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Elton Daddow is Commercial & Training Director at GingrTech and has been working in the field of Higher Education for over 20 years, 13 of which were spent in Higher and Further Education partnership roles at FTSE100 Pearson in the UK through their digital transformation journey from print publisher to becoming the leading digital content and assessment provider in the education sector.
Elton is passionate about embedding technology-enhanced learning solutions and initiatives into teaching and learning strategy to support broad strategic goals for higher education providers and was selected 5 times to join Pearson’s Leadership Council for outstanding achievers.
Insight
Putting Effectiveness into Experiential Learning
“This sounds great, but how do we know it is effective at embedding learnings into practical day to day work for our staff? How can we measure it?”
It’s an age old question we hear from our clients.
80%
of all learning through traditional methods is lost – unless revisited multiple times.
Conversations that we have with CEOs, Directors of Learning & Development and Organizational Development across all industries, sectors and countries nearly always conclude that there are multiple benefits from embedding business simulations into programmes of learning and development. But how do we make sure what we do is truly effective?
The important questions that arise from discussions invariably include the following:
“How can we ensure that the training will surface and address the organizational challenges we’ve identified?”
“How can we measure the effectiveness of the training?”
“How will we know that the learnings are embedded into workplace environments?”
And these are all entireley valid questions.
If we focus on positive feedback from participants as sole aim, and woolly, intangible benefits, was it worth the time and financial investment for the client?
It has been proven that bringing groups together solves complexity faster and increases the cognitive load that cen be handled at any one time. But it’s imperative to understand what the many varying objectives of the training are, and how the learning will be applied, embedded and measured in the working world effectively after a simulation gameplay has ended.
Efficacy vs Effectiveneslton is passionate about embedding technology-enhanced learning solutions and initiatives into teaching and learning strategy to support broad strategic goals for higher education providers and was selected 5 times to join Pearson’s Leadership Council for outstanding achievers.