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Project Management: An Overview.
Greer, Michael – Performance and Instruction, 1988
This first in a series of articles on an instructional development project management model discusses the role of the project manager, and outlines the phases of the model that is used to meet training needs. Highlights include project planning, instructional development (including creating the materials), and followup (including evaluation). (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Instructional Development, Instructional Leadership, Material Development
An Analysis of the Roles and Use of Training Consultants.
Schoonmaker, William E. – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Examines results of a survey of corporations with fewer than 100 to over 10,000 employees to determine training consultant use. Survey questions covered the following topics: proportion of employees receiving formal training; material development; training staff; training types; methods used to locate consultants; and consultant fees and duration…
Descriptors: Consultants, Fees, Industrial Training, Information Sources
Managing Training Materials with Structured Text Design.
Streit, Les D.; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1986
Describes characteristics of structured text design; benefits of its use in training; benefits for developers of training materials and steps in preparing training materials. A case study illustrating how the structured text design process solved the sales training needs of the Mercedes-Benz Truck Company is presented. (MBR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Industry, Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement
Defining the "D" in ISD. Part 1: Task-General Instructional Methods.
Clark, Ruth Colvin – Performance and Instruction, 1986
The first of two articles designed to provide guidelines for the instructional development phase of instructional systems development focuses on general instructional methods supporting all instructional tasks. Teaching methods that support selective attention, processing in working memory, and connecting in long-term memory are described and…
Descriptors: Attention, Decision Making, Guidelines, Instructional Development
Designing Training Materials for Developing Countries.
Rosenweig, Fred – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Describes four training guides developed by the Water and Sanitation for Health Project for use in rural water supply and sanitation projects in developing countries, explains the development process, offers insights gained from the process, and presents five considerations for designing training in third world countries. (MBR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Instructional Design, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Plying Your Craft: Instructional Development and the Use of Heuristics.
Noel, Kent L.; Hewlett, Brent – Performance and Instruction, 1981
Examines an instructional systems design (ISD) model used by Bell Laboratories as an illustration of how heuristics can be brought to bear upon the design and development of instructional materials. Ten references are listed. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Guidelines, Instructional Development, Instructional Materials
Success Story Computer Managed Instruction Development.
Seyfer, Charline; Russell, James D. – Performance and Instruction, 1986
Describes Mountain Bell's Computer Managed Instruction Development project; how the computer is being used to develop any type of instruction, to assist with management of course development projects, and to direct training of course developers; project field trial goals and results; project benefits; and future project orientation. (MBR)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Costs, Decision Making, Efficiency