Assessing employee self-directed learning readiness. Betti's presentation is an overview of the process she used to establish a satellite corporate university including an e-learning lab at a remote Motorola location. The research piece includes discussion of a survey which was conducted at the site to assess employee learning readiness for e-learning. To ensure success with this new way of learning, it's important to assess learning readiness and give people tools to help facilitate the process . The presentation will look at some of the barriers to e-learning and how these need to be overcome for optimal learning to occur .
Organizations provide training in the hope of bringing about change of behavior in their employees.
This change takes place when employees commit to new behavior. Behavior which will lead to productivity and effectiveness in the workplace. Such commitment has its roots in participation which builds trust and relationships between individuals. Participation therefore is at the core of effective facilitation and training. My research entails in depth interviews with both facilitators and participants, who have independently given their opinions as to what facilitators do to encourage group members into full participation.