Capturing non-formal learning-related data
Over the last month or so, I have been investigating approaches to evaluating non-formal learning in organizations.
This is the methodology I use to collect data on non-formal learning programs:
- Phase I: Distribute learning readiness surveys among stakeholders to capture a high-level organizational view of awareness and penetration within the organization
- Phase II: Capture quantitative data on as many discrete non-formal learning interventions as you can, preferably over a period of 6-12 weeks.
- Phase III: Distribute questionnaires to gather data from as wide a sample as you can from the population of organization employees who participated in the non-formal learning program.
- Phase IV: Conduct long-form (60-minute) follow-up face-to-face semi-structured interviews with all members of the Phase III cohort.
This four-phase approach uses both the qualitative and quantitative methods of data gathering I have outlined in my current series of blog posts, which investigate the subject of evaluating non-formal learning.
More next time…
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August 04 2010 03:30 pm | e-learning
