A training that I’ve found especially beneficial was the training courses that I had to complete to become a Home Care Worker. As we learned in this week’s lecture 2, for training to be effective, “it’s important that training be reliable and valid” (Swift, 2023). Reliable training is training that has consistent results, and valid training produces good predictions of post-training performance (Swift, 2023). The Home Care training courses were both reliable and valid, when predicting my success in the role. The results were consistent among the other Home Care Workers that I’ve met, and thus reliable. My reaction to the training was positive, and the quizzes I had to take maintained my learning. My analysis is also that my performance was good after the training, especially since I received plenty of positive feedback. Finally, the results of the training are a bit difficult to analyze as that would likely be done by the case manager.
On the other hand, an ineffective training from my life would be some of the training I did while completing my first internship role. The training was some national-level emergency safety training, but due to its style and structure, I feel like I didn’t get much out of it. The training consisted of several modules, with quizzes in between each section. Though the quizzes helped me stay focused on the learning, the sheer volume of information that was packed into each module resulted in a lot of that learning material not sticking around for very long. Finally, when conducting a cost-benefit analysis, the results are that this training was not worth the cost of my time, and focus.
Works Cited:
Swift, M. (2023). W6 Lecture 2 – Evaluating Training Effectiveness [PowerPoint slides]. College of Business. Oregon State University.
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