measurements Yearbook. As you will find, the “Yearbook” reviews commercially available tests, but there are many other tests in published research studies. The best database available to locate tests is PsychTests,

Training Evaluation Series Part 3: Measuring Intangible Benefits

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Kathleen Iverson 27 comments

When considering the word “intangible” terms like ethereal, ghostly, spectral, unearthly and supernatural come to mind. Not exactly how we think of the efficient and grounded process of calculating the return on investment (ROI) of training. In the Phillips ROI Methodology (see diagram below), intangible benefits are those that not readily converted to a monetary value; outcomes that are difficult

Training Evaluation Series Part 2: Formative Assessment

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Kathleen Iverson 25 comments

Few words elicit a more immediate and visceral response than the word “test.” That’s because, in most educational settings, we have testing all wrong. Often, tests are s a primary measure of success and in some instances can have lifelong ramifications—like the ACT and SAT—on one’s future. The same holds true for training evaluation. We often focus on summative evaluation

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Infographics in Learning & Development

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Kathleen Iverson 23 comments

Information graphics or infographics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge that convey ideas in a complete visual snapshot, like the one to the right that describes a survey of instructional designers. Infographics gained popularity in news media and became so enmeshed that a new field of study, data journalism, evolved. There are also many reasons to use infographics in learning environments.

Training Superglue: Design elements that make learning stick

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Kathleen Iverson 68 comments

Are the following statements about learning true or false? The best way to learn from a textbook is to read it over and over. Learning material is retained if it is easy. Practicing a skill over and over leads to successful performance. Creativity is more important than knowledge. Testing is an ineffective learning tool. You might be surprised when you check

Content Curation: A mostly curated blog post

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Vince Cyboran 4 comments

Back in the day—and by that, I mean 2012—there were rumblings about “curation” or “content curation” within the T&D world. For example, David Kelly wrote a brilliant blog post about it for ATD (then, ASTD). Some T&D practitioners may have dismissed this topic as simply e-Knowledge Management (KM); that is, more stuff with better tools. After all, even backer

Trust, But Verify: Why Editing your own Work is a Must

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Kathleen Iverson 15 comments

By Vince Cyboran, Ed.D. Imagine that you are writing an article about T&D consulting contracts. As you work, the phrase “Trust, but verify” pops into your head. It is, after all, an apt quote. And, if you are like countless others who can remember events of the 1980’s, the phrase is vaguely familiar. But because you want to attribute this

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Training at the Movies Part 1: What can Patrick Swayze teach us about manners?

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Eric 8 comments

BY ERIC HAHN Roosevelt Training and Development Graduate assistant As cases of alleged police brutality garner media attention and ignite protests around the country, it is no surprise that some municipalities have been reassessing how they train law enforcement workers. However, a surprise did come via Larry Celona and Bruce Golding’s February 24 New York Post article about the NYPD

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