Distance Training: How Innovative Organizations Are Using Technology to Maximize Learning and Meet Business Objectives

By Deborah A. Schreiber

Winner of the University Continuing Education Association's CharlesA. Wedemeyer Award, which recognizes highly meritorious book-lengthpublications that advance research in independent study anddistance education.

"This manual is the one we have been waiting for! It takes dead aimat all the important issues facing distance learning providers andhits the bull's eye on every one of them. It is down to earth, realworld, and up to date. Its examples and insights for practitionershelp create the sense of urgency and excitement all of us indistance learning feel today."--Michael P. Lambert, executivedirector, Distance Education and Training Council

Today's advances in communications technology have created excitingnew possibilities for training professionals. But not alltechnologies are created equal. Distance Training examines thesenew tools to show how compressed video, satellite broadcasting, theInternet, and other innovations can each be used to their bestadvantage. In-depth case studies of sixteen progressiveorganizations--NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, and Unisys among them--providereal-world models readers can use to design learning programs thattranscend the traditional boundaries of time and space by turningthe home, office, and meeting room into immediate, effectivelearning environments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787943134
• ISBN13: 9780787943134
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A practical orientation about Distance Training

The book deserves the merit of showing diverse Instructional Theories frameworks applied to both Academic and Corporate environments. It becomes even more comprehensive at the point the case studies are shown, so it is easy to evaluate the applicability of all methodologies presented to a certain purpose.

Delving into the details of distance training and education.

This work explores the impact of organizational technology on distance training, presents conceptual frameworks in distance training and education, and discusses instructional design of distance training. Most of the book presents case studies in considerable detail. Three primary themes of the cases are: distributing information and increasing knowledge; building technical and critical thinking skills; and changing attitudes and enhancing motivation. A penetrating and technical treatment of the subject.