Offers a simple, high-impact exercise that uses individual, paired, and group reflection to enhance and consolidate the learning that is occurring in training sessions. (JOW)

Discusses steps that companies who develop and distribute technology-based training products need to take in order to be more successful, including focusing on the customer; moving away from large, generic courseware libraries; better pricing schemes; commitment to produce learning outcomes; and partnerships with clients to produce documented…

Discusses the potential for improving training and coaching program effectiveness by using fluency-development methods. Describes the revision of a new-hire training program in a customer call center that applied a fluency-based approach to reduce training time by one-third, accelerate productivity readiness, and surpass benchmark productivity…

Storytelling is an effective and efficient learning technology that is not fully appreciated. It is a natural medium that gives people a feeling of shared purpose. It can be a fun and effective way to learn. (JOW)

Business simulation can give everyone a fresh overview of the business. Well-designed games and simulations can help players understand why change is necessary and can create within the learner a demand for know-how that no lecture can match. (JOW)

Discusses the problems associated with the use of overhead projectors in training--specifically the fact that they are so often used so poorly. Offers suggestions for using them effectively. (JOW)

Discusses the five powers of questions when used in training situations: (1) questions demand answers; (2) questions provide in control; (3) questions provide information; (4) questions get people to take on and solve their own problems; and (5) questions reveal how people think. (JOW)

Suggests that resistance, noncooperation, and inattention on the part of trainees is often caused by fear. Offers reasons for trainees' fears as well as tips for trainers in calming them. (JOW)

Discussion of countries that are changing from command to market economies focuses on a training of trainer project that was designed to develop high-quality local instructors who could design and deliver courses and materials in the host language, and to strengthen the training systems through collaboration and rapid prototyping. (LRW)

If professional development relies on scripts and mandates rather than on learning communities and continuous improvement, it can actually hinder teachers' growth. The author expresses his fear that the teachers most likely to receive such inferior training are the ones who work with the student population most in need of high-quality teaching.…

In manual assembly work, parts are often assembled by applying force with a simple tool or by hand. A worker thus needs control the force he or she applies in working, as an appropriate level of force is requisite for minimizing work failures and improving efficiency. The object of this study is to clarify the relationship between the level of…

For the thirty-second year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This volume includes papers presented at the national convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology held in Louisville, KY. This…

Donald Schon once famously pictured professional practice as a high, hard ground overlooking a swamp. The high ground is the place of theory and, one might add, of policy. The swampy lowland is where vocational education and training (VET) practitioners meet the learners. It is where the skills, knowledge, and attitudes they wish to see instilled…

The numbers of workers in the residential construction industry are on the rise. Falls have continually been the largest contributor to residential construction worker deaths and injuries. These workers are largely self-employed or working for small companies. These individuals are difficult to reach through traditional methods. This research…

This study uses three experiments with different kinds of training conditions to investigate the "easy-to-hard" principle, context interference conditions, and feedback effects for learning anticipatory skills in badminton. Experiment 1 (N = 60) showed that a training program that gradually increases the difficulty level has no advantage over the…