Most of the organizations spend considerable time in researching, developing and implementing online training courses. In this effectively evaluating the training program is the most important thing. Only through this evaluation the performance will be boosted justifying the investment.
1. Assessments.
There are different ways to get assessments including quizzes, exams and tests. This can be used to determine individual skills and information about whether the students are absorbing knowledge. This also helps in knowing which areas should be emphasized in the next session and what areas need to be concentrated. If majority of students doesn’t pass through the assessment session then the strategies need to be improved.
2. Tracking the Course
Tracking a particular employees job performance and data related to each training session can be useful in recruiting efficient people in future. It also helps in giving suggestions for improving the progress of the employee. Also what areas in the module of the course offers more friction in learning can be reduced in the curriculum.
3. Surveys and Polls.
This will offer an insight into the strengths and weakness of the online training strategy that is followed. It is better to ask for how the session was just after finishing it to get real time data. This will also give an opportunity to get opinion about the training module.
4. Measurable Goals.
Improving the performance of the employee as well as the improvement in business are the primary concerns for every online training strategy. Because of this it is necessary to track the goals effectively. Along with this what all behaviours do you want to improve can also be tracked.
5. Application of Knowledge
Only when a student applies knowledge the result will be visible and the effectiveness can only be known then. This can be done through evaluation procedures like tests and asking to perform certain tasks.
6. Satisfaction of the Learner
If those who have participated are not satisfied then there will not be any use of the course. Only a student who is satisfied will be be able to participate in next sessions also. This will give an idea of the retention rate of the students participating in the program.
7. Focusing on Groups
While there are several advantages of focusing on groups than individuals the depth of valuable feedback will vary accordingly. Also general opinions about the training course can easily obtained through feedback process.
Along with these motivating the students is also important in the case of successful training session.
