Explains how college faculty can adapt teaching styles to meet the needs of corporate trainees for application-oriented approaches with immediate outcomes. Presents ways to customize training plans, deal with logistics, and resolve problems. (SK)

Four "virtual trainers" describe the challenges and successes of providing web-based training and give advice on planning coursework, timing instruction, distinguishing between skills training and information sharing, troubleshooting technology difficulties, and adapting to increased workload. (SK)

Subject matter experts have knowledge and experience to be technical trainers, but they may require training in adult learning theory and teaching methods. Research on trainer effectiveness is needed to identify ways to improve the use of subject matter experts as trainers. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

Discusses tactics for surviving as a trainer in an unfriendly organizational atmosphere. Offers a method for demonstrating to managers the connection between quality assurance and employee empowerment. (JOW)

Reviews how the U.S. Agency for International Development uses training to help countries improve their democracies and economics. Identifies resources for trainers interested in international employment. (JOW)

A study of 240 instructors of kaizen (continuous quality improvement) and technology transfer in overseas assignments for Toyota found that commitment to work and corporate cultural values were significant. Instructors recognized the responsibility and challenges of communicating and transferring their know-how across cultures. (SK)

Offers three strategies that will make the job of training employees to use new software easier: (1) understand the business need that the software is addressing; (2) synchronize the development of training and support materials with the software development cycle; and (3) choose the appropriate training approach for the software application.…

This report on an annual salary survey of trainers (n=2,673) indicates that people at the top are most satisfied with their remuneration. Tables depict salaries by region, gender, and the following categories: executives, managers, classroom instructors, instructional designers, career specialists, and personnel directors. (JOW)

The purpose of this study was to investigate Pakistani Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) practitioners' perceptions of the importance of WLP competencies at the present time and in the next five years. The goals were to: (1) identify and characterize a profile of Pakistani WLP practitioners; (2) analyze perceptions of the current and future…

This paper forms part of an exploration of assessment on one part-time higher education (HE) course: an in-service, professional qualification for teachers and trainers in the learning and skills sector which is delivered on a franchise basis across a network of further education colleges in the north of England. This paper proposes that the…

Training professionals were surveyed concerning their knowledge of transfer of training research. Survey items were developed from an integrative literature review based on empirical findings of factors that directly or indirectly (through learning) influence training transfer. Survey results suggest that training professionals are in agreement…

This article reports findings from one aspect of a large scale research project funded by the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, to investigate the mobility, independence and life skills education available to children and young people with a visual impairment between 0 and 19 years of age in Northern Ireland (NI). Here the focus is on the…

A new experience in bank training is the use of simultaneous role playing, a type of participative training in which students mostly instruct themselves rather than through instructor interaction. The purpose is to develop field trainers which in turn will reduce training cost and train more personnel. (DS)

An intense interest and concern for morality has emerged among professionals in training and development, as well as in the other professions. While there are some professionals who blatantly abuse their responsibilities to clients, most professionals make ethical errors because of some basic misunderstandings, such as considering moral judgments…