Technical Training Basics
Your essential guide to designing successful training programs. If you’re an experienced trainer, training manager, content designer, or curriculum developer, Technical Training Basics will help you tackle the challenges of working with specialized, complex subject matter and in partnership with sub...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Alexandria, VA :
ATD Press
[2020]
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| Edición: | Second edition |
| Colección: | ASTD training basics series.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630847906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the Training Basics Series
- Preface
- 1. The Technical Training Enigma
- What Is Technical Training?
- Differences Between Technical and Nontechnical Training
- What Is a Technical Organization?
- The Role of Technical Training Within the Technical Organization
- Competency Assurance
- Technical Courses Versus Technical Learning Experiences
- Basic Requirements to Promote Technical Learning and Performance Improvement
- Cracking the Enigma-Learning Measurement
- What We've Learned
- Getting It Done
- 2. Effective Technical Training
- Active and Passive Learning
- Variety, Differentiated Instruction, and Varied Practice
- Getting It Done
- 3. The Successful Development Team
- Roles in Technical Course Development
- Successful Developer Characteristics
- Traits of the Ideal Subject Matter Expert
- Finding a Good SME
- What We've Learned
- Getting It Done
- 4. Technical Training Development Strategies
- ADDIE Model
- Agile
- Reconciling ADDIE and Agile
- Example: Iterative ADDIE
- Getting It Done
- 5. Beginning the Technical Training Project
- The Kickoff Meeting
- Introductions, Expectations, and Administrative Information
- Important Questions for Stakeholders and SMEs
- Getting It Done
- 6. Targeting the Content
- Identify SMART Learning Objectives
- Prioritizing Content
- Learning Strategy Analysis
- Getting It Done
- 7. Arranging a Technical Curriculum
- Options for Arranging a Technical Course
- The Building Blocks of a Design Document
- Getting It Done
- 8. Designing Classroom Exercises for Highly Technical Content
- Three Categories of Exercises
- Getting It Done
- 9. Gathering Information
- Types of Information to Seek
- In-House Sources of Information
- External Sources of Information
- Maximizing Information You Receive.
- Challenges of Gathering Information
- Specific Tactics for Collecting Information
- Getting It Done
- 10. Working With Subject Matter Experts
- Developing Content With SMEs
- Finding Out "the Why" From Your SME
- Getting Past Tangents
- Going Through Edits With Your SME
- Getting It Done
- 11. The Pilot Class and Beyond
- Helping Out the SME-Turned-Trainer
- Development Opportunities From the Pilot Class
- Post-Course Maintenance
- Getting It Done
- 12. Troubleshooting: Challenges and Solutions
- Challenge: Technical Content Is Too Complicated
- Challenge: You Can't Tell What Content Is "Nice to Know" and What Is "Need to Know"
- Challenge: Your SME Has a Full-Time Job Outside the Training Department
- Challenge: The Course You Have Been Asked to Redesign Has Already Been Taught for Years
- Challenge: The Course That Never Gets Finished
- Challenge: The Course That Needs to Be Finished Yesterday
- Challenge: The Organization Doesn't Understand Active Training
- Challenge: You Don't Know How to Make the Content Interactive
- Challenge: SMEs Disagree on Content
- Challenge: Equipment Is Unavailable for Training
- Challenge: Concrete Answers Do Not Exist
- Challenge: You Have a Global Training Audience
- Challenge: Technology Keeps Changing
- Challenge: I Don't Know If My Learning Solution Is Effective
- Summing It Up-A Final Word on Technical Training Basics
- Getting It Done
- References and Resources
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
