Training & Development articles from April 2001

Training & Development archives from April 2001

1&d.online
April 1, 2001... COMMUNITY Every week, T&D posts a question on the ASTD Web-site (www.astd.org) that asks visitors what they think about the training field. A controversy started when one visitor innocently asked, "What's the difference between...

The Price Is Right.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Or maybe not. No one seems to know what e-learning is supposed to cost. So, e-learning expert Darin E. Hartley formulated some guidelines, in his article "E-Valuation: Pricing E-Learning." He describes several options, and gives you the pros...

Mailbox
April 1, 2001... Training's Hot Hot Hot! Boy, did you hit the nail on the head [in "Training's Hot," January]. I appreciate [Shari Caudron's] work. The checklist is also outstanding. Jeremy King Personnel Management Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana ...

Not Your Father's Cubicle.(New York Museum of Modern Art exhibition of workspaces)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... What will the workspaces of the future look like? That's the focus of an exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art, running through April 22. Workspheres examines how we work and the ways design can create environments and tools to make...

E-News.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The European e-learning market will grow to $4 billion by 2004, estimates IDC. In Europe as in the United States, the market is highly fragmented, composed of new and old players vying for position. The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and...

E-Learning Term(s) of the Month.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Confused and bamboozled by the alphabet soup of e-learning? Each month, we'll define a term or two. You'll be an e-expert in no time. ASP (application service provider). The third-party organizations that manage and distribute...

Reality Buzz.(caffeine)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Performing poorly at work? It might be your java. No, not the computer language, but your morning brew. According to recent research, 350 mg of caffeine--about what's in three cups of coffee and a cup of tea--is enough to make your...

Survey Says
April 1, 2001... The average e-learner is a male professional or executive who wants to advance in his career and likes the convenience of learning online, according to a recent survey by Corporate University Exchange. As reported in "Learning in the Dot.Com...

Take the ID Road to Success
April 1, 2001... The growing use of technology in training and instructional design is having an overwhelming influence on how you present and deliver information to learners. Software venders and technology-based businesses are flexing their muscles in hopes of...

Words to the Wired
April 1, 2001... The next time that you have to write a business document, look at these Websites offering assistance on usage, grammar, and foreign translation. Dictionaries. With online dictionaries, you don't have to store hefty tomes on your bookshelf....

Do You Speak Body Language?
April 1, 2001... The other day, a salesperson told me she would do whatever it took to make me happy--and that really ticked me off! Why? Shouldn't I be thrilled at her offer? I wasn't, because her words didn't match her body language. As she talked, she...

Diary of a Consultant
April 1, 2001... Last month, David wrote about how Clow Zahn Associates officially launched and sold its first few projects. Now, after the euphoria of starting their own firm has begun to wane, it's time for David and Jeff to get down to doing business day-in,...

The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Joanne B. Ciulla The fact that Joanne Ciulla is a philosophy professor is important information for readers of The Working Life. Unlike the management gurus she criticizes, Ciulla doesn't offer easy solutions for making work more...

The Developer's Studio.(Macromedia's Web Learning Studio)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2001... Macromedia's Web Learning Studio is a suite of authoring tools for creating e-learning applications. The software package includes Authorware 5.2, Flash 5, Dreamweaver 4, and the Getting Started With Online Learning manual. Authorware 5.2...

Trainer, Assess Thyself.(Trainer's Assessment of Proficiency)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2001... After measuring an instructor's relative strengths, Trainer's Assessment of Proficiency generates a profile that pinpoints development needs. The video-based program defines and assesses 12 instructional skills critical to the effective...

Take Note.(ThoughtManager 2.0)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2001... ThoughtManager 2.0 lets Palm-compatible device users capture, organize, and share data quickly. When used with a Palm keyboard, the software turns a Palm device into an excellent note-taking tool. Collaboration features include beaming...

Encouraging the Heart
April 1, 2001... Encouraging the Heart, video, 2000, 20 minutes, CRM Learning: 800.421.0833, www. crmfilms.com. Purchase US$795. Other material: leader guide. Current research reveals that in addition to money, most people have diverse motivations for...

