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Direct linkDaisley, Richard J. – Performance Improvement, 2011
This article explores the feasibility of using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as a framework for instructor development in a professional services training environment. It explores the consistency of MBTI with common adult learning theory, addresses questions on MBTI's reliability and validity, and explores the applicability of MBTI to the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Adult Learning, Personality, Professional Services
Nathan, Edward P. – Performance Improvement, 2008
This article examines a number of issues regarding the leveraged use of global training within multinational organizations. Given a common purpose and using technology that may minimize cultural differences, is it possible for these organizations to overcome some of the cultural barriers to adult learning? In examining this concept, this article…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cultural Differences, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses
Peer reviewedDwyer, Dana K. – Performance Improvement, 1996
Examines the interviewing techniques of journalists and applies them to use by instructional designers for interviewing subject matter experts and analyzing and teaching expert skills to adult learners. Highlights include types of interviews, including directive and nondirective; stages of the interview; the interview structure, including…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Interviews, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedBarkley, Steve; Bianco, Terri – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discusses the need for training to be learner-centered and meaningful to the adult learner and explains that andragogy requires learning to be experiential with immediate application, consequence, and participation. Emphasizes knowing the learning and working styles of participants, discuses training efficiency, and suggests that online training…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Efficiency, Experiential Learning
Nguyen, Frank – Performance Improvement, 2005
How many times have you attended a marathon training class only to return to your job and promptly forget what you learned? How many times have you programmed your VCR, only to find yourself searching for the manual six months later? The reality is that humans accumulate a vast amount of life experience and knowledge. Adult learning theory…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, On the Job Training, Adult Learning, Information Management
Hill, Thomas P. – Performance Improvement, 2004
NonStop University is an online university community application service designed, developed, and deployed by Hewlett-Packard (HP) to serve the computer product training needs of 2,500 staff members in more than 50 countries. By identifying a set of learner characteristics that supported a set of key elements while using technology and focusing on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Systems, Corporations, Cognitive Processes
