Learning analytics in academia: the problems and pitfalls of collecting learner data
Learning analytics is useful, but proceed with caution.
Learning innovations: firing up your measurement capability
How can you ensure that your learners’ on-the-job behaviours have been improved by their training?
Why we may not be doing learning analytics
Previously I wrote an article about the challenges with learning analytics (you can read it here). With this article I want to continue along that line but I also want to start a new series which focuses more on the technical side of learning analytics. I believe the reason why most of us may not be […]
Why learning analytics may be challenging
Let’s be clear, learning and development analytics is just data analytics applied to learning and development data. It really isn’t that different to using data analytics in other fields. So as a reminder data analytics is the process of answering questions, solving problems and making better decisions with data. Therefore learning and development analytics is […]
Sales Training
Hi, does anyone know what a sales funtion would spends on the following: – Sales Certification per person annually – Learning and development per person annually We are trying to make a business case and would be great to have some benchmark data. Many thanks, Andrew Hi, does anyone know what a sales funtion would […]
Measuring L&D impact: a realistic approach in a VUCA climate
Since 1954 when Dr Donald Kirkpatrick first published ideas leading to the Kirkpatrick Model used by many learning and development professionals, considerable effort has been invested in measuring the effectiveness of L&D initiatives. We now live and work in a dynamic and ever-changing world. It’s a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. Businesses now […]
Analytics Step 2 – Which data and from where
I have been writing about the learning analytics process by using a simple example to demonstrate how it works. The Senior Leadership Team of XL Support (a fictional company) wants to know the company’s compliance levels for statutory mandatory training across the organisation. In a previous post (which you can read here) we started out […]
Analytics Step 1 – Defining the question
In my previous article (you can read it here) I wrote about using a simple example to demonstrate the learning analytics process. The task is for a Head of L&D to report back on training compliance to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of the organisation. The ficticious organisation is called XL, a provider of mental […]
Start with the low hanging fruit for analytics
Any learning and development team can have good quality learning and development analytics, it just depends on how you look at it. My view is that you should always start with the data you have. Don’t bother right now if you are not using XAPI or other more sophisticated data analytics, focus on what you […]
Learning and Development Analytics
I have written a number of posts on learning & development analytics and what I’m writing in this post is sort of a summary of what i have written before. I have read a number of articles and posts about learning and development analytics and I do find a lot of what is written confusing […]
Learning analytics: why we need synergistic skills
In part five of a six-part series, Trish Uhl – Founder, Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum – looks at how and why L&D professionals need to adapt their skillset to make learning analytics work. Implementing an effective workplace learning analytics practice requires the right mindset, the right skillset and the right toolset. In an earlier […]
How to develop a learning culture for young talent
How can we best develop young employees? This new research on the development of early talent from the Institute of Student Employers shares key insights. Young people can be one of the greatest resources for employers. When you bring young talent into your organisation you’re gaining access to new ideas, enthusiasm and the latest skills from the education […]
Learning analytics: how to be more strategic in your use of data
In part four of a six-part series Trish Uhl argues that learning and development professionals today are awash with data – the challenge, however, is how to access and use it effectively. We talk a lot about the discipline of workplace learning analytics – but what about the data that fuels it? Collecting the right […]
Machine learning
How does a total beginner start to learn machine learning if they have some knowledge of programming languages? How does a total beginner start to learn machine learning if they have some knowledge of programming languages?
Deep Learning
How influential is the deep learning trend on applied machine learning? How influential is the deep learning trend on applied machine learning?
Having learning impact, not just showing it
According to early findings from the Learning Impact research study there are three things that are preventing organisations from reshaping their learning measurement strategy. Are any of these actions holding your business back? One of the most common questions we get from companies we advise is, “How can our learning function show impact?” But the […]
Do we always need learning analytics – or is gut instinct a valid approach?
Learning analytics is essential to assessing the impact of L&D solutions on the performance of both learners and the business. But is there a time and a place for going with gut instinct too? In my opinion, before any major learning programmes take place, data should be collected to inform any decisions about the actions that […]
Let’s welcome a new dawn of behavioural learning analytics
With the rise of learning experience platforms, L&D teams will be able to measure and assess the behaviour of employees as they progress through their learning journey, taking learning analytics to a whole new level. Like it or not, the L&D sector is not where it should be when it comes to proving its worth […]
Learning analytics: why it’s time to look at the bigger picture
If L&D is going to embrace 2019 as the ‘year of data’, practitioners need to take a step back and look at learning analytics more strategically to reap the results the industry is hoping for. Learning analytics. There’s no doubt that it’s a big talking point in L&D at the moment. In fact, it may […]
Data-driven L&D: how learning analytics can enhance the employee experience
Learning and development professionals have a lot to contribute when it comes to improving employee experience and, in particular, they are best placed to make use of all the data organisations have at their fingertips. One of the hallmarks of the digital transformation of modern business is the ability to deliver a rich, personalised user […]
