Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. In the traditional classroom, the teacher lectures for the majority of the class time, gives an assignment, and students usually have very limited or no time at all to work on the assignment in class where the help is - while the teacher is present. The flipped classroom is conducted in nearly the opposite fashion. In the flipped classroom, students are assigned … [Read more...]
Planning Training with a Bias Toward Scarcity
Shirley J. Caruso When planning training, the relationship between resources (people, time, and money) and budget can become rather complicated. This relationship can become even more complicated when resources are scarce. It is logical to assume that increased money resources enable investment of more people and time to the training project. Conversely, a limited budget seems to imply that less … [Read more...]
Assessing Training Effectiveness – The Legacy of Donald Kirkpatrick
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Donald Kirkpatrick (March 15, 1924 – May 9, 2014), Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and past president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), which is now known as Association for Talent Development (ATD), first published his Four-Level Training Evaluation Model in 1959, in the US Training and Development Journal. Assessing training … [Read more...]
Instructional Design Templates
The following templates are sample documents that already have some details of the instructional design process in place. These templates can be adapted to meet the needs of your training. Once the templates are completed, you can edit, save and manage the result as a Microsoft Word document. Project Description-Goal and Timeline Template (.DOC) This template includes a brief executive summary … [Read more...]
Learner, Context, and Task Analysis Templates
Learner Analysis A learner analysis is needed to identify the characteristics that affect trainee learning. The analysis includes information about learners' educational background, previous training/learning experiences, relevant work experiences, and motivation for training/learning. This information helps designers customize training for the intended audience. A learner analysis also … [Read more...]
Terminology for Human Resource Development (HRD) Professionals
Shirley J. Caruso Ability The capacity to perform an act, either innate or as the result of learning and practice. Ability Grouping Arrangement whereby students are assigned to groups on the basis of aptitude testing. Accelerated Learning Combining adult learning theory and whole brain learning theory in the learning environment to achieve a faster learning rate. Accuracy The degree of … [Read more...]
Training ROI Calculator
Download this tool Assessing Training Effectiveness Assessing training effectiveness often entails using the four-level model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick (1994). According to this model, training evaluation should always begin with reaction to the training (level one), and then, as time and budget allows, should move sequentially through learning, transfer, and results – levels two, three, … [Read more...]
Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
There are two key aspects of Jean Piaget's developmental theory. The first is the aspect of knowing and the second is the aspect of acquiring more knowledge. Piaget as a biologist was interested in how organisms adapt. According to Piaget, mental organizations or schemes, as he referred to them, control the behavior of an organism (Learning, 17th June 2008). He further defines the behavior of an … [Read more...]
Children and Adults Learn Differently
Child learning is built on the concept that children need to be fully guided on what they need to learn, how they will learn it and when it will be learned. “Pedagogy is the art and science of teaching children” (Knowles, 1984, p. 13). This type of learning promotes dependency of the learners on the educator or instructor. The counterpart of pedagogy is “Andragogy” which is “the art and science … [Read more...]
Ten Tips for Delivering Engaging Training Sessions to Adults
When delivering training sessions to adults take into consideration that adults often have many other concerns that they could be thinking about during this time. If they are not effectively engaged in your training session, they could “shut down” and direct their focus to those other concerns. Below are ten tips on maintaining effectively engaged adult learners: #1 – Start the Training … [Read more...]