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This article is most notable for an *excellent* graphical description of how to integrate all four levels of the Kirkpatrick levels of evaluation into an overall training plan. The article focuses on integration of the four levels of training with each other to optimize training, and discusses using the training model backwards, i.e. focusing on results first, before designing the training plan.

An article published by MindTools that describes each level of Kirkpatrick's Training Model and provides tips on how to apply the model.

Here's a good article on the Kirkpatrick 4-Level Training Model and how to apply the steps in practice.

Describes Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Training Evaluation Model and how to apply it

The original four levels of training evaluation created by Dr. Don Kirkpatrick in the 1950s have been clarified with the New World Kirkpatrick Model. Below is an outline of the updated Kirkpatrick Model of training evaluation with the original definitions and new explanations.

"The Evaluation Effectiveness of Training Courses in University by Kirkpatrick Model (Case Study: Islamshahr University) "

This overview of the training evaluation process is of particular value due to its exploration of the limitations of training evaluation (including Level 4 evaluation)

This article is a great primer specific to Kirkpatrick levels 3 and 4 and is a very simple explanation of how to work levels 3 and 4 into an overall training curriculum from the very beginning.

Take a look inside the Kirkpatrick book on the levels of evaluating training programs!

This article is an in-depth review of how the Kirkpatrick model can be adapted to help develop and assess training in higher education. It discusses all four levels of the model and assesses not only ways that the Kirkpatrick model can provide feedback to the educators, but also to the institutions of higher learning.

An article on applying the four levels in practice, with additional resources from a senior management consultant.

This website, from the University of Arizona, is a great resource for preceptors. It has everything from a sample syllabus and rotation calendar to helpful hints for preceptors. Also contains links to workshops about precepting.

This article, written by Jim Kirkpatrick (son of Donald Kirkpatrick), offers a modern-day look at the 'reaction sheets' used to evaluation customer or learner satisfaction. He offers insight on trainer vs. learner-centered reaction sheets in order to improve learner experiences.

Differentiates "learner centered" vs" trainer centered" evaluation questions

Don andJames Kirkpatrick's book assessing evaluations

level 2: learning

Every Thursday evening, 8:30 ET, 5:30 PT, there's a great fun live gathering on Twitter called #lrnchat. It's a fast free-for-all organized around a theme, like instructional design, virtual worlds, social learning, or e-learning myths, structured around 3 general questions. Topics will range from instructional design, training, education, etc. Begin by typing #lrnchat into the Twitter search box. If you'd like to get a look at who's likely to be there, and how the conversation will go, you can check out the transcripts. This a great way to be part of a discussion on an educational topic and great opportunity to build your network with other eLearning experts in the field...during the chat the live stream of tweets fly fast and furious!

This workshop handout looks specifically at higher education (specifically in the medical field) and helps to evaluate training design as targets both students as learners, as well as educators as learners. This is a great resource for helping to identify what kinds of level 4 outcomes might be tracked in higher level/medical education.

This article debunks some myths about the Kirkpatrick model and discusses evaluation tools/techniques that can be used to help operationalize evaluations including Level Four evaluations. The article discusses how the Kirkpatrick model is applicable to training in this day and age.