EVALUATING TRAINING; TALENT DEVELOPMENT

You are just about to complete the last of the four Case Assignments in this class. Congratulations on preparing, section by section, a training project where you are applying the ADDIE model.

To start with evaluation, it is crucial to understand the overall process. The use of varied and multiple forms of evaluation throughout the design cycle is one of the most important processes for an instructional designer to employ. To that end, this first section of an evaluation section attempts to explain what evaluation is in terms of the varying types of evaluation, and the evaluation’s overarching relationship throughout the ADDIE model.

Evaluation is the process of determining whether or not the designed instruction meets its intended goals. In addition, evaluation helps to determine whether or not learners are able to transfer the skills and knowledge learned back into long-term changes in behavior and skills required. Evaluation also provides the opportunity for instructional designers to ensure stakeholders are in agreement that the developed instruction is meeting the organizational goals.

When a new program has been endorsed and accepted by an organization, there emerges the need for an evaluation.