3. Recall an occasion when someone tried to force some help on you. How did you
feel? How did you react? Based on your experience, what can you apply to the
delivery of learning initiatives within an organization?
On the occasion where I had someone attempting to force their help upon me made me angry and slightly offended. The way I reacted was irrational, but I did lash out. I can apply an etiquette way of learning initiatives; it wouldn't involve someone forcing help upon another. The reason I lashed out was because I feel that if I truly need help, I'll ask or if someone offers and I feel I need it, then I'll accept. The main thing is to convey tact toward that person in a way that doesn't embarrass or offends them. According to page 316 of our book it goes on to state that "interested parties" should be informed of programs or other availabilities; so if help is offered and someone declines, there is no reason to attempt to force help upon them.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Blog Post #10: Why Assess?
2. Let's assume that a learning and performance department completed a needs
assessment by identifying a group of employees who need to learn project
management skills. How would you go about identifying relevant evaluation
criteria?
According to the book in pages 308 to 309 the best way to go about identifying relevant evaluation criteria is to find the criteria that'll impact the most. I'd have a survey tool used to collect data to find out what they feel they know and don't know and then I'd induce brainstorming to anonymously see what they actually know. Stated in http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/5044_Davidson__Chapter_3.pdf the evaluative criteria can be explained in five checkpoints, "consumer, values, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, and comparative cost-effectiveness". These checkpoints are simplified uses to create a checklist of what's needed for identifying a relevant evaluation criteria. Consumer defines who will be impacted by the criteria. Values is determining what's needed, and where to get is. Process evaluation is determining if the criteria is sufficient. Outcome evaluation is determining whether the criteria has impacted the intended recipients and if it has been of value to the recipients. Comparative cost-effectiveness is determining the overall cost and compared to alternative uses, if it was a better choice.
According to the book in pages 308 to 309 the best way to go about identifying relevant evaluation criteria is to find the criteria that'll impact the most. I'd have a survey tool used to collect data to find out what they feel they know and don't know and then I'd induce brainstorming to anonymously see what they actually know. Stated in http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/5044_Davidson__Chapter_3.pdf the evaluative criteria can be explained in five checkpoints, "consumer, values, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, and comparative cost-effectiveness". These checkpoints are simplified uses to create a checklist of what's needed for identifying a relevant evaluation criteria. Consumer defines who will be impacted by the criteria. Values is determining what's needed, and where to get is. Process evaluation is determining if the criteria is sufficient. Outcome evaluation is determining whether the criteria has impacted the intended recipients and if it has been of value to the recipients. Comparative cost-effectiveness is determining the overall cost and compared to alternative uses, if it was a better choice.
Blog Post #9: Tech Watch/Wikipedia Reflection
The questions about the tech watch assignments are more on the lines of our point of view as we report on the technology. Are we supposed to be bias in favor of the technology that we are watching? I'm also wondering if it is okay for us to use the opinion of someone who has used the technology that we are watching? I believe that there are more than enough resources to summarize the status of the technology that we're watching. There hasn't been much activity lately except for the opinions of the users who seem to find certain flaws in the technology and so forth. I'm uncertain if there will be enough "up-to-date" content available to add to the Wikipedia page because, as I said, there hasn't been much activity lately. The only concern I have is the lack of relevant and current information on the technology.
Here are some of the sites we used for tracking our technology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_watch
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2013/02/12/pebble-smartwatch-review/1909319/
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