Needs Assessment
The process by which an organization's workplace learning needs are identified and articulated.
Needs Assessment
The number of levels in Kirkpatrick's Model.
Assess, Design, Implement, Evaluate.
ADImE Model
The classroom learning method that involves oral presentation of information by a subject matter expert.
Lecture
An essential feature of an effective learning objective, this feature says what a learned is expected to be able to do and/or produce to be considered competent.
Performance
Also known as Operation Analysis, this is a systematic collection of data about specific job or group of jobs used to determine what employees should be taught to achieve a goal.
Task Analysis
In expectancy theory, the value that an individual places upon a particular outcome.
Valence
Helps learners learn analytical and problem solving skills by presenting a story about people in an organization who are facing a problem.
Case study
An essential feature of an effective learning objective, this feature describes the important conditions under which performance is to occur.
Conditions
This method of task identification breaks down each task into three components; stimulus (cue), response (behavior), and feedback.
Stimulus-response-feedback method
Data provided by the individual involved in the training.
Self-report data.
An informal rule for appropriate behavior within a group.
Norm
Learners are presented with an organizational situatio, assigned a role or character in the situation and asked to act out the role with one or more other learners.
An essential feature an effective learning objective, this identifies the standards of acceptable performance by deciding how the learner will perform in order to be considered acceptable.
Criteria
Reveals who needs to be trained and what kind of training they need.
Person Analysis
Level that shows learning effort improved the organization's effectiveness, efficiencies, profitability or ability to better serve clients.
Results (Level 4)
Type of training that prepares the worker, presents the task, allows practice time and follows up.
Jon Instruction Training (JIT)
Learning method that involves an instructor as more of a facilitator in two-way communication with learners, and the learners in communication with each other.
Discussion
Data from this is useful for defining learning objectives because they identify the deficiencies or challenges to be addressed.
Research conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership on how executives develop, learn and change their careers provided the impetus for these.
Benchmarks
ROI (Return-on-Investment)
Analysis that compares training gain to training costs.
Utility Analysis
With regard to audiovisual media, these are fixed illustrations that use both words and images)
Static Media
Psychologist who defines the objective as a "description of a performance you want learners to be able to exhibit before you consider competent.
Robert Mager