tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post8986051807009618127..comments2024-03-16T02:39:39.781-07:00Comments on eLearning Technology: ROI and Metrics in eLearningTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-80121732008429662102010-01-27T15:50:59.941-08:002010-01-27T15:50:59.941-08:00You have provided some great resources here for RO...You have provided some great resources here for ROI and Metrics in eLearning. <br />The ROI on elearning can be expressed in many different ways and each measurement will be distinct to each company, but at the end of the day eLearning saves money over traditional learning.Cheryl McNeilhttp://gclearningservices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-52208495443565674242007-10-22T16:34:00.000-07:002007-10-22T16:34:00.000-07:00Hi Tony, By now you probably received my email on ...Hi Tony, <BR/><BR/>By now you probably received my email on the Micro-Learning Impacts. http://vftstation.vftdev.com/~vftlps/tp/learning_impacts_1007a.pdf<BR/><BR/>Any thoughts on this?<BR/><BR/>Raytesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976515789787697863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-18857431270472459232007-10-17T22:25:00.000-07:002007-10-17T22:25:00.000-07:00Tony, I have plowed this ground for a long time an...Tony, I have plowed this ground for a long time and have concluded that it's more productive to talk about business results than to quibble about whether ROI is the appropriate means to measure them.<BR/><BR/>I have just posted a scan of Chapter 3 of Informal Learning that does precisely that. It's at http://tinyurl.com/34cczx<BR/><BR/>The ongoing blather about whether informal learning is 80% or 60% or 40% is not a big deal to me. Obviously, the ratio depends on the context. The fact is that informal learning is a lot more important than we've thought, and learning professionals that overlook it do their employers a disservice.<BR/><BR/>One cadre of nitpickers is trying to throw out the baby with the bath water, quoting me as saying I made up the cost allocation figures. I would describe it as informed judgment rather than make-believe, but again the point is not 3-place accuracy, it's that most organizations spend precious little budget or mind-share on informal learning compared to formal, to the detriment of the bottom line.<BR/><BR/>I don't have much patience for the people who say they haven't read my book but they know it's wrong. Geez!<BR/><BR/>As for the argument that some guy I never heard of made up the 80/20 proportion out of whole cloth and therefore it's wrong..., the critic should get a life. I'll post some sources at informl.com in a few days.<BR/><BR/>There's work to be done in measuring the impact of informal learning, but this semantic claptrap and faux-statistics get in the way of carrying it out.<BR/><BR/>How much should we invest in informal learning? Where? I'd like to be able to say more than "more." It's currently tough to take it much further than that.jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-14971884216733148722007-10-17T10:43:00.000-07:002007-10-17T10:43:00.000-07:00Tony,I thought you would like to know that next we...Tony,<BR/><BR/>I thought you would like to know that next week The eLearning Guild will be publishing a major report on Measuring e-Learning Success (it will probably come in around 350 pages or so).<BR/><BR/>I've been working closely with Will Thalheimer, Sharon Shrock, Bill Coscarelli, Brent Schlenker, Jim Ong, Roy Pollock, Allison Rossett, and Maggie Martinez. We're looking both at the micro level (e.g., does the assessment we just built really measure learning?) and the macro level (do we have quantitative measures that show that our learning interventions benefit the company?)<BR/><BR/>I'll keep you posted.<BR/><BR/>SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-31102614133076605392007-10-17T07:01:00.000-07:002007-10-17T07:01:00.000-07:00Tony, Thanks for putting the links in del.icio.us....Tony, Thanks for putting the links in del.icio.us. I started doing it, but got sidetracked. Now I have them all. LeeLee Kraushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767549116709995105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-87534784626380263012007-10-16T15:02:00.000-07:002007-10-16T15:02:00.000-07:00Tony,Great links. I certainly appreciate them. I...Tony,<BR/><BR/>Great links. I certainly appreciate them. I also look forward to reading your article based on your research. Can you give us a heads up on where it will be so we can be looking for it?<BR/><BR/>BenBenjamin Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637850219807592885noreply@blogger.com