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Designing Instruction: Meeting with the SME.
Cram, David D. – Performance and Instruction, 1981
Provides six rules for an instructional technologist (IT) to follow when meeting with a subject matter expert (SME) to aid in starting the meeting, asking the right questions, and keeping the meeting on track. (CHC)
Descriptors: Consultants, Guidelines, Instructional Development, Interviews
The Productive Executive: Top Ten Time Tips.
Starr, Linda – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Presents 10 time management strategies to help administrators save time. The strategies discussed include lists, deadlines, work delegation, skill development, teamwork, flexibility, avoiding interruptions and procrastination, converting waiting or traveling time into productive time, and use of forms. (MBR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Check Lists, Efficiency, Guidelines
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
How to Improve Performance with Better Data.
Brown, Mark G. – Performance and Instruction, 1989
Describes a performance technology approach to paperwork reduction for managers that looks at information as a stimulus designed to prompt or initiate a desired behavior or response from the reader. Guidelines for improving performance through the use of information that serves as directions or feedback are given. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavioral Objectives, Feedback, Guidelines
Estimating Training Effort/Costs: A Follow-Up "Final Report"--Part 2.
Mikos, Roseann; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1987
This article presents guidelines designed to assist instructional developers in improving their performance in workload estimates for prospective training development projects. Also provided is a description of an instructional systems development model for estimating, which includes front end analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Conferences, Cost Estimates, Guidelines, Improvement
The Card Sort: A Tool for Determining Clients' Goals.
Leitzman, David F.; Sisakhti, Gholam-Reza – Performance and Instruction, 1981
A technique that consultants may use to help their clients define, value, and assess goals, the card sort may be used to establish goals for systematic designs addressing instructional, individual, or organizational problems. Examples illustrate its use and three references are listed. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Consultants, Content Analysis
Analysis Techniques for Management Skills.
Murray-Hicks, Margo – Performance and Instruction, 1981
Provides an overview of purpose, procedures, and products for the manager of management training and development and for managers who wish to take responsibility for improving the cost-effectiveness of upgrading their own skills. Twelve references are listed. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavioral Objectives, Costs, Evaluation Methods
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