Designing Instructional Text

Designing Instructional Text

Author: James Hartley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1135352100

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This is a practical guide for teachers and trainers who are responsible for designing and writing instructional material. Focusing on layout and the visual presentation of text, the author of this work uses "before and after" formats to illustrate the importance of clarity, structure and emphasis.


Training Design Basics, 2nd Edition

Training Design Basics, 2nd Edition

Author: Saul Carliner

Publisher: Association for Talent Development

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1607285002

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If you are designing a training program for the first time, this practical book is for you. Part of ATD’s Training Basics series, it zeroes in on how to design successful training for the face-to-face or virtual classroom. It also serves as a guide for developing self-study training programs, such as online tutorials and workbooks. Internationally renowned workplace learning expert and educator Saul Carliner not only delves into the analysis and evaluation phases of training design—where most books stop—but also gives prominence to core competencies like materials development, marketing, and administration. Updated to reflect changes in training practices, this second edition helps instructional designers hone key training skills. Major additions include guidance on live virtual and online tutorials, completely new training programs, and tips for how to adjust design practice when working under stringent conditions. In this book you will learn: Best practices for designing and developing training programs in the real world. Tactics to successfully launch and run training programs you’ve designed. How to adjust design practices along three tiers of effort in platinum, silver, and bronze scenarios.


Open and Distance Learning Today

Open and Distance Learning Today

Author: Fred Lockwood

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780415127592

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Fred Lockwood presents a comprehensive account of research and development in open, distance and flexible learning from a range of acknowledged experts from around the world. An essential purchase for teachers and students alike.


Science Teaching Reconsidered

Science Teaching Reconsidered

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-03-12

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 0309175445

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Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methodsâ€"and the wonderâ€"of science. What impact does teaching style have? How do I plan a course curriculum? How do I make lectures, classes, and laboratories more effective? How can I tell what students are thinking? Why don't they understand? This handbook provides productive approaches to these and other questions. Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.