AI@Work: AI for Learning Evaluation: What's Working, What's Risky (Thursday, November 12, 2026)

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ISPI SoCal Presents: AI@Work Seminar
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST

AI for Learning Evaluation: What's Working, What's Risky

Will Thalheimer, Ph.D.

68% of L&D professionals say their teams can't do the learning evaluation they want to do. Only 19% rate their learner surveys as providing "very good" data. Our evaluation practices have a problem — and now AI is entering the picture. The GROWLE 2026 research finds 45% of organizations are already using AI for evaluation, but a real worry has emerged: are we adopting AI before our underlying practices are mature enough to use it well? Could AI make our evaluation problems worse rather than better?

About the Speaker

Will Thalheimer, PhD, MBA, Consultant, Speaker, Researcher at Work-Learning Research. Will is a world-renowned thought leader focused on research-based practices for learning, work performance, presentations, and evaluation—and an advocate for learning professionals. Through Work-Learning Research (WorkLearning.com), Will empowers organizations to build maximally effective learning-and-performance solutions and strategies. Will wrote the award-winning book Performance-Focused Learner Surveys (second edition) and The CEO’s Guide to Training, eLearning & Work: Empowering Learning for a Competitive Advantage. Will created LTEM, the Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model, and conducts popular workshops like the LTEM Boot Camp. He co-created The Learning Development Accelerator and the eLearning Manifesto.

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AI@Work: AI for Learning Evaluation: What's Working, What's Risky (Thursday, November 12, 2026)

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