Thurs, September 19, 2013 __________________________________ 10:15 AM Assessments through the Learning Process Eric Shepherd, CEO, Questionmark Assessments play a vital role in measuring employees’ knowledge, skills and attitudes. Effective assessments also help organizations identify learning needs, manage talent, monitor performance and ensure regulatory compliance. This interactive presentation will explore the different types of assessments and explain their respective applications, with particular emphasis on how trainers and instructional designers can use surveys, quizzes, tests and exams to enhance the learning process. It will also examine the connection between organizational needs and quality assessment practices. __________________________________ 11:30Lunch and Networking
Thurs, September 19, 2013
Assessments play a vital role in measuring employees’ knowledge, skills and attitudes. Effective assessments also help organizations identify learning needs, manage talent, monitor performance and ensure regulatory compliance.
This interactive presentation will explore the different types of assessments and explain their respective applications, with particular emphasis on how trainers and instructional designers can use surveys, quizzes, tests and exams to enhance the learning process. It will also examine the connection between organizational needs and quality assessment practices.
__________________________________ 12:00 PM Translation of Text to Images
12:00 PM
Translation of Text to Images
Kaly Ruck, Xcelus
Question: If you had to write down everything you knew about Apollo 13 how would you remember the key points of the mission? A. Refer to a classroom textbook B. Review a newspaper article C. Recall the Tom Hanks movie Answer: C is selected 98% of the time because information is more powerful and easier to recall from visual memory. This session will include an open discussion and exercise to develop a persuasive training course to tap into the appeals and connect to the viewer’s emotions in a visually pleasing way. __________________________________
Question: If you had to write down everything you knew about Apollo 13 how would you remember the key points of the mission?
A. Refer to a classroom textbook B. Review a newspaper article C. Recall the Tom Hanks movie
Answer: C is selected 98% of the time because information is more powerful and easier to recall from visual memory.
This session will include an open discussion and exercise to develop a persuasive training course to tap into the appeals and connect to the viewer’s emotions in a visually pleasing way.
Nominate a colleague for the Thought Leader Award by September 1st. The award will be presented at the conference.