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Saunders, Danny; Gaston, Karen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1996
Discusses a rank-ordering exercise designed to highlight evaluation issues involved in development of simulation training activities. The rank-ordering exercise raised awareness of internal and external validity issues, and highlighted the need for evaluation "checks" to be made during the planning stages of any research of consultancy…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Development, Models, Simulation
Pickens, Diana; Lorenz, Paul – 1988
This document consists of a number of figures and diagrams suitable for overhead transparencies that illustrate and elaborate on the prnciples of failure-oriented training (a model for improving the effectiveness of instructional analysis). By adding a few simple steps to analysis, the resulting training will be closer to the idealized tutor:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Failure, Instructional Development
Branson, Robert K. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1981
Recounts the history of a project which brought instructional systems development to the training schools of the U.S. armed forces. Included are the problems faced, the choices made, the focus chosen, the difficulties encountered, the product that resulted, and the outcomes of the project. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems, Military Training
McCallin, Rose C. – 1986
Ten individuals in the Educational Technology Program at the University of Northern Colorado served as subjects for this study, which was designed to: (1) identify cognitive networks of concepts within components of a system design model for expert and novice instructional developers, and (2) determine cognitive networks of concepts between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Williams, John A., Jr. – 1984
This report describes a two-phase study designed to (1) investigate the appropriate evaluation literature and develop a formative evaluation model; (2) investigate the formative evaluation procedures utilized by Advanced Systems Incorporated (ASI), a successful producer of training materials; (3) develop a model based upon these procedures; and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Development
Silber, Kenneth H., Ed. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1980
Presents papers on four different instructional development models currently in use either in a university or a business setting. All phases of systematic development are covered, including project selection, production, implementation, performance analysis, constraints, and unusual features that distinguish each model. References are listed. (BK)
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Higher Education
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Peraya, Daniel; Rickenmann, Rene – Educational Media International, 1998
Presents an operational model which applies a technology-based educational framework to media, and then looks at work carried out by students in Media and Informatics at the University of Geneva working on this new program. Analyzes the coherence between a theoretical model and the conditions for its application within a training program. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Clow, David; Cochrane, Clive – Education for Information, 1986
Describes rationale underlying a module offered at Queens University, Belfast, whose systematic approach derived from educational technology enables librarians to identify objectives, select appropriate content and methods, implement, evaluate, and improve user education and staff training programs. The way this course has been conducted and its…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Educational Technology
Yelon, Stephen; Reznich, Christopher – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Discussion of visible models of training course organization covers uses for course designers, including clarifying course structure, planning lessons, communicating course requirements, and presenting a course overview; six steps to produce a visible model; and benefits for designers, instructors, and students. An example of a schematic diagram…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Flow Charts, Health Education, Industrial Training
Schreiber, Deborah A. – 1998
This paper presents a model that profiles organizations as they attempt to implement strategic distance learning. This model, Stages of Organizational Technology Capability for Distance Learning, identifies behaviors exhibited by business and industry that maximize use of technology for education and training at a distance, and ultimately…
Descriptors: Business, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Distance Education
Lynch, William; Corry, Michael – 1998
This paper recalibrates strategies for faculty recruitment, training, and compensation for distance education. The new options evolving from distance technologies create opportunities for innovative recruitment strategies. Whether the model is individually- or team-oriented, distance technologies mean that a more diverse, qualified, talented, and…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Corry, Rick – 1998
LearnShare is a consortium of non-competing companies that share training expertise and innovative practices. Evolving the concept of a collaborative approach to training, LearnShare combines the best training practices and programs of the partners with leading-edge distance learning technology. The result provides LearnShare members electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education
Knowles, Malcolm S.; Holton, Elwood F., III; Swanson, Richard A. – 1998
This book examines the core principles of adult learning and the roots of andragogy, advances in adult learning, and practice in adult learning. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 17 chapters: importance of learning theory; theories of learning (concept of part and whole models of development, theories based on elemental…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Groff, Warren H. – 2001
Trends in using computer technology for career development and human resources development in companies in the United States and worldwide were reviewed, and the possibilities of adapting the latest advances in digital technology-based training delivery systems in school-based contexts were explored. A model was proposed that entailed having chief…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Sloman, Martyn – 2002
This book, which is written from the perspective of a practicing human resources manager, presents 17 case studies illustrating how technology is driving a new training paradigm. The case studies support 21 propositions regarding training in the e- learning (electronic learning) revolution, including the following:(1) the Internet changes…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies