Unhappy Sheets, Part Two (Haunted by Feedback)

In my previous post (Unhappy Sheets) I gave two good reasons for sticking with the much-maligned Level 1 evaluation forms. But it’s true that Happy Sheets don’t tell you much about actual learning.  I accept that’s a strong logical reason for wanting to see the back of them. However, I have a hunch there’s a psychological reason as well.  There isContinue

Unhappy Sheets, Part One

“Happy Sheets” have been given a violent battering over the years by otherwise peaceful L&D folk.  Otherwise known as Level 1 reaction sheets on the Kirkpatrick evaluation model, they were recently nominated by learning professionals at #LearningLive to go into “Room 101”. I understand they were saved, not by a last-minute burst of pity, but by an evenContinue

Thank you HumbleMechanic – just in time

My summer holiday made me think about the difference between Just in Case and Just in Time learning. Specifically, looking at the flat tyre on a Volkswagen Golf parked in a side street in Split, Croatia, on my own and 1,500 miles from the nearest Green Flag van made me wish that, at some point in my life, I’dContinue