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How to Design Self-Directed and Distance Learning Programs: A Guide for Creators of Web-Based Training, Computer-Based Training, and Self-Study Materials
by Nigel Harrison
Product Group: Book
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (1998-07-31)
ISBN: 0070271003
EAN: 9780070271005
Dewy Decimal #: 005
Paperback: 360 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: M9896
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Written by a performance and training expert, this powerful, distance learning designerÕs toolkit shows you step-by-step how to create professional quality self-directed learning programs. New technology has expanded the possibilities for distance learningÑbut it hasn't affected the need for clear objectives, good planning, well-constructed programs, and measurable training gains. Whether your medium is workbooks or Web pages, Nigel Harrison's methods will show you how to achieve excellent results. Even if you're new to training, this book will help you deliver professional-level self-directed and distance trainingÑtraining that delivers the results that organizations need.
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Customer Reviews
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Look Elsewhere, and Save Your Money
Rating  (1)
Date: 1999-10-18
32 out of 34 customers found this reveiw helpful
Here is the entire book, quickly summed up:* Fill in these many, many "worksheet pages" * Work with experienced persons to get experience * Fill out some more checklist worksheets * Thanks for your money PLEASE do yourself a favor, and get a WBT book in which the author acutally is a Subject Matter Expert, and not someone out to take your money and provide obvious advice.
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Should be Titled "Evaluating the need for Training"
Rating  (2)
Date: 1999-09-30
30 out of 30 customers found this reveiw helpful
This 300+ page book could easily have been 150 pages. Furthermore, he spends entirely too much time in the evaluation process. If you're looking to jump into web-based training design, this book's not for you. Too much preliminary analysis chocked full of theory from basic educational classes. The first 200 pages are a repeat of what I learned in educational classes for a degree in training and technological education. If you're a beginner, then this book could give you an overview of the complete thought process of deciding whether or not you need training. In fact, he almost tries to talk you out of training, but instead to try other alternatives first. If you've already made your mind up and need an expert book on the subject, this book is NOT for you. He readily admits that he has never done WBT!?! Designed more for academia and as a student workbook. I was looking more for a book that would detail the pro's and con's of WBT and distance learning from an expert doing it. It isn't until page 252 of 350+ that he begins talking about WBT (never mind he hasn't done it). He then spends less than 50 pages on it. Disregard all of the Web-based hype that you read on the back cover and in the book synthesis from the publisher.
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A Big Disappointment
Rating (1)
Date: 1999-04-29
7 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
Too fluffy - Not enough meaningful conten
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Useful as a supplemental workbook, but not on its' own
Rating (2)
Date: 1999-03-24
11 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book may be useful as a workbook for those who need to thoroughly outline a project they're doing(if they already know something about Web-Based Training). Better yet, teachers of WBT/CBT or Instructional Design might use it as a workbook for student projects. It is not, however, a good place to learn about WBT--not on its' own. A more comprehensive primary text is a necessity.
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Less useful than most books on this subject
Rating (1)
Date: 1998-12-12
This book is a disappointment. The actual content is slim. The book has lots of white space, lots of self tests for readers, lots of blank charts for the reader to fill in as he or she plans a course, lots of bulleted "to do" lists. But it provides virtually no supporting information for any of its points or suggestions and offers no sense that Dl is actually a pretty complicated subject. In addition, it offers no references, bibliographical material, or any other support for the readers' continued learning.
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