Technology-Based Training: The Art and Science of Design,...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 416 pages
• Published by: Pfeiffer; Pap/Cdr edition February 18, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0787946265
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0787946265
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Product Review
"Technology-Based Training is a must read for anyone thinking about moving toward web delivery for performance improvement." —Barbara Stebbins, supervisor corporate training and education, Ford Motor Company

"A model of clarity and common sense. Kruse and Keil debug and demystify the development of multimedia and web-based training." —Kieran McBrien, CEO, Transware Ltd.

Product Description
Your blueprint to creating and managing technology-based training!

Technology-Based Training is the first comprehensive overview and planning guide to the new world of distance learning. The accompanying CD-ROM and related web site (http://www.TBTsupersite.com) are packed with useful tools and links to technology-based resources to keep you up-to-date on all the latest developments in the field. Based on sound instructional system design principles and the latest technological advances, this book is filled with real-world examples and case studies so that you can see the principles in action.

Technology-Based Training will teach you how to:

Determine when to use CD-ROMs and when to use the Web according to your organization's requirements

Apply effective instructional strategies that will ensure greater learning

Design user interface to provide better access to course content

Track the effectiveness of your training program

"Technology-Based Training is a must read for anyone thinking about moving toward web delivery for performance improvement."
--Barbara Stebbins, supervisor corporate training and education, Ford Motor Company

Put your technology-based training fears to rest. Everything you need to create an effective and cutting-edge training program is here!

Reader Reviews
This book is clearly good for the right audience: those new to technology-based training (which the author defines to mean CBT and WBT, not, for example, a flight simulator), training managers with external vendors, and those who are short of the soft skills necessary to navigate the rocks that frequently sink TBT projects. Engineers will also be well served by topics on selling a project internally, GUI design principles, project management, development vendor management, and lots on measurement of effectiveness (Kirkpatrick and ROI). Unfortunately, you know you are in the target audience only if you read the introduction, which is not possible if you buy the book on line. The book's title and subtitle "art and science of design, development, and delivery" misled me into thinking that a book on TBT would place more emphasis on technology. For me, a learning technology engineer, this means how to efficiently develop cutting-edge web-based training with high volumes, multiple languages, interfaces to learning management systems (LMS), and compliance with the emerging learning technology standards. There was absolutely no mention of such issues; it is assumed that you will outsource to a vendor who will handle those "details". While the book is not short, completeness demands at least an introduction to learning objects, metadata, XML, and the CMI standard for exchanging data with an LMS, with further references provided. This was omitted entirely. For those wanting technical details, I would give this book a 2, and recommend Horton's Designing Web-Based Training. For the proper target audience the book is a 4, which I will give it, because I could have read the table of contents here if I had noticed the link. In any event, any serious learning professional will buy at least two TBT books, and this one is certainly worth the time and money. A 5 for the content it has, but a 4 for the content it doesn't. Comment | | (Report this)