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Lohr, Linda L.; Eikleberry, Carol – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discusses usability in the context of creating distance learning or computer-based training environments and describes a three-step approach to learner-centered usability testing. Highlights include functions of the instructional interface that should be similar to a responsive teacher; elements in the learning environment; and testing it via a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Distance Education, Educational Environment
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Deterline, William – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discussion of human performance technology focuses on training and performance improvement. Highlights include performance maintenance; environmental influences that can affect performance; and the evolving role of human performance technology, including feedback, evaluation, and design efforts. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Improvement
Chappell, Clive; Hawke, Geof – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
The purpose of this research activity was to investigate contemporary understandings of the connections between learning and work. This initial work was then used to inform the development of an organisational tool that registered training organisations (RTOs) could use to identify organisational practices likely to lead to greater learning at…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Educational Environment, Educational Change, Vocational Education
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Fischer, Gerhard – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2000
Explores conceptual frameworks and innovative computational environments to support lifelong learning. Topics include problems in the information age, including school-to-work transition; training issues; open systems; collaborative systems; intelligent tutoring systems; domain-oriented design environments; critiquing; inservice teacher education;…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education
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Holsbrink-Engels, Geralien A. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2001
Discusses the use of role-play for the development of interpersonal skills and evaluates a computer-based learning environment for initial training in dealing with social-communicative problems. Discusses high cognitive load, explains the use of a conversational model, describes the results of two experiments with university students, and suggests…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods
Campbell, Robert; Monson, David – Educational Technology, 1994
Explains goal-based scenario (GBS) learning environments. Topics discussed include defining educational requirements; characteristics of a GBS, including hardware and software; an example of a GBS currently in operation to teach client consulting skills, including user reactions; assessing learning; the use of simulation; and the roles of the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Consultants
Cenci, Louis – 1966
In this text, primarily for instructors in skill training programs, the concepts and methods of instruction are oriented toward the belief that supervisors and senior employees represent the best source of instructors. Sections of this work deal with such aspects as the rationale and the initiation of on the job training, criteria (personal…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Environment, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods
CRAWFORD, MEREDITH P.; ECKSTRAND, GORDON – 1967
PART OF A LARGER REVIEW OF RECENT PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH RELATING TO NATIONAL DEFENSE, THIS SECTION COVERS STUDIES ON TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP, COMMAND, AND TEAM FUNCTIONS, AND ON THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS ON MILITARY PERFORMANCE. STUDIES IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THIS SECTION ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL ASPECTS (LEADERSHIP)…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods, Group Instruction
Besner, Hilda F.; Spungin, Charlotte I. – 1998
This manual is designed to provide a model for training college professors and instructors who are responsible for preparing educators and business professionals for occupations that place them in contact with young gays and lesbians. Eleven of the manual's 13 sections contain an extensive menu of practical activities, including structured…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Attitude Change, Case Studies, Corporate Education
de Blignieres-Legeraud, Anne; Brugia, Mara; Debaty, Pol; Fonseca, Eduardo Augusto Peres – 2000
This document contains four papers examining trends in the development of training and the role of innovation as a transferable practice. "Review of the Issue" (Anne de Blignieres-Legeraud) examines the vocational training systems of Portugal and France to identify how changes in training systems have affected trainer profiles and how…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Distance Education, Economic Change, Educational Change
Ford, J. Kevin, Ed.; And Others – 1997
This book contains 13 papers by prominent scholars in the area of training and development. The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Edwin A. Fleishman); "Preface" (J. Kevin Ford); "Advances in Training Research and Practice: An Historical Perspective" (J. Kevin Ford); "Training Design, Cognitive Theory,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment
Harper, Barry; Hedberg, John; Bennett, Susan; Lockyer, Lori – 2000
The state of Australian online education and training practices was examined through a literature review and interviews. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of online vocational and technical education (VET) and technical and further education (TAFE): current online implementations; online teaching strategies; issues for online…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), College Programs, Computer Uses in Education