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Hmmm, I still don't get it! What's wrong with good information and a good presentation?
If you are having a hard time wrapping your head around this, here are two questions to think about: What are most learners doing during your organizations training?
If your answer is sitting and listening and reading slides–we'd say that's about 33% right and only about the sitting part! Who is listening? The 3 people that happily volunteer to respond to your questions are certainly listening. The others are likely not processing the words and messages though and may be nominally listening. Finally, even if they are listening, this action doesn't improve skills very well according to research. Sorry, listening isn't doing! It’s what learners DO in training that matters! |
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My testing at the end of the session says the training worked!
Most evaluations and knowledge checks are ineffective at changing on the job performance, according to research. Testing, or knowledge-checks and evaluations do verify that they retained some information and that they did/did not enjoy the session or trainer. A meaningful evaluation of effectiveness usually requires more than a pop quiz (declarative knowledge), and a reaction sheet at the end of the session. And what about "learning styles"? This concept is true, but relates to information and knowledge. *Performance* on the other hand is not correlated to individual learning styles it turns out....ask me why! |
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