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 | | Web-based Training: Using Technology to Design Adult Learning Experiences by Margaret Driscoll ISBN-10: 9780787942038 ISBN-10: 0-7879-4203-0 ISBN-13: 9780787942038 ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-4203-8 Hardcover 1998 Jossey-Bass Publishers Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description Not pie in the sky, or what should be, this book is based on over 100 interviews of people in Fortune 500 companies who are actually doing web-based training. This book is written for instructional designers, adult educators, training managers, human resource managers, and workplace educators who are developing their first web-based training program. The primary focus of the book is the design of programs for delivering training on the web while applying principles of adult education. The CD-ROM contains five different resources, some of which are in addition to the book: worksheets, document and presentation templates, job-aids, and links to the WWW. The book features 24 self-study exercises to help readers reflect on what they are learning. | ||
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Why to Buy This Book There is only one good reason to buy this book: it is required for your degree plan. It tries to cover instructional design and web based training, but does neither well. For example, Driscoll spends a lot of text explaining the difference between a Virtual Synchronous Classroom and a Virtual Asynchronous Classroom. She describes each in great detail. The difference: in the first, all students participate simultaneously; in the second, they participate at their own convenience. For instructors, the difference lies in the amount of time spent monitoring the class. Other topics are chunked to the point of becoming meaningless. After six years of higher education and 10 years training adults, this is only the second book I have ever wanted to sell at the end of a semester. ...END | ||
Enjoyed the Book, Look Forward to Using It! Margaret Driscoll's " Web-based Training, Using Technology to Design Adult Learning Experiences," provides the experienced ID or IT professional an authoritative and useful guide to developing a successful Internet training program. Only two suggestions are made on how to improve this guide. More information on the characteristics of the adult learner could be added, and a separate chapter covering Project Management for web-based training development would be a valuable topic for many readers (especially covering budgeting, resource selection, and scheduling). However, Ms. Driscoll speaks with an authoritative voice, does it clearly, and provides the information in a format that is easy to use. Margaret Driscoll also addresses the importance of curriculum quality, a message that should be voiced more often in our IT degree programs, "Web-based training is about training. This seems obvious, but it is not clear in many WBT programs. It is too easy to be caught up in the hype and hoopla of the technology, and lose sight of designing effective training" (Driscoll, 1998, pg. 234). This fine book would serve well as the basic textbook for a college level course on web-based training. | ||
To WBT or not to WBT I am an instructional designer for a software development company in Boston. We have at least four copies of Ms. Driscoll's book in the department. It's given us a common vocabulary and structure for planning our WBT training strategy. It's helping us make decisions on when to use WBT, and which WBT tools we should use for various training programs. Highly recommended. | ||
Use this as a guide for your development ! If you are planning any type of computer training, this book can serve as a step by step guide. It has worksheets and practical guidelines in the book that are replicated in a Microsoft Word format on the CD so that you can simply copy and use the format. They even include demonstrative PowerPoint presentations on the CD to help you setup kick-off meetings, design team meetings and an executive overview strategy. | ||
Outstanding learning aid AND toolkit Web-Based Training by Driscoll is outstanding because it puts the mechanics of web-based training into the context of good learning design. Too often the principles of instructional design are ommitted from resouces like this one. Driscoll provides the reader with the needed conceptual understanding, and then follows through with practical "how-to" tools to guide the reader through the process. Superb resource. | ||