E-learning--the delivery of training and performance support directly to employees' desktops--is exploding in growth and complexity. The 2002 ASTD E-Learning Handbook gives readers the very juiciest, most practical, most recent articles and reference information from leading experts and gurus. Covering E-Learning best practices and useful reviews of the literature, the book gives guidance on getting better results for dollars committed to E-Learning and provides a directory of contact information for key E-Learning organizations, sources, conference schedules, and more.

The ASTD e-Learning Handbook : Best Practices, Strategies, and Case Studies for an Emerging Field

Business & Money

Rossett, Allison

Economics

McGraw=Hill

School Technology Planner (Stp) Software

Hoffman,Robert

Pearson P T R

This hands-on book tells you how to quickly determine performance needs before investing precious time and resources. When trainers, consultants, and problem-solvers need to figure out what's wrong with an organization--and they need a solution fast--they need this book. Needs assessment is about doing things right; performance analysis guarantees doing the right thing. Rossett offers extensive guidance on: * Accelerating a performance analysis * Overcoming organizational obstacles * Using technology in analysis * Presenting the results of an analysis . . . and much more! You'll get job aids, templates, and implementation examples that direct you through the basics of performance analysis. Carefully selected case studies further illustrate the text. Visit the First Things Fast online coaching and information system and get information about how to encourage analysis in the organization and what strategies are best for doing it. This online information and coaching tool, designed by award-winning author Allison Rossett, offers planning tips and tools to get things done . . . fast!

First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis

Management & Leadership

Pfeiffer & Co.

Are you up to speed on the new directions in training anddevelopment? The digital age is infiltrating the training profession faster thanmost of us can stay breast of it. Beyond the Podium, winner of theISPI Book Award, will get you up to speed while also refreshingyour understanding of the fundamentals. With a focus on thequestions you're asking, Rossett and Sheldon open your eyes to thepossibilities that are emerging--or already exist--as organizationsmove into new technologies and performance improvement. Theyexamine the opportunities presented by e-learning, informallearning, independent learning, knowledge management,globalization, object-oriented design, wireless technologies, andmore; while revisiting what makes great training, how to do ananalysis, and evaluation strategies and tools. In Beyond the Podium, Rossett and Sheldon redefine the nature andfunction of training and trainers as they offer: * A tour of the possibilities * A guide to professional development * A focus on the questions you and others have * A wealth of featured interviews with experts in the field * Varied and rich examples Beyond the Podium will challenge, teach, excite, and inspire you.Most importantly, it will help you envision and build for thefuture--and get there fast! Visit the web site that accompanies this book and discover theelements of effective training, what other trainers are talkingabout, and much more!

Beyond the Podium: Delivering Training and Performance to a Digital World

Sheldon, Kendra

Industries

Pfeiffer

An Essential Knowledge Resource 
THE WORLD OF LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE has changed significantly since the first edition of First Things Fast was published more than a decade ago. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the best-selling classic recognizes a world chock-full of technology, economic strains, and opportunities. How do learning and performance professionals plan in this shifting context? How do they take advantage of new human and Internet-based resources? How do they bring their recommendations forward and add more value, no matter where they work? These questions are addressed throughout this new edition. 
This important resource is a practical guide that is filled with job aids, design templates, and examples offering step-by-step guidance to the basics of performance analysis. 
This new edition includes: 
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<li>New questions and templates that reflect the shift of learning and support from the classroom to the workplace, and the blends that provide learning and support in both environments</li> <li>Fresh approaches for using wikis, blogs, and online surveys to gather information</li> <li>Innovative ideas for tapping into the power of social networking and the possibilities presented for analysts</li> <li>Information on the critical link between analysis and evaluation and new guidelines for both activities</li> <li>A wealth of new illustrative case examples</li> <li>Insightful commentaries from successful leaders in the field who explain how they use analysis to advance individual and organizational strategy</li> </ul>
"Allison Rossett combines thought leadership for the profession with practical guidance. This book, the second edition of a classic in the field, is filled with proven practices and ready-to-use tools making this a resource you'll use frequently." DANA GAINES ROBINSON, COAUTHOR, PERFORMANCE CONSULTING AND STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNER 
"What I appreciate about this book is that it is a straightforward, practical guide to planning, and it embraces new technology and the convergence of learning and work." NANCY J. LEWIS, VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER, ITT CORPORATION

Training Needs Assessment (Techniques in Training and Performance Development Series)

Educational Technology Pubns

You can save time and money and improve work performance throughout your organization--with the help of job aids. Job aids make it easier to perform tasks by providing access to information, procedures, policies, and examples. These sources of information make it easier to perform tasks by providing access to information, examples, policies, and procedures. Paired with training and supervisory support, job aids play a key role in introducing new work technologies and systems. The authors clearly instruct you how to create seven job aid formats: 
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<li>step job aids</li> <li>worksheets</li> <li>arrays</li> <li>decision tables</li> <li>flow charts</li> <li>checklists</li> <li>combination job aids.</li> </ul>
Learn about every step of job aid implementation: <ul>
<li>Identifying the problem</li> <li>Choosing the format and the medium</li> <li>Preparing the job aid draft</li> <li>Piloting the job aid</li> <li>Making revisions to the job aid</li> <li>Managing the job aid</li> </ul>
With this guide, you will: <ul>
<li>Establish new and expanded ways of defining job aids</li> <li>Offer approaches that broaden opportunities to employ job aids</li> <li>Present strategies to improve the quality of the job aids that are developed...and much more!</li> </ul>
The authors reinforce each job aid with a case study that shows just how the job aid can be used. Without job aids, employees often don't know where to find information. They can waste their own time--and the time of others--seeking answers. With effective job aids in place, employees will stop wondering where to go: the job aids will provide the information they need. Job aids save huge amounts of time and money. Any trainer or manager seeking to improve organizational effectiveness should look no further--A Handbook of Job Aids is the most comprehensive job aid source available.

A Handbook of Job Aids

Gautier-Downes, Jeannette

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