S02 Ep04 - Challenges in Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual Learning Interventions

09/28/20 • 48 min

Virtual learning of all kinds is proliferating and is everywhere around us. It has been there for a while but has moved relatively slowly in terms of uptake. The pandemic is getting organizations to re-think how they could create better blends in learning interventions. Measuring effectiveness is a key subject to tackle, especially as historically learning measurement has always been debated and challenged by business.

What challenges are seen in virtual learning measurement and effectiveness? How are these different from those applicable for traditional learning?
What different experiments have companies or teams tried in this regard? And what has worked or not?
What is seen as the next step in measuring learning effectiveness - link to job performance? Aspects of succession, career management, skill portability?
What measurements would apply to individual learners and what would apply to cohorts/teams and organizations? How does one link these and weave them together?

What challenges are seen in virtual learning measurement and effectiveness? How are these different from those applicable for traditional learning?
What different experiments have companies or teams tried in this regard? And what has worked or not?
What is seen as the next step in measuring learning effectiveness - link to job performance? Aspects of succession, career management, skill portability?
What measurements would apply to individual learners and what would apply to cohorts/teams and organizations? How does one link these and weave them together?

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S02 Ep03 - Improving Inclusiveness of Virtual Learning Interventions

Diversity and inclusion is an extremely important agenda for almost all companies today, for a variety of reasons. In the learning area, this is still to become a mainstream topic of discussion and debate.

Are companies providing equal opportunities to learners from all backgrounds and with different challenges?
What biases can potentially creep in while designing a learning agenda for a diverse company, and what are the watch outs?
What kinds of things are companies doing to make inclusion and accessibility almost a given in learning journey design?
There special initiatives needed for learning design for differently abled or less privileged by education, language etc. even though they may bring relevant skills to the table. How can organizations start linking learning to talent management and careers to create a more integrated picture and an equal world?

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S02 Ep05 - Creating a Self-Driven Culture for Virtual Learning

There is a push for digital culture and virtual learning as a part of it. In fact, going digital has been on the agenda of companies for a while now. There is though a wide gap still between those that have adopted virtual, and those that have not—both at individual learner level as well as at the organizational level.

How does one build mindsets in organizations that become a self driven engine in this regard?
What experiments have organizations tried, or trying - and what has worked, or not?
What will it take leaders to help drive the culture, especially in economies and companies where there is one way dependent relationship between the employee and the employer?
What nudges are being built within HR systems which can help further encourage the self reliant learning culture among employees?