proposed carrot project learning-development process
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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.