2019 - 07 - 30 - Kirkpatricks Third Level Of Assessment

Today as I struggle with the oppressive heat I wanted to talk about the third level of the Kirkpatrick model which is "Behavior" and this level of evaluation has to do with what our participants DO when they return back to work. So it is important for instructional designers to remember to ask what the participants are expected to do when they get back to work and what the goals are and not just be "order takers" because this is the level of evaluation that we will most likely be judged by even if that judgment is informal and in the background. In order to be successful instructional designers need to watch for the critical behaviors, the keystone habits that make everything easier, and the drivers of these behaviors, or as Kirkpatrick refers to them as the "Required Drivers" such as rewards and consequences and management support on the job not in the classroom.