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ADDIE: Relic or Still Relevant?
Prior to starting the MATD program at Roosevelt, most of my training and organizational experiences came from someone at work saying, “Hey, we need this. Can you do it?”. Therefore, I’m constantly...
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Training Superglue: Design elements that make learning stick
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...
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Infographics in Learning & Development
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...
View ArticleTraining Evaluation Series Part 1: Survey Design Basics
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...
View ArticleTraining Evaluation Series Part 2: Formative Assessment
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...
View ArticleTraining Evaluation Series Part 4: Measurement Tools from Scholarly Publications
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...
View ArticleFriendship: An Unexpected Benefit Of Training
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...
View ArticleWhy aren’t adult learners actively engaged in training?
Have you ever trained adult learners and noticed that after several minutes that they are looking at you with a blank stare? It is likely that such disengagement is due to overuse of lecturing. While I...
View ArticleTraining in the age of Google
By: Kathleen Iverson, Ph.D. The internet has created a generation of autodidactic learners–those who would rather “Google it” than rely on formal learning. Their favorite teachers are YouTube,...
View ArticleInstructional Design: Project Management’s Polar Identical Twin?
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...
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