S02 Ep04 - Challenges in Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual Learning Interventions

Virtual learning of all kinds is proliferating and is everywhere around us. It has been there for a while but has moved relatively slowly in terms of uptake. The pandemic is getting organizations to re-think how they could create better blends in learning interventions. Measuring effectiveness is a key subject to tackle, especially as historically learning measurement has always been debated and challenged by business.

• What challenges are seen in virtual learning measurement and effectiveness? How are these different from those applicable for traditional learning?
• What different experiments have companies or teams tried in this regard? And what has worked or not?
• What is seen as the next step in measuring learning effectiveness - link to job performance? Aspects of succession, career management, skill portability?
• What measurements would apply to individual learners and what would apply to cohorts/teams and organizations? How does one link these and weave them together?