T&D articles

Recent articles from T&D

The Way We Were
May 1, 2004... For this T+D issue recognizing the 60th anniversary of ASTD leading the workplace learning and performance profession, we had the occasion to look back over some early copies of T+D's predecessor, what was then called the Journal Industrial Training. One article starts out with a sentence that...

Back to Basics
May 1, 2004... This past February, I attended ASTD's Tech-Knowledge conference in California. Because the conference focuses on emerging learning tools and strategies, I expected to see a lot of whiz-bang new gadgets and innovative learning approaches. I did see a few of both, but I also saw something that...

From the homeland security desk.(Intelligence)
May 1, 2004... Most homeland security e-learning programs have been targeted at first responders or other official personnel. But now, Business Performance Technology is offering a homeland security e-learning program for businesses. The program covers 26 topics and incorporates case studies, role plays,...

AT+D classic: how to start an objective evaluation of your training program.(Fundamentals)(Excerpt)
May 1, 2004... This excerpt is part of a larger article with the same title that originally appeared in the May-June 1956 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Training Directors, a predecessor to T+D. The article heralded Kirkpatrick's now classic four-level evaluation model. Most training...

Technology: 1944-2004: It All Started with a Big, Big Calculator
May 1, 2004... In honor of ASTD's 60th anniversary, I thought it would be interesting to step back in time 60 years and take a look at some technologies of 1944, and compare them with some of today's technologies. Key innovations of 1944 Sixty years ago, some pivotal patents, inventions, and discoveries...