Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. What is Human Resource Development? Human Resource Development, or HRD, is often difficult to explain to others and is often confused with Human Resources. HRD is a practice that combines training, organization development, and career development efforts to encourage improvement of individual, group, and organizational performance. Its purpose is to enhance employee … [Read more...]
Workplace Training Topics: The Top Four of Today’s Organizations
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Workplace training can be either proactive or reactive. When organizations take a proactive approach to workplace training, the goal is to prevent or promote a certain behavior or behaviors in an effort to increase revenue, avoid costs, and/or improve service. Taking a proactive approach to workplace training often requires organizations to be well versed in current … [Read more...]
3 Tips for Effective Desktop Publishing
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Desktop publishing can be tricky. If you want your desktop-published products (documents or presentations) to have a greater impact and communicate your message more clearly, you must carefully consider several basic design decisions. You may be familiar with the types of products produced by popular software such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft … [Read more...]
Should ADDIE Be Replaced by Whole Task Models of Instructional Design?
By Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. According to Reiser and Dempsey (2012), a key criticism to the traditional approach to instructional design, such as the ADDIE model of instruction design, has been that these traditional approaches emphasize breaking complex skills down into their component parts, and designing instruction that initially focuses on teaching those component skills (p. 12). The whole … [Read more...]
Adult Learning Style Preferences
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. What Is Learning Style? Learning Style is a composite of the cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment. Learning Style Preferences Learning Style Preferences are preferred methods of learning for an individual. Most adult learners … [Read more...]
The Implications of Adult Learning Theory on Instructional Design for Workplace Training
Shirley J. Caruso Adult learning theory primarily focuses on how adults learn. It is founded on the assumptions that adult learners concentrate more on the processes rather than contents. This is because adults bring in real life experiences to the learning environment. Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1913-1997) had a significant influence on the field of adult education. He was determined to discuss … [Read more...]
Instructional Design Templates
The following templates are sample documents that already have some details of the instructional design process in place. These templates can be adapted to meet the needs of your training. Once the templates are completed, you can edit, save and manage the result as a Microsoft Word document. Project Description-Goal and Timeline Template (.DOC) This template includes a brief executive summary … [Read more...]
What is a Task Analysis?
The ADDIE Instructional Design Model: Discussion of the Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Phases
This video discusses the events that take place during the Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate phases of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model. For more information on the ADDIE Model, please click the following link: http://hrdevelopmentinfo.com/adult-learning/the-addie-instructional-design-process/ … [Read more...]
The Analyze Phase of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model
This video provides a brief overview of the Analysis Phase of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model. Click here to learn more about conducting an instructional analysis http://hrdevelopmentinfo.com/adult-learning/conducting-an-instructional-analysis/ … [Read more...]