Web–Based Training: Using Technology to Decide Adult Learning Experiences: Using Technology to Design Adult Learning Experiences - Hardcover

Driscoll, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787942030 ISBN 13: 9780787942038

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

This is the web–based training book you′ve been waiting for! Technical guides come and go. What is cutting–edge today could be obsolete tomorrow. Web–Based Training takes a step back from the technical whirlwind. This extensively researched handbook shows readers how to create web–based training that adheres to the tried–and–true principles of great instructional design. With Web–Based Training , you′ll learn how to: Survey the available training options Prepare organizations for web–based training delivery Design web–based training Maximize your training dollars . . . and much more! This guide offers scores of case studies from both large and small organizations. It also includes practical charts, tables, and checklists, as well as a free disk containing even more resources: worksheets, document and presentation templates, job aids, and links to the WWW.

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From the Back Cover

The cutting–edge guide for technical and non–technical professionals
Margaret Driscoll
Web–Based Training
Using Technology to Design Adult Learning Experiences
The practice of training on the WWW and on intranets is growing at an explosive rate. People without technical knowledge need a basic guide that sheds light on best practices for web–based training delivery. People with technical knowledge need a savvy, practical primer on instructional design for web–based training. This is the web–based training book they have waited for.
"Web–Based Training is important not only because it demystifies web technology, but more importantly because it provides a critical link between the technology and the outcomes of learning." ?John F. O?Connor, educational technology integrator, Motorola University

Technical guides come and go. What is cutting–edge today could be obsolete tomorrow. So Web–Based Training steps back from the technical whirlwind. This extensively researched handbook shows readers how to create web–based training that adheres to the tried–and–true principles of great instructional design.
Learn how to:

• Survey the available training options
• Prepare organizations for web–based training delivery
• Design web–based training
• Maximize your training dollars...and much more!

This guide offers scores of case studies from both large and small organizations. Readers will refer to Web–Based Training time and time again to pour over this guide?s practical charts, tables, and checklists. Self–study exercises reinforce readers? learning. Plus, the appendix offers a wealth of resources including a list of listservs and relevant organizations, along with a bibliography and glossary. The companion diskette included with the book contains even more resources: worksheets, document and presentation templates, job aids, and links to the WWW.

"For those of us living and working with technology [Web–Based Training] is a refreshingly concise and easy–to–follow guide to...successful implementation?of technology–based training media." ?Tony Russell, UK education services manager, Informix Software Limited

"As an anxious technophobe, I found [Web–Based Training] very helpful and reassuring.... Anyone wanting to encourage adult learning through web–based training will find this an invaluable resource." ?Stephen Brookfield, distinguished professor, University of St. Thomas

Human resource development professionals have long needed a web–based training book that surveys the available options and makes reasoned recommendations for training delivery. The one–of–a–kind Web–Based Training forges the first path through this quickly shifting territory.

From the Inside Flap

The cutting–edge guide for technical and non–technical professionalsMargaret DriscollWeb–Based TrainingUsing Technology to Design Adult Learning ExperiencesThe practice of training on the WWW and on intranets is growing at an explosive rate. People without technical knowledge need a basic guide that sheds light on best practices for web–based training delivery. People with technical knowledge need a savvy, practical primer on instructional design for web–based training. This is the web–based training book they have waited for."Web–Based Training is important not only because it demystifies web technology, but more importantly because it provides a critical link between the technology and the outcomes of learning."?John F. O′Connor, educational technology integrator, Motorola UniversityTechnical guides come and go. What is cutting–edge today could be obsolete tomorrow. So Web–Based Training steps back from the technical whirlwind. This extensively researched handbook shows readers how to create web–based training that adheres to the tried–and–true principles of great instructional design.Learn how to:Survey the available training optionsPrepare organizations for web–based training deliveryDesign web–based trainingMaximize your training dollars?and much more!This guide offers scores of case studies from both large and small organizations. Readers will refer to Web–Based Training time and time again to pour over this guide′s practical charts, tables, and checklists. Self–study exercises reinforce readers′ learning. Plus, the appAndix offers a wealth of resources including a list of listservs and relevant organizations, along with a bibliography and glossary. The companion diskette included with the book contains even more resources: worksheets, document and presentation templates, job aids, and links to the WWW."For those of us living and working with technology [Web–Based Training] is a refreshingly concise and easy–to–follow guide to?succes

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787942030
• ISBN 13: 9780787942038
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288