Often legal learning lacks sufficient measuring of relevant indicators. This prevents optimization of the investments in learning. Disappointing for individuals (lecturer, learners) and for the organisation that bears the costs.
Chances are that a lot is wasted if one does not know how much resources are put into learning or what real benefits learning has brought. Relevant adaptation and improvement are impossible without measuring
Clients appreciate the value of investing in measuring teaching or learning efforts from beginning to the end. It allows for pinpointed improvement and saves a lot of money and frustration.
Distinghuish between measuring inputs and measuring outputs. Inputs often seem easier to measure: how many participants, classrooms, teacher salaries etc.? One step further measures other – more difficult to measure – indicators: lost working hours, adaptations required after learners return to their jobwith new skills, miscommunication and frustration of working with a mix of untrained colleagues etc.
Measuring training outputs is often felt to be much more difficult than measuring inputs. What to measure? Student feedback on the quality of learning, job implementation of the new skills, higher profit? Despite such indicators being easier to measure than thought, these measures are often ignored in legal learning. A professional fright of numbers might be a cause.
Therefore I was happy to see a that from this week a new MOOC: Statistics in Education for Mere Mortals starts. Such MOOC can surely help legal educational professionals in getting more value from their legal training. It helps them to get more familiar with the basic issues required for effective, efficient and motivating legal training.Do not miss it.