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Kaplan, Michael H.; Schwartz, Terry A. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1981
Community education (CE) is discussed as a process and program for community improvement. A three-dimensional dynamic program design called "The Cube," which serves as a model for CE evaluation, is presented. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Models, Needs Assessment
Foster, Badi G.; Wertz, Lana H. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1986
Describes how a major corporation adapted the prime-time television model to the workplace by using video to help create a more flexible, open culture conducive to change, innovation, and productivity. Discusses the series' objectives, the educational experience, the design method, lessons learned, and potential uses. (CT)
Descriptors: Innovation, Models, Organizational Climate, Productivity
Fidler, Judith; Loughran, David R. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1980
The British Columbia Telephone Company's systematic approach to curriculum development, which relies heavily on the needs assessment step, is described along with its practical applications. This process allows training departments to focus their resources on the design and implementation of education to solve specific performance problems and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Inplant Programs, Needs Assessment
Veres, Helen C. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1980
Gathering information is futile without implementation of programs based on the findings. Data from a single needs assessment study can provide useful information to decision makers at several levels. Studies of a general population of adults provide data for state, regional, and local continuing education practitioners. (CT)
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Data Collection
Giuliani, Betty – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1979
Some noncredit university continuing education programs are more readily subject to impact evaluation than most. Impact studies are reported for two such programs, one on governmental accounting and one on criminal justice. (CT)
Descriptors: Accounting, Continuing Education, Criminal Law, Higher Education
Means, Robert P. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1980
A comprehensive assessment and dissemination study is presented which can be used to design continuing education programs and services for constituents of a professional association that are based on data describing their personal and situational circumstances. In this report, community college libraries and learning resources centers are the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Learning Resources Centers
Langer, Victor – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1987
Describes a three-year project to design a program in high technology at Milwaukee Area Technical College. The school and 11 area industries collaborated in program design and implementation. The purpose of the program is to train or retrain high school graduates to install, operate, and maintain technological systems. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Simulation, Education Work Relationship, Electromechanical Technology