Essentials of Training Course Development

Author: Kaobiler
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: The book introduces an eight-step strategy for course development, unveiling the mystery behind writing effective training courses. It was a finalist for the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Education, Teaching, and Academic Book Award in the United States and a semi-finalist for the Business Books Award. The book received the Excellence Award in the Book Category from the Puget Sound Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication in 2002. It was also awarded the Excellence Certificate in the Business and Reference Books category by the Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards in 2001. The book introduces an eight-step strategy for course development, unveiling the mystery behind writing effective training courses. Practical templates, checklists, assessments, and examples simplify your work and eliminate many of the obstacles the author faced while writing the book. You will learn how to make the most of limited time, money, and human resources to: develop unique training courses; customize large volumes of training courses to meet the needs of target learners; re-customize existing documents; tailor training courses to the diverse cultural backgrounds of learners worldwide to achieve globalization, or customize courses to meet the specific needs of certain learners within a particular scope; identify dead ends that may lead to project failure; integrate readily available CGI, Java, and HTML text materials into your courses. Learn when to apply these courses, where to find download websites, and how to use these materials based on your training objectives and the special needs of your learners.