Two short BASK lists sit behind this unit: adult learning theories and goal-setting best practices. Know the expansions and know which list each item lives in.
VAK
- The BASK spells it out as visual / auditory / kinesthetic (VAK) learning styles, under adult learning theories.
- Not verbal, not kinetic, not training jargon like "hands-on" or "experiential". The three words are visual, auditory, kinesthetic.
Learning everywhere
- The learning everywhere model is the BASK adult learning theory that supports pushing development into the flow of daily work rather than confining it to scheduled classes. The name is the argument.
- Cost-benefit analysis is a needs analysis type, used to justify spend, not to say where learning happens.
- Action mapping and Bloom's taxonomy are instructional design models — action mapping is about designing toward performance, not about where learning occurs.
Goal-setting best practices
The BASK lists exactly two for L&D:
- Individual development plans
- SMART goals — specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-based
Distractors here are real BASK terms borrowed from neighbouring areas: stay-interview and recognition practices belong to Employee Engagement & Retention, onboarding approaches to Talent Acquisition.
Fixing a weak goal
A goal that reads "Get better at presenting to senior leaders this year" fails every SMART criterion. The most effective action is to coach the manager to rewrite the goal so it is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-based.
- Approving it as written leaves an unmeasurable goal in the plan.
- Replacing it with "attend a presentation course" substitutes an activity for a goal and presumes coursework is the answer.
- Sending an engagement survey abandons the development objective and measures something else.
Fix the goal itself; do not swap it for an activity.