Infoline Digital Series: Assessing Needs and Evaluating the Design Process

Effective training design requires clear understanding of learning needs and ongoing evaluation of design and program success. This collection of six Infolines will help you analyze learning needs, collect and use accurate data, evaluate the design process, and prove the value of your learning programs.  Collection includes:   --Basics of ISD Revisited --Conducting a Mini Needs Assessment --Performance Gap Analysis --Data Collection for Needs Assessment --Evaluation Data: Planning and Use  --The Four Levels of Evaluation

ASTD’s Best On Informal Learning (PDF Download)

Informal learning has always been a part of workplace learning and development. And looking into the future, informal learning will continue to be a crucial component of learning strategies, regardless of industry or geography. This collection includes the best content on how to design, measure, and support informal learning to make it a valuable partner along with your other strategic learning initiatives.

ISD From the Ground Up: A No-Nonsense Approach to Instructional Design, 3rd Edition (A Content Express eBook)

This essential how-to handbook should be on the desk of every trainer whatever their actual job title may be. From basic principles to advanced applications, youll find a complete tool kit for developing great instructional practice.

Rapid Video Development for Trainers: How to Create Learning Videos Fast and Affordably (PDF)

Creating web-based professional development video in-house has never been easier, faster, or more cost-effective. And as digital, web-based video assumes a more important role in professional development programs, corporate trainers and other development staff are increasingly being called upon to create training and instructional video themselves: in-house, on time, and within budget. This book answers such important questions as “Where do I get started with video?”, “How can I produce video that delivers the content I need to share?”, “Which software and hardware tools will work best for me?”, and “What’s the best way for me to put my finished video on the web?”

Rapid Video Development for Trainers: How to Create Learning Videos Fast and Affordably (PDF WITH VIDEOS)

Creating web-based professional development video in-house has never been easier, faster, or more cost-effective. And as digital, web-based video assumes a more important role in professional development programs, corporate trainers and other development staff are increasingly being called upon to create training and instructional video themselves: in-house, on time, and within budget. This book answers such important questions as “Where do I get started with video?”, “How can I produce video that delivers the content I need to share?”, “Which software and hardware tools will work best for me?”, and “What’s the best way for me to put my finished video on the web?”

Evidence-Based Training Methods: A Guide for Training Professionals (A Content Express eBook)

Stop wasting time and money on training fads that don't work! Put proven methods to work for you by incorporating evidence and learning psychology into your program design, development, and delivery decisions.

Informal Learning: The Social Evolution (PDF)

The purpose of Informal Learning: The Social Evolution, conducted by ASTD and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), is to examine the ways in which informal learning is evolving and how organizations are leveraging it to improve performance.

Scenario-Based E-Learning (PDF Download)

Scenario-based e-learning is a proven and engaging way to train learners on a new process or to facilitate a change in behavior or skills. In this Infoline, you will learn about the power of scenario-based simulations to capture and provide practical experience; the basics of designing a computer-based simulation; and how to develop complex and engaging scenarios.

Teach SMEs To Design Training

Help SMEs understand adult learning theories and how to design effective training[PDF download]