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Arslan, Ridvan; Uzaslan, N. Tufan – Industry and Higher Education, 2017
Some firms have applied different in-house training models to keep up with new technological innovations in their specific fields. This study investigated how a target-oriented in-house training programme should be developed and how it should be evaluated for effectiveness. The aim of the study was to develop, implement and evaluate a…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Case Studies, Job Performance, Training Methods
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Long, Lori; Dubois, Cathy; Faley, Robert – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This article examines utilization of online training courses in a Midwest-based landscaping company in the United States. The company had implemented online training to facilitate employee development for their 5,000 employees who were in locations throughout the United States. The courses had been in place for about a decade before the…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Case Studies, Training Methods
Davenport, Richard W. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A Department of Defense (DoD) M&S education task force is in the process of studying the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) education of the acquisition workforce. Historically, DoD acquisition workforce education is not referred to as education, but rather what the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) refers to as "practitioner training, career…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Validity, Program Effectiveness, Case Studies
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Darby, Jenny A. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
This study examined the impact on a course evaluation of the course being either an elective or a required part of a training programme. Three elective and three required courses were evaluated using both a scaled and an open-ended response form. Many variables were taken into account when examining the effect of course status which other…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Elective Courses, Required Courses, Course Evaluation
Chevalier, Roger D. – Performance and Instruction, 1990
Describes changes in the training system at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma (CA) that improved the effectiveness and the efficiency of training. Topics discussed include the Instructional Systems Design (ISD) methodology; the process of change; curriculum development; criterion-referenced instruction and testing; cost…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Course Evaluation
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Delfino, Manuela; Persico, D. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
This paper illustrates a 5-year case study (from 2001 to 2005) regarding a course in educational technology that involved from 100 to 150 student teachers per year for a total of more than 500 trainees. Since the first version of the course, which was entirely based on a face-to-face approach, computer mediated collaborative learning techniques…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Educational Technology, Student Teachers, Online Courses