In a world without objectives, here’s how the conversations might sound in a learning and development department . . . “Unsure where to start. We did team building last year. Maybe a humor workshop for this year?” “Everyone’s buzzing about scenario-based eLearning. It seems our competition has embraced it, but how would it benefit us?” “Planning a robust training for
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By: Shanae Mitchell, MATD, Guest Author Introduction For many Millennials, people born between 1981 and 1996, staying at a company long-term is not on a list of career aspirations. In fact, almost half, or 49%, according to Forbes (Friedman, 2022), are looking to leave within two years. Gone are the days of company loyalty and being a ‘company person.’ These
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By Guest Author Kaelyn Schulz In our “New Normal,” remote and hybrid work from home is here to stay, which means we will continue to use technology to connect with clients and colleagues in our post-pandemic world. As we embrace an online workspace, we also have a new co-worker, Videoconferencing Fatigue, a.k.a Zoom Fatigue. What is Zoom Fatigue? While Zoom
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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
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When ASTD (now ATD) rolled out its first competency model back in 2004, it gave the profession of training a unified, research-based guide to the skills and knowledge required in our field. The nine Areas of Expertise in the Model guided our MATD curriculum and ensured that we were teaching our students the “right stuff” needed for success in their
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We remapped our curriculum to the current ATD capability model to ensure that our students develop essential skills required for success in the industry. The Rationale for Curriculum Revision This revision will realign our curriculum with the current Association for Talent Development (ATD; formerly ASTD) Competency Model. The ATD Competency Model is the standard for professional skill identification and certification
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We often think of training as solely a learning endeavor, but educational events can also serve as opportunities to build new relationships. Whether delivered online or in the classroom, learning experiences–when designed with an eye on socialization–bring people together in ways that typical networking or social events cannot. Learners and instructors have a shared frame of reference (the course content)
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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,
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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
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This fall RU Training will offer a series of articles addressing advanced topics in training evaluation. I hope that these posts will benefit our current students and our alumni. This series assumes a basic knowledge of both Kirkpatrick’s Model and Phillip’s ROI Methodology. The first article addresses survey design basics. Surveys are an essential tool throughout the training process. Before
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