Interdisciplinarity is defined as communication and collaboration across academic disciplines. The instructional technology (IT) field has claimed to have an interdisciplinary nature influenced by neighboring fields such as psychology, communication, and management. However, it has been difficult to find outstanding evidence of the field's…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a collaborative design process for selecting instructional graphics and online learner perceptions of graphic appropriateness. At the end of their online graduate course, 9 students ranked how appropriately each of 25 graphics represented 1 of 8 human performance technology…

This interpretative phenomenological study used semi-structured interviews of 10 participants to gain a deeper understanding of the experience for virtual team members using collaborative technology. The participants were knowledge workers from global software companies working on cross-functional project teams at a distance. There were no…

Scientific synthesis has transformed ecological research and presents opportunities for advancements across the sciences; to date, however, little is known about the antecedents of success in synthesis. Building on findings from 10 years of detailed research on social interactions in synthesis groups at the National Center for Ecological Analysis…

This article follows the events and obstacles of two International Society for Performance Improvement members as they traverse the education community in pursuit of applying human performance technology into their system. The story is a work in progress with definitive direction as well as tips and insight to others wishing to make an impact in…

Cultural awareness training that emphasizes communication delivers only a partial solution to the challenges that intercultural work teams face. Improving collaboration requires a strong foundation of performance management before a work team can determine how they will cooperate to perform to excellence. Against the backdrop of the authors'…

Total quality management based governance models tend to focus on incremental improvements within the boundaries of a single organization. This may limit the benefits of information technology because they are not complex enough to address business or performance problems that extend beyond the boundaries of a single organization. The research…

Assess three alternative approaches to interdepartmental integration: the interaction view; the collaboration view; and the combination view, which integrates interaction and collaboration. Presents results of a survey of functional managers that show interaction and collaboration positively associated with performance improvement and suggests…

Discusses the failure of many human performance technology (HPT) solutions; describes craft solutions as opposed to scientific knowledge and the application of technology; and stresses the need for collaboration for the development of successful HPT solutions. (Contains 21 references.) (LRW)

Explains the Internet 2 collaborative end-to-end performance initiative that focuses on performance measurement, analysis, and improvements that lead to a standard set of network capabilities and limitations. Discusses results of this performance initiative, including providing direction for current and future network development. (Author/LRW)

Describes a framework to support an object-oriented approach to performance analysis and instructional design that includes collaboration, automation, visual modeling, and reusable Web-based repositories of analysis knowledge. Relates the need for a new framework to the increasing concern with the cost effectiveness of student and employee…

Discusses information technology and human performance technology (HPT) and considers the potential of performance technology to improve business results. Topics include the strategic value of HPT in organizational governance, developing leadership capability, team building, fostering collaboration, and corporate culture change; and the need to…

Discusses and defines participatory or user-design in the fields of instructional design and performance technology and describes systemic change as a context for user-design. Topics include stakeholder involvement, ethnographic field methods, cooperative design, action research-based user-design, user-design decision guidelines, and leadership.…

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…

The Web Resource Collaboration Center (WRCC) is a web-based tool developed to help software engineers build their own web-based learning and performance support systems. Designed using various online communication and collaboration technologies, the WRCC enables people to: (1) build a learning and professional development resource that provides…