| Designing Powerful Training: The Sequential-Iterative Model (Sim) Contributor(s): Milano, Michael (Author), Ullius, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787909661 ISBN-13: 9780787909666 Publisher: Pfeiffer OUR PRICE: $72.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: ""An excellent, comprehensive, and very practical guide for training design." --Beverly Popek, director of human resources, professional & consulting services, MCI Telecommunications The answer is here. The heart of this book is the Sequential-Iterative Model (SIM) for training design. A fancy term for a simple, elegant concept: training should be a step-by-step process with a "feedback loop" that enables you to continually refine your training based on experience. ""You will not find another book that so thoroughly examines the process of creating training events. For anyone who wants to do quality design work, this book is highly recommAnded."" This book is a tool to help you design training that is: Effective: Accomplishing specific objectives that aim toward success Efficient: Meeting training objectives without wasting time or energy Engaging: Involvin g learners and incorporating their experience into the training You get checklists and evaluations to guide your development process. Out of their many years of experience, Milano and Ullius have created a practical guidebook that enables you to structure training so it is fluid and adaptable. Many guides to instructional design are stuffy, academic, and difficult to apply to the real world. Not so with "Designing Powerful Training," This book is easy to approach and visually refreshing, with over 70 figures and illustrations! You'll receive an overview of training basics, including: Identifying the central characteristics of adult learners Recognizing the essential skills for instructional design Conducting a simple andquick needs assessment . . . and much more! Next, the authors introduce you to the revolutionary SIM design. This design guides you through: defining training goals and objectives designing a big-picture outline for your training program refining your outline to create a detailed training process selecting media for your training events evaluating the success of your designs. ""I like this book! The [SIM] gives me the connection between training design and organizational performance needs I have been looking for in other books.""-- Joseph A. Greenberg, professor of higher education administration, The George Washington University An essential piece of the puzzle is the running example that the authors follow throughout the book. This is where "the rubber meets the road. You see the SIM in action and you recognize how you'll make it work for you." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Training - Education | Administration - General - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
| Dewey: 371.3 |
| LCCN: 97049624 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 7.53" W x 9.09" (1.34 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An excellent, comprehensive, and very practical guide fortraining design. --Beverly Popek, director of human resources, professional &consulting services, MCI Telecommunications The answer is here. The heart of this book is theSequential-Iterative Model (SIM) for training design. A fancy termfor a simple, elegant concept: training should be a step-by-stepprocess with a feedback loop that enables you to continuallyrefine your training based on experience. You will not find another book that so thoroughly examinesthe process of creating training events. For anyone who wants to doquality design work, this book is highly recommAnded. --Mel Silberman, author of Active Training and 101 Ways to MakeTraining Active This book is a tool to help you design training that is: * Effective: Accomplishing specific objectives that aim towardsuccess * Efficient: Meeting training objectives without wasting time orenergy * Engaging: Involvin g learners and incorporating theirexperience into the training You get checklists and evaluations to guide your developmentprocess. Out of their many years of experience, Milano and Ulliushave created a practical guidebook that enables you to structuretraining so it is fluid and adaptable. Many guides to instructionaldesign are stuffy, academic, and difficult to apply to the realworld. Not so with Designing Powerful Training. This book iseasy to approach and visually refreshing, with over 70 figures andillustrations You'll receive an overview of training basics, including: * Identifying the central characteristics of adult learners * Recognizing the essential skills for instructional design * Conducting a simple and quick needs assessment . . . and muchmore Next, the authors introduce you to the revolutionary SIM design.This design guides you through: * defining training goals and objectives * designing a big-picture outline for your training program * refining your outline to create a detailed trainingprocess * selecting media for your training events * evaluating the success of your designs. I like this book The SIM] gives me the connection betweentraining design and organizational performance needs I have beenlooking for in other books.-- Joseph A. Greenberg, professorof higher education administration, The George WashingtonUniversity An essential piece of the puzzle is the running example that theauthors follow throughout the book. This is where the rubbermeets the road. You see the SIM in action and you recognize howyou'll make it work for you. |