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Comprehensive Performance Analysis of Student Retention Outcomes in a Higher Education Institution
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Adlof, Lauren; Kim, Minkyoung; Crawley, William – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Undergraduate student retention is considered a critical issue in higher education, due to its impact on student success, degree completion, and the financial health of universities (Cataldi et al., 2018; Cornelius & Cavanaugh, 2016; Hermes, "Community College Journal," 82(4), 26, 2012; Tinto, "NACADA Journal," 19(2), 5-9,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, School Holding Power, Performance Technology, Academic Achievement
The Utility of Design Thinking to Promote Systemic Instructional Design Practices in the Workplace
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Stefaniak, Jill – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Designing within a system is ubiquitous to instructional design. In order to understand the systemic impact of design decisions within an organization, one must understand the interrelatedness of the objects within the system. Developing an understanding of context as it relates to the utility of instructional design solutions will position…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Workplace Learning, Systems Approach, Performance Technology
Research and Theory as Necessary Tools for Organizational Training and Performance Improvement Practitioners
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Abaci, Serdar; Pershing, James A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
Human Performance Technology (HPT) is the applied study and practice of improving organizational performance through training and non-training interventions. For practitioners working in this area that identify themselves as an HPT practitioner, organizational training and performance (OTP) specialist, or instructional designer--offering the right…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Organizational Development, Training, Intervention
The AECT PacifiCorp Design and Development Competition: Why it is Important for Students and Graduate Programs
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Schuch, Dan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
This article describes the AECT PacifiCorp Design and Development competition, an important event for students of and academic programs in instructional design and human performance improvement. It details the three phases of the competition and describes how students and academic programs benefit from it. Included are the general topics and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Competition, Performance Technology, Awards
What You Can Do
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Beabout, Brian; Foley, Shawn; Rickard, Marjorie; Wriddle, Janise Venia; MacDonald, Laurie; Smith, Stephen; Campbell, Rob; Strobel, Johannes – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
This article presents seven vignettes that focus on what technology specialists, instructional designers, teacher trainers, teachers, parents, corporate trainers and performance technologists can do to create positive and systemic change in education. These include: (1) "What Technology Specialists Can Do," by Brian Beabout; (2) "What…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Performance Technology, Role Perception, Change Strategies