Partnered is one of the world’s
leading e-Learning providers with over 500 technical and end-user
courses. Technical courses cover topics like Oracle, Cisco, Novell
Networks and HTML; end-user courses include Microsoft Office,
Lotus Notes and soft skills like negotiation techniques, time
management and customer service.
Worldwide there are over 1.5mil learners taking our courses.
Sound instructional design is a guiding principle. By combining
hands-on exercises, simulations and relevant graphics, we've created
engaging and effective courses.
Although the tests before and after are not mandatory, many
learners take them. Many take the pre-test because the system
creates a custom learning path based on the test results. Learners
take the post-test to get a final score to prove they have mastered
the subject. Taking the pre-test does not help in taking the post-test,
because the questions are randomly generated each time.
Hundreds of thousands of events (courses and tests) take place
each year. But the most meaningful data comes from triple events
- where learners take the pre-test, complete the course and take
the post-test.
All our courses have a corresponding skills assessment test based
on the learning objectives of the course. Learners can simply
take the course without taking any tests, or they can take a skills
assessment test before and after the course .
The second example is known as a ‘triple event.’
The Proof Because learners take the courses and tests on servers
our servers, it is possible to
analyze events across the entire population. We analyzes test
results on a regular basis to determine how effective the courses
are and how to improve them.
The table on this page shows the results for many of the important
technical and enduser courses. The first column is the name of
the course topic.
Next is the number of ‘triple events’ that have taken
place. This is followed by the average score before and after
the course, along with the absolute point gain and percentage
gain.
Results for certified courses (marked 4) such as Microsoft Office
are particularly meaningful, because the vendor – not us–
sets the learning objectives that are tested.
The total number of learners taking each course in conjunction
with the associated tests is significant and represents a statistically
valid sample in most cases. The overall average score across all
courses for the pre-test (for all triple events) was 62.6%; the
average post-test score 78.8%. This results in an average absolute
point gain of 16.2 and a percentage gain of 26%.
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