Dave Boggs, CEO at SyberWorks, states, “This episode examines how the Validation &
Compliance Institute has developed the SyberWorks Hosted Learning Management
System to sell online FDA compliance training..”
"With some studies suggesting that just 10% to 40% of training is ever used on the job, it is clear that a big chunk of the tens of billions of dollars organizations spend annually on staff development is going down the drain."
The article suggests some steps to help reinforce training once it happens. These things can work whether its traditional classroom training or e-learning, so I thought they were worth a mention.
1) Putting it on paper. Write an action plan detailing how they were going to put what they learned into action.
2) Measuring the results. Performance assessments pre then post training say six weeks, then three months after.
3) Help from peers. Peer meetings of the training participants before, during, and after the training are helpful in getting employees to apply what they have learned.
4) Supportive superiors. Absolutely, I say. Superiors should be supportive of the training their people are receiving and help them to implement the changes necessary.
5) Access to experts. Article suggests letting employees have access to experts after the training to help them to implement what they have learned.
"Want to show that your elearning adds value? Tom Kuhlmann recently suggested these steps:
Meet your customer’s expectations
Align your projects to real measurable objectives
Control production costs
Measurable goals and controlled costs are vital. Of course, we also
want to meet our customer’s expectations–but are those expectations
always best for the business?
Sometimes we get the best results by challenging our customers’ expectations–in a helpful way, of course.
“Put this PowerPoint online and make it look slick. We need it in a week.”
"I remember someone recoiling at the idea of being a training
department. “You train dogs not people.” To that I always say, “Do
you want your surgeon to be well trained or well educated?”'
by Jane Kathryn Vella, Jim Burrow, Paula Berardinelli
Synopsis:"Applies principles and concepts of popular education to evaluation?a critical piece in program development and training with adults. Using real-life case studies, the book shows how the model works in a variety of settings to help trainers evaluate adult learning."
by Rengasamy Elango, Vijaya Kumar Gudep, and M. Selvam Majan University College, Sultanate of Oman Skyline College, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract:
e-Learning, of late, has been witnessing an unprecedented expansion as an opportunity for higher education. This expanding alternative mode calls for ensuring and imparting a sound and qualitative education. The present study made an attempt to investigate the issues related to the quality dimensions of e-learning. Our results revealed the presence of both strengths and weaknesses in the e-learning system. It is interesting to note, that the e-learners have expressed diverse opinions with regard to administrative issues, instruction materials, instructors’ support, viper sessions (VIPER, Voice Internet Protocol Extended Reach is a software which helps interactive learning through the Internet) , grading and assessment. The findings of the study further demonstrate that if the concept of e-learning is imparted with a better approach and perspective, the reach will be phenomenal. This study reiterates the relevance of imparting qualitative education through e- learning.
While its not particularly on e-Learning per say, here is a resource on how to develop student assessments and many of the concepts can be translated to an online context.
Gronlund (University of Illinois) offers a guide for testing and performance assessment. Although the book's emphasis is on achievement assessment, assessment is viewed as an integral part of all phases of the instructional process.......
This study investigated educational developers' on conducting assessment in Australian Universities when online components were introduced into courses or subjects...
"........This paper focuses on some new, advanced types of questions enabled by electronic assessment; it then compares paper-and-pencil exams to electronic exams; results from a small student poll on the electronic exams are also presented. Finally, the directions for planned future work are outlined."
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