Technology-Based Learning: Maximizing Human Performance and Corporate SuccessCRC Press, 1998 M07 29 - 336 pages Companies worldwide are recognizing the critical importance of harnessing the learning capabilities of people and technology in the workplace. Technology-Based Learning: Maximizing Human Performance and Corporate Success shows how to capture and leverage this power, through techniques of knowledge management. This comprehensive overview examines the advantages and disadvantages of learning technologies, and provides a guide for selecting, costing, and applying the various techniques. Technology in the workplace has many overwhelming possibilities-so many that they've left many managers and HRD professionals confused and perplexed. Let Marquardt and Kearsley show you how to bring technology under control to meet the needs of your company and your employees. |
Contents
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON ORGANIZATIONS | 1 |
Technology and the Learning Organization | 27 |
Technology and the Worker | 43 |
TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE | 57 |
Electronic Publishing | 73 |
Teleconferencing Audio Video Computer and Desktop | 101 |
Computer Conferencing | 110 |
Simulation Simulators and Virtual Reality | 131 |
Networks The Internet Intranet Web and LANsWANS | 193 |
Knowledge Engineering The Technological Future | 209 |
APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY FOR GLOBAL SUCCESS | 233 |
Impact of Culture and Globalization on Technology | 247 |
Acculturization of TechnologyBased Learning Materials | 259 |
Best Practices in Learning Technology | 265 |
Best Practices in Knowledge Management Technologies 28 1 | 281 |
The Future of Technology in the Workplace | 295 |
Authoring Tools for Learning Technologies | 143 |
Knowledge The Critical Resource for Global Success | 155 |
Electronic Performance Support Systems | 179 |
The Long and Winding Road | 186 |
Glossary | 309 |
AssociationsResources in Technology and Learning | 315 |
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