Learning Without Training
Jay Cross,
Internet Time,
Mar 06, 2012
Once upon a time many years ago I wrote that the way to evaluate learning is not to look at test scores or even grades or educational outcomes, but rather to more significant statistics - poverty and employment, health, criminality, and happiness. They are not only more reflective of whether learning actually occurred, they also reflect why we want learning to occur. Think of it as the add-on Kirkpatrick Level 5 for society as a whole. Having reviewed that, now consider this Jay Cross piece in the light of the criticisms of MOOCs being described by David Wiley (below; in his inimitable style Wiley of course could say he isn't making the criticisms, just bringing them up). There won't be any pre-test or post-test for the 'social business learning ecosystem', nor should there be. But companies know that this stuff relates to their bottom line. Or they should. As should society.
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