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Korth, Sharon J. – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discusses needs assessment and evaluation as strategic processes within the human performance technology framework and explains how practitioners can coordinate these two steps to save time and money in performance improvement interventions. Describes a performance improvement framework and how needs assessment and evaluation relate to the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Needs Assessment, Performance Technology
Sleezer, Catherine M.; Kelsey, Kathleen D.; Wood, Thomas E. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Needs assessment plays an important role in training and human performance improvement efforts, but the literature contains little research on this topic. This study extended previous research on the Performance Analysis for Training (PAT) model of needs assessment by examining its implementation to determine environmental and occupational health…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Occupational Safety and Health, Program Effectiveness
Gayeski, Diane M., Ed. – Educational Technology, 1995
Describes "DesignStation 2000," a software and hardware workbench for laptop computers for the design of learning systems that includes capabilities for needs analysis; client presentation and proposal generation; rapid prototyping of interactive media projects; collaboration and project tracking; assessment of results; and adding to a…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperation, Databases, Evaluation Methods
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Rossett, Allison; Volkl, Christian – Performance Improvement, 2000
Discusses the importance of needs assessment and analysis in performance technology and describes an effort to introduce graduate students to analysis at San Diego State University. Highlights include instructional strategies; the use of technology in a distance course via the Internet; and difficulties that novices have with analysis. (LRW)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students
Casey, Matthew Scott; Doverspike, Dennis – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
The analysis of calls to a help desk, in this case calls to a computer help desk, can serve as a rich source of information on the real world problems that individuals are having with the implementation of a new technology. Thus, we propose that an analysis of help desk calls, a form of problem-based inquiry, can serve as a fast and low cost means…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Professional Services, Needs Assessment, Problem Based Learning