The E-Learning Guild asked its members the most important reasons for measuring results. The top 3 reasons from all industries were:
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Provided the learners with information/feedback (38.3%)
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Meet organizational requirements for our learning program (37.8%)
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Meet regulatory demands or certification standards (29.2%)
The healthcare industry by contrast did not care as much about providing learners with information/feedback--they were much more focused on legal compliance. Is this the nature of compliance training? Is there a better way? Does it help to achieve true compliance if all the learner is doing is passing a quick test to meet some legal requirement without truly understanding and absorbing the material. Doesn't it just cause legal issues further down the road?
http://www.elearningguild.net/research/?p=64