Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation

Liz Miles, Johnson & Johnson

How do you sell e-Learning as a method of achieving regulatory training compliance?  How do you make the case for e-Learning in order to engage stakeholders in the process? How do you guarantee that e-Learning will deliver on its promises to be better, faster, cheaper? Elizabeth Miles, Johnson & Johnson’s Worldwide Manager of Safety Learning & Development, will present her “real-world” answers to these essential questions by discussing the overall process Johnson & Johnson Safety & Industrial Hygiene used to assist stakeholders start down the road to e-Learning, Liz will take you through their decision making process, review their selection criteria, show you the results of their pilot study, discuss their business case, and  share the outcome of their efforts.
 

Blended Learning for Employee Training: Influencing Factors and Important Considerations

Doris Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Georgianna Frenzelas, M.Ed., and Charles Anders, M. Ed.

Blended learning is the “blending” and “balancing” of all the aspects of the two major modalities: face-to-face, instructor-led instruction and e-learning. Its purpose in employee training is to have these two modalities build on each other, rather than treating each other as mutually exclusive, in order to achieve better training results. This presentation will first explain each of these two modalities in details, discuss advantages and limitations of each modality and introduce examples of successful blended learning used in corporations. This presentation will continue to address influencing factors and important considerations of blended learning while providing suggestions for its effective design.
 

Adult Learners, Self Directed Learners, e-Learners … Are they One and the Same?
Jan  Zacharjasz, CAEL, Project Director,  (Center for Adult Experiential Learning)

Take a look at the latest research on adult learning, and discover why many adult learners are naturals for e-learning … with the right kind of support.  During this interactive session, we’ll discuss how to increase the acceptance and success of your e-learning programs with the right preparation and practices grounded in effective adult learning principles. 
 

Creating a Mixed Learning Environment

Steve Hart, Federal Reserve Bank

A Distance/e-Learning case study, presented by the ePEP (Electronic Professional Education Program of the Federal Reserve Bank) provides blended learning training solutions for business units throughout the Federal Reserve. ePEP representatives will share their approach to blended learning and model the role and responsibilities of the blended learning facilitator. 
 

Building a Successful Learning Architecture and Implementing it at a Functional Level
Gary Del Vecchio, Associate Director, e-Learning and Gervasio Tomás Ramírez, Learning Architect, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Included in this interactive case study discussion will be: the essential elements needed to achieve BMS’s learning architecture, such as a foundational technical infrastructure, an enterprise-wide LMS -implementation, an instructional design and reusable learning object strategy, meta-data and content

repository design, and the importance of enterprise-wide collaboration in all e-Learning efforts

This session will explore a case study that will show how Virtual Classroom technology was usedto implement training on a global basis. As part of the case study we will show implementation steps for Virtual Classroom training roll-out.

Knowledge Management & Capturing Intellectual Capital
David Bill, Towers Perrin

This session will investigate the strategic approach to Knowledge Management including strategies for developing and capturing intellectual capital, leveraging that capital, dissemination and maintaining the currency of that knowledge. Session will address both the human and technical issues.

Don't let the title scare you-even you non-techies will appreciate the tips and techniques featured in this session! That infamous conundrum surfaces again: Can you really reduce the amount of time it takes to develop an online course without simultaneously reducing its instructional quality? Armed with XML tags and an ever-growing library of HTML and Flash templates, Barrie sets out to shed some new light on this old enigma.

Affordable Learning Simulations
Todd Cameron, M. Ed. & Kerry Kaczorowski, M. Ed., Vertex Inc.

Training simulations don't have to be expensive. With inexpensive tools and resources on hand, you can create engaging, interactive, and effective training simulations that teach learners more from context than content. See examples of inexpensive simulations and learn how to be resourceful and economical in your approach to designing simulations.

Building Your e-Learning Strategy

Paul Bejgrowicz, Senior Manager, eLearning Specialist Technical Training, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Learn what is included from the training perspective to bring a product to market. Topics include: establishing relationships with executive leadership, exec pal presentation, sharing key ROI factors and benefits, defining an implementation strategy, goal linkage and outcome evaluation among others.

What do you get when you have a project team of 20 people representing 9 business areas, an external vendor, new technology, funding cutbacks, and high expectations for a blended learning program? The answer: a great case study! Come "under-the-hood" and learn how Merck: - decides on an instructional design approach for a blended new manager curriculum; - manages the project plan for concurrent development of 6 WBTs, 12 virtual classroom seminars, 4 classroom days, 1 simulation, and 18 on-the-job guided activities; implements the entire project and avoids the pitfalls.

Nothing is easy during an e-learning project! Whether it is an incorrectly worded Statement of Work, poor communications, differing expectations or "design creep", things derail a project. Learn how to identify and overcome the stumbling blocks of a project; how to get a derailed project back online; and, how to maintain your own sanity during a project.

Driving e-Learning Across the Enterprise
John Constantine, Director, Global Learning Support Projects & Services Improvement, GlaxoSmithKline

Launched your Learning Management System?  Have dozens/hundreds of courses in the catalog?  Great content?  Then why are there so few enrollments outside of Instructor-Led Training?  This workshop will explore ways to bring eLearning alive within your organization.

Using Performance Metrics to Enhance Learning to Optimize Return on Human Capital Investment
Dick Beatty, CEO of Brandywine Consulting Group

During this session you will learn how to: diagnose and pinpoint least competent organizational units, diagnose specific causes of low organizational competence, implement corrective HR strategy and measure its effectiveness, use quantitative techniques to identify & prioritize training needs, measure the effectiveness of a training program, compare, measure and select the most effective training programs, use high-performer competency models to fully integrate HR processes and use "gap management" as the basis for enhancing overall organizational productivity and increasing profits