There is little more magnificent in a training than a wall full of contributions from participants. Ideas, drawings, photos, numbers, events, questions, data, and thoughts – it always warms my heart when I know a group collaborated to record, create, share, and discuss what is offered there.
Although there are many reasons for sharing collaborative thinking visually, the collective sharing of a timeline of events is one that intrigues me.
Self-Paced, On-Demand, Asynchronous — Evaluating Learning When You’re Not There
Collecting evidence of learning, transfer and impact are challenging enough in the best of situations. When individuals take a training on-demand and on their own time, it may seem quite impossible. There may be no learning cohort, nobody tracking their progress or knowing when they are finished. So, how can we evaluate?
Getting Some Juice from the Data Chart
Numbers have a whole world of information beneath them. Making decisions on numbers alone can get you into trouble. At a recent meeting to evaluate and adapt the pilot of a six-week online course, my colleague Jeanette Romkema and I shared the numbers about level of...




