#GuildChat Preview: Tracking and Measurement of Learning and Performance

Join us for #GuildChat Friday October 3rd at 11am PT / 2pm ET. The chat topic for this week is Tracking/Measuring Learning and Performance.

Measuring the effectiveness of learning programs has been a topic of interest in our industry for decades. At the same time, the conversation has not evolved greatly from where it was decades earlier. In this week’s GuildChat, we explore why our industry struggles with this idea of measurement, and we ponder if the time is finally right for us to make a change in this area.

Here are the questions currently scheduled to be posed during the chat:

• What types of data do you collect to measure learning and performance?
• What types of data would you like to be collecting to measure learning and performance?
• What processes and/or technologies are you currently using to measure learning and performance?
• What would you do if data conflicts with your gut feelings on something? Why?
• Why do you think L&D struggles to measure performance?
• What resources do you use to educate yourself on data, analytics, and measurement?

Interested in learning more about Tracking, Data, and Measurement? Here are some resources to take advantage of:

• xAPI—What It Is and Why It Matters Guild Research Report
• Mobile Learning Requires New Thinking in Measurement by Chad Udell
• Nuts and Bolts: What You Measure Is What You Get by Jane Bozarth
• Need Help with the xAPI? Come to DevLearn! by Aaron Silvers
• eLearning Guild Research: How Should We Measure Training’s Value? Not ROI. by Patti Shank
• The xAPI and the LMS: What Does the Future Hold? by Steve Foreman
• Show me the ROI! by Conrad Gottfredson

If you’re interested in taking a deep-dive into data and analytics, consider joining us for the Spotlight on xAPI events being held at the DevLearn Conference and Expo in October. We’ll be holding an open competition called xAPI Hyperdrive, in which innovative projects leveraging xAPI will be shared, and xAPI in Practice, a track at the conference showcasing how organizations are leveraging xAPI. For more details, visit the Spotlight on xAPI page of the DevLearn website..