proposed carrot project learning-development process

MakingItHappenAnnualReport,December2015 AttachmentA,LearningDevelopmentProcess

ProposedCarrotProjectLearning-DevelopmentProcess

OfferedbyWillThalheimer,PhDversion1.0

StageofProcess Rationale–WhyImportanttodo? NotesonProcess1. CreateTentativeVisionofProject Needastartingpoint.

“Tentative”isgood,allowinginnovation/effectiveness

2. FormProjectTeam Needtohavefolkstodothework.

3. GatherListofCommonMistakesfromExpertsandfromTargetAudience.

Enablesthecreationofalearninginterventionthatfocusesonrealneeds.Goodtogetmanyinputs.

4. GatherListofSpecificSituationswhereFolksTypicallyMaketheseMistakes.

Wedon’twanttoteachjustprinciples.Wewanttoteachfolks

“WhatToDoWhen.”

5. LinktheSituationsandMistakes. Themistakesarelikelytohappenincertainsituations.Weshould

intentionallylinkthem.

6. DevelopEvaluationObjectives—Determiningspecificallyhowwewillmeasuresuccessintermsofbothlearningandapplication.

It’simportanttostartwithaclearsetofmetricsforhowwe’llknowourlevelofsuccess.Wewanttohaveseparatemeasuresforlearning

(whetherourlearnerscanmakegooddecisions)andforapplication

(whetherourlearnersareactuallyputtingtheirlearningintopractice.

7. DevelopInstructionalObjectives,answeringthequestion,“Whatdoyouwantyourlearnerstobeabletodo,andinwhatsituationsdoyouwantthemtodothosethings?”

Thefocusshouldbeonperformance,notknowledgesomuch…

Thiswillmakeformorerelevantand

moreengagingtraining.

8. DevelopEvaluationInstruments. Forexample,developscenario-basedquestionsthatcanmeasuredecision-makingskill(andknowledge)pretestandposttest.Also,developsurveyquestionstomeasurelevelofapplicationofthelearning.

9. CreateDesignforPilotSeminar,afterbrainstormingalternativedeliverymechanisms/methods.

Helpfultoconsideroptions.

Helpfultouseapilotmethodology.

10. GetFeedbackonInitialDesignfromcriticalstakeholders. Goodtogetfeedback.

11. Pilottheseminarwithasmallrepresentativesampleofthetargetaudience.Piloteverything,

Rapidprototypingandpilotingareconsideredbestpracticesbecause

theyenablebetterfeedback.

MakingItHappenAnnualReport,December2015 AttachmentA,LearningDevelopmentProcess

includingthepretests,posttests,after-trainingsurveys,etc.

12. ImprovetheSeminar. Yes!

13. RollouttheSeminarversion1.0 Success!!