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Breslow, Nicole – Learning Professional, 2017
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the use of video and other technology tools to support professional learning. A growing body of evidence shows how these tools are improving teachers' practice (Borko, Jacobs, Eiteljorg, & Pittman, 2008; Grant & Kline, 2010; van Es & Sherin, 2010). However, there has been less…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Training Methods
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Mackinnon, Lachian; Bacon, Liz; Cortellessa, Gabriella; Cesta, Amedeo – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013
Multi-agency crisis management represents one of the most complex of real-world situations, requiring rapid negotiation and decision-making under extreme pressure. However, the training offered to strategic planners, called Gold Commanders, does not place them under any such pressure. It takes the form of paper-based, table-top exercises, or…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Training Methods, Crisis Management, Leadership Training
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Lofthouse, Rachel; Flanagan, Jo; Wigley, Bibiana – Educational Action Research, 2016
The development of pedagogies to meet the needs of diverse communities can be supported through inter-professional practice development. This article explores one such experience, that of speech and language therapists developing a new video-based coaching approach for teachers and teaching assistants in multi-cultural settings with high numbers…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Models, Research Methodology
Forman, David C. – Multimedia Monitor, 1995
Considers the use of multimedia technology for training in business and industry. Topics include multimedia benefits, including organizational benefits, instructional benefits, learning effectiveness, and business efficiency; the accelerated rate of change; the mismatch between education and the economy; traditional instructor-led training; and…
Descriptors: Change, Conventional Instruction, Economic Factors, Educational Practices
Groff, Warren H. – 1994
This document describes the Orange County Cluster human resources development (HRD) seminar that was conducted as part of Nova University's nontraditional practitioner-oriented, problem-solving, field-based distance education program in higher education. Discussed first are HRD in the agricultural and business industrial eras and changing HRD…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Groff, Warren H. – 1994
This document describes the Tampa Cluster human resources development (HRD) seminar that was conducted as part of Nova University's distance education program in higher education (PHE). Discussed first are HRD in the agricultural and business industrial eras and changing HRD practices/needs, Nova University's PHE and HRD program, the proceedings…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)