LEADS, our in-house Learning Evaluation and Development Service, provides a fast, cost-effective and rigorous tool to evaluate the organisational impact of your training investment.
LEADS was developed in response to demand from training and HR professionals who were looking for an effective way to evaluate the value of the training investment in Open University courses. As a learning evaluation tool it not only enables you to undertake training evaluation as an organisation, it also allows you to build capacity as a result.Our training evaluation service will enable you to examine:
- How learned knowledge has been applied to workplace practices
- What resulting changes and improvements have been implemented
- How useful the educational programme was
- How effective educational and workplace support systems are
- How successive groups of students on professional development programmes compare
The results can be used to:
- Justify your training investment
- Explore the relationship between workplace support systems and knowledge application
- Identify and enhance beneficial support systems in order to leverage new knowledge entering the organisation and remove barriers to learning
- Improve return on educational investment
Unlike traditional training evaluation methods, LEADS is:
- A cost effective, timely and efficient method of evaluating the impact of training investment within an organisation
- A standard tool adaptable to most organisational circumstances
- Scalable over time, across groups of students and throughout an organisation based on innovative research at the OU
- Elegantly constructed around multi-perspective, multi-respondent questionnaires
- A service that can add considerable organisational value to professional development
The scope of LEADS training evaluation
“The reports that you have produced are invaluable for us especially in terms of selling the courses to other participants. For example, ensuring that line manager support is strong as this was a clear indicator of success on the course.”
Training officer in a central government department
Training officer in a central government department
“Course materials were extensive and accessible and had a diversity that meant the students enjoyed using them. We have found that the greatest impact on practice was where staff have closely followed the study topics and completed the activities in the workplace setting.”
Clair Drury, Asquith Nurseries
Clair Drury, Asquith Nurseries
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