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Neon Elephant Award 2007 to Sharon Shrock and Bill Coscarelli

I'd like to announce the winners of the 2007 Neon Elephant Award, given this year to Sharon Shrock and Bill Coscarelli for advocating against the use of memorization-level questions in learning measurement and for the use of authentic assessment items, including scenario-based questions, simulations, and real-world skills tests.

The Neon Elephant Award is awarded to a person, team, or organization exemplifying enlightenment, integrity, and innovation in the field of workplace learning and performance. Announced on the day of the winter solstice—the day of the year when the northern hemisphere turns away from darkness toward the light and hope of warmer days to come—the Neon Elephant Award honors those who have truly changed the way we think about the practice of learning and performance improvement. Award winners are selected for demonstrated success in pushing the field forward in significant paradigm-altering ways while maintaining the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.

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Neon Elephant Award 2007 Coming Soon

Starting in 2006, Work-Learning Research offered the learning-and-performance community the Neon Elephant award to celebrate and honor an effort of extraordinary importance to our industry. Last year's honor went to Cal Wick of the Fort Hill Company for his work pushing the field toward true training transfer, leading the development of a tool that supports transfer (Friday 5's), and writing a book (The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning...) to highlight these ideas and insights.

This year's award will once again be announced on the day of the Winter Solstice, to honor someone whose truly extraordinary work has helped bring light to our field.

Stay tuned...