(set: $eff to 5)
(set: $qual to 5)
(set: $quant to 5)
(set: $cost to 5)
(set: $comm to 5)Welcome to Learning Design Academy!
You've just conducted an expensive //educational workshop// on complicated Learning Design principles for LDA and your supervisor is asking you to ensure the workshop was successful
Using Kirkpatrick's model, you will conduct an evalation process (by clicking on the links)
Be sure to balance ''Efficiency'', ''Qualitative Robustness'', ''Quantitative Robustness'', ''Cost Effectiveness'', ''Community Engagement''
[[Begin the Evaluation->Level 1]]The workshop is over. How will you measure the learners' immediate reaction?
(link: "Distribute a digital 'Smile Sheet' survey")[
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff + 2)))
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual - 2)))
(goto: "Level 2")
]
(link: "Conduct 10-minute focus groups")[
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual + 2)))
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff - 2)))
(goto: "Level 2")
]
How will you prove knowledge transfer occurred?
(link: "Automatically Email out a Mandatory Multiple Choice Quiz") [
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant + 2)))
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff + 1)))
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm -3)))
(goto: "Level 3")
]
(link: "Peer-to-Peer Teaching Session") [
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm + 2)))
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual + 1)))
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff - 3)))
(goto: "Level 3")
]
(link: "Open-Book Case Study") [
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual + 2)))
(set: $cost to (min: 10, (max: 0, $cost - 2)))
(goto: "Level 3")
]Three months later, how do you verify they are using the skills on the job?
(link: "Direct Manager Observations") [
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual + 2)))
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm + 1)))
(goto: "Level 4")
]
(link: "Automated Workflow Logs") [
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff + 3)))
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant + 2)))
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm - 5)))
(goto: "Level 4")
]
(link: "Self-Reported Surveys") [
(set: $cost to (min: 10, (max: 0, $cost + 2)))
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant - 2)))
(goto: "Level 4")
]
(link: "Secret Shopper / Mystery Audit") [
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant + 3)))
(set: $cost to (min: 10, (max: 0, $cost - 3)))
(goto: "Level 4")
]The CEO demands proof of ROI. This is your final move. Choose wisely.
(link: "The Financial ROI Report") [
(set: $cost to (min: 10, (max: 0, $cost + 3)))
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant + 2)))
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm - 3)))
(goto: "Final Results")
]
(link: "The Cultural Impact Storybook") [
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm + 3)))
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual + 3)))
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff - 2)))
(goto: "Final Results")
]
(link: "The External Benchmarking Audit") [
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant + 3)))
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff - 1)))
(set: $cost to (min: 10, (max: 0, $cost - 2)))
(goto: "Final Results")
]
(link: "The Long-term Retention Analysis") [
(set: $eff to (min: 10, (max: 0, $eff + 2)))
(set: $quant to (min: 10, (max: 0, $quant + 2)))
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual - 1)))
(goto: "Final Results")
]
(link: "The Cross-Departmental Town Hall") [
(set: $comm to (min: 10, (max: 0, $comm + 4)))
(set: $cost to (min: 10, (max: 0, $cost - 3)))
(set: $qual to (min: 10, (max: 0, $qual + 1)))
(goto: "Final Results")
]{
(set: $maxVal to (max: $eff, $qual, $quant, $cost, $comm))
(set: $minVal to (min: $eff, $qual, $quant, $cost, $comm))
(set: $topStats to (a:))
(if: $eff is $maxVal or is $maxVal-1)[(set: $topStats to it + (a: "Efficiency"))]
(if: $qual is $maxVal or is $maxVal-1)[(set: $topStats to it + (a: "Qualitative Robustness"))]
(if: $quant is $maxVal or is $maxVal-1)[(set: $topStats to it + (a: "Quantitative Robustness"))]
(if: $cost is $maxVal or is $maxVal-1)[(set: $topStats to it + (a: "Cost Effectiveness"))]
(if: $comm is $maxVal or is $maxVal-1)[(set: $topStats to it + (a: "Community Engagement"))]
(set: $bottomStat to "")
(if: $eff is $minVal)[(set: $bottomStat to "Efficiency")]
(else-if: $qual is $minVal)[(set: $bottomStat to "Qualitative Robustness")]
(else-if: $quant is $minVal)[(set: $bottomStat to "Quantitative Robustness")]
(else-if: $cost is $minVal)[(set: $bottomStat to "Cost Effectiveness")]
(else-if: $comm is $minVal)[(set: $bottomStat to "Community Engagement")]
}
The Strength:
(if: $topStats contains "Efficiency" and $topStats contains "Quantitative Robustness")[
You are a Data Streamliner. You’ve built a high-speed machine that produces hard numbers with minimal friction. You likely lean heavily on Kirkpatrick Level 2 and 3 automated tracking.
]
(else-if: $topStats contains "Qualitative Robustness" and $topStats contains "Community Engagement")[
You are a Cultural Anthropologist. To you, evaluation is about the "human story." You prioritize the sentiment and behavioral shifts that numbers often miss.
]
(else-if: $topStats contains "Cost Effectiveness" and $topStats contains "Efficiency")[
You are a Lean Auditor. You provide the maximum possible insight for the minimum possible spend. You are a CFO's best friend.
]
(else:)[
You are a Hybrid Evaluator. You have a diverse mix of priorities, balancing the "hard" data with the "soft" human elements of the Kirkpatrick model.
]
The "Watch Out" (Your Blindspot)
Primary Blindspot: (print: $bottomStat)
"Your strategy is strong, but because $bottomStat is your lowest metric, your evaluation might suffer from..."
(if: $bottomStat is "Efficiency")["...Bureaucratic Bloat. It takes so long to get results that the training might be irrelevant by the time you report on it."]
(if: $bottomStat is "Qualitative Robustness")["...The Human Gap. You have numbers, but you don't know why people are feeling or acting the way they are."]
(if: $bottomStat is "Quantitative Robustness")["...An Inability to Scale. Your insights are beautiful but may be dismissed by leadership as 'anecdotal' rather than scientific."]
(if: $bottomStat is "Cost Effectiveness")["...Budget Exhaustion. Your evaluation process is so expensive it might actually be eating into the training budget itself."]
(if: $bottomStat is "Community Engagement")["...Siloed Insight. You are gathering great data, but your learners and stakeholders feel like subjects in an experiment rather than partners in a journey."]
Final Stats Are:
Efficiency
(print: '<progress value="' + (text: $eff) + '" max="10", style="accent-color: yellow; background-"></progress>') $eff
Qualitative Robustness
(print: '<progress value="' + (text: $qual) + '" max="10", style="accent-color: green"></progress>') $qual
Qualitative Robustness
(print: '<progress value="' + (text: $quant) + '" max="10", style="accent-color: navy"></progress>') $quant
Cost Effectiveness
(print: '<progress value="' + (text: $cost) + '" max="10", style="accent-color: orange"></progress>') $cost
Community Engagement
(print: '<progress value="' + (text: $comm) + '" max="10", style="accent-color: pink"></progress>') $comm