Training Evaluation Forms

Hi Sion, just a couple of questions if I may: what type of training are we talking about? Soft skills? IT? Health and safety? What has prompted the review within your organisation? What is the objective? What is not being achieved through your evaluation forms currently? Presumably you're hoping to design some suitable 'happy sheets' immediately after training?
Also, you may like to check out a copy of Francis and Roland Bee's book "Learning needs analysis and evaluation" as I found it very useful when designing effective evaluation forms.

Hi Sion, just a couple of questions if I may: what type of training are we talking about? Soft skills? IT? Health and safety? What has prompted the review within your organisation? What is the objective? What is not being achieved through your evaluation forms currently? Presumably you're hoping to design some suitable 'happy sheets' immediately after training?
Also, you may like to check out a copy of Francis and Roland Bee's book "Learning needs analysis and evaluation" as I found it very useful when designing effective evaluation forms.

The book mentioned by Clare Marie probably underlines that 'happy sheets' compiled in the warm glow of the day of the event might and often do differ very markedly from evaluation responses made some time after the event, in the cold light of hindsight / reality as regards the extent to which the participants were able to put it to use in their own workplaces

Hi Clare

Many thanks for your response and recommendations.

I've picked up the book you suggested, and have had a quick look at it over the holiday period - many thanks for that.

Our evaluation forms are generic for all types of training, and ideally we would continue with this format, though I do like the suggestion in the book of asking respondents to rate each learning outcome.

We recently held a development meeting within our HR service, and the general feeling is the current evaluation sheets do not provide a full picture of whether or not the training provided is truly beneficial to the individuals - too much emphasis is put on the facilities and domestic arrangements by the respondents rather than the actual training received - though this may be a cultural issue more than the quality of our evaluation forms.

Thanks again for your input.

Regards,
Sion.

You are correct David, I have come across that section within the book outlining that there should be an evaluation further down the line by either the learner or their direct manager on how beneficial the training has proven to be.

Thanks for your insight.