Bad Apples.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Bad Apples: How to Deal With Difficult Attitudes, video, 2000, 23 minutes, VisionPoint Productions: 800.300.8880, www.vppi.com. Purchase US$695. Other material: leader guide, participant workbook, and self-study workbook. Dealing with...

Highly recommended.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2001... **** Diversity at Work: 1 to 2 hours, US$30. Publisher: LearningAction The goal of this sophisticated course is to inform employees that your company won't tolerate discrimination. The course consists of five progressive modules: *...

Recommended.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2001... ***1/2 Management Skills for the Diverse Workforce: 3 hours, US$99.95 for 1 year of course access. Publisher: SkillSoft Drawing from social science and business, this course outlines theory and practice of key organizational change...

Corpedia.(diversity training course)(Evaluation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... *** Diversity: It's Good for Business: 40 minutes, US$65. Publisher: Corpedia Corpedia's course description espouses, "All employees from senior management to line workers should be considered for training in this program. That's a...

Adequate.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 1, 2001... ** 1/2 Diversity Training: A 5-Step Process: 1 hour, US$45 for 1 month of access to all youachieve.com courses. Publisher: youachieve.com This is a how-to course for people responsible for designing and delivering diversity programs. It...

Authoring Tools
April 1, 2001... Periodically, T&D surveys the latest authoring software. As the e-learning market expands, so does the number of authoring tools. So, how do you decide what to buy? As with any software purchase, review hardware and software...

Mime Patrol.(mimes enforce traffic regulations in Bogota, Colombia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In Bogota, Columbia, cars once zoomed through red lights and used sidewalks for parking. Injuries and deaths were frequent. People risked their lives just trying to walk to work. But now, Bogota drivers observe pedestrian crossings. They stop...

Maybe They Thought He Was a Mime.(proofreader's death goes unnoticed for five days)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A proofreader at a New York publishing firm sat slumped over his desk for five days before the 23 workers with whom he shared an open-office space noticed that he was dead. The 51-year-old man, an employee of 30 years, apparently had a heart...

Working Like a Dog.(dogs in the workplace)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... It was getting difficult to talk on the phone at work with all the barking in the background. People's allergies were kicking up. And roaming packs were begging for scraps in the cafeteria. The workplace was going to the dogs. Now many...

True Tales From the Workplace.(humorous anecdote about businessmen and foreign languages)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Recently on a business trip to Germany, two colleagues and I--none of whom speaks German--stopped at a bookstore to get a map. While in the store, one of us sneezed, and the woman behind the counter said, "Gesundheit!" My colleague...

E -Valuation: Pricing E-Learning
April 1, 2001... It's old news that e-learning is sweeping the planet. You can probably count on one hand the number of people who haven't heard of e-learning or aren't at least familiar with the concept of leveraging technology to learn. There are e-learning...

The New Trainer.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... No, we're not talking about the newly minted trainer fresh from grad school or starting a first job. We mean new as in reinvented, like a Trainer version 2.0. We mean the person who has figured out how to capitalize on the remarkable changes...

Tactics for the New Guerrilla Trainer
April 1, 2001... This is about going into the jungle, staging the foray, and being victorious. Let's use the example of call centers. Say that you've been brought in as the corporate trainer for a call center in a metropolitan area where such centers...

Training: A Function, Profession, Calling, What?
April 1, 2001... In the past few years, the training field, perhaps more than any other, has been undergoing tremendous transition and evolution--from a warm-and-fuzzy function housed in an office all the way down the hail to a strategically aligned business...

A Day in the Life of a New E-Training Director
April 1, 2001... 5:15 a.m. After tossing and turning all night, I finally drop into deep REM. 5:30 a.m. The clock radio rudely interrupts my rest: "And now Bob Dylan...." In my half-awake state, it's almost impossible to distinguish Dylan's wailing singing...

Trainer: Will Travel
April 1, 2001... People have it pretty good in the United States. There hasn't been a war on U.S. territory since 1865, the economy is booming, and the standard of living is one of the best in the world. America even managed to squeak through a hotly contested...

E-Learning : The Next Generation
April 1, 2001... In the beginning there is always hype. When any new gadget or technology hits the marketplace, there are those who jump on it and those who wait to see if it works; if it gets cheaper, if it improves. And so it is with e-learning as well. ...