TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning
2004 Volume 48, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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Performance Improvement Competencies for Instructional Technologists
James D. Klein & Eric J. Fox
The field of instructional design and technology (IDT) evolved during the 1990s to include theories and practices of performance improvement. Some authors have indicated that the goal of our field ... More
pp. 22-26
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Performance Support for Performance Analysis
Scott Schaffer & Ian Douglas
Over the past several years, there has been a shift in emphasis in many business, industry, government and military training organizations toward human performance technology or HPT (Rossett, 2002;... More
pp. 34-39
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The Web Resource Collaboration Center
Joanna C. Dunlap
The Web Resource Collaboration Center (WRCC) is a web-based tool developed to help software engineers build their own web-based learning and performance support systems. Designed using various... More
pp. 40-46
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The Challenges of Knowledge Management to Human Performance Technology
Michael A. Evans
Over the past year the author has conducted user, task and context analyses as part of a larger project to develop a knowledge management (KM) system for the U.S. Navy. In this piece he shares that... More
pp. 48-52
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A Performance Support Tool for Cisco Training Program Managers
Angela D. Benson, Jashoda Bothra & Priya Sharma
Performance support systems can play an important role in corporations by managing and allowing distribution of information more easily. These systems run the gamut from simple paper job aids to... More
pp. 54-59
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Web-Based Training Design for Human Resources Topics: A Case Study
Patricia Yee Hsieh
Human resources (HR) departments are often responsible for providing employee and supervisory training in soft skill areas-such as performance management-and in compliance with HR-related laws,... More
pp. 60-68
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A Cornucopia of Problems: The Importance of Speculative Thought and Imagination
Jan Visser, Muriel Visser & Ron Burnett
Science is among the most grandiose, the most magnificent playgrounds one can imagine. One can play with innumerable objects, turn them into composite objects, play with rules, combine rules in... More
pp. 70-72