In the midst of an unparalleled technological and digital revolution, thriving as a distinguished Chief e-learning Officer demands a unique set of strategies to conquer the fast-paced business landscape. This all-encompassing guide is tailored for e-learning strategists, digital transformation experts, and e-learning designers who are eager to unravel the core principles and emerging trends that propel success in today's dynamic digital realm. Dive into Chief e-learning Officer in the Era of Speed and unveil the transformative e-learning approaches that will redefine the way you empower your workforce in this era of rapid change. Learn to stay ahead of the competition by reducing time-to-proficiency and enhancing employee development journeys. Confidently traverse the digital revolution as you delve into groundbreaking, research-based e-learning tactics. Master the design of a speed-enabling e-learning ecosystem that swiftly prepares your employees for success. With the tools, insights, and guidelines provided in this book, you'll be able to craft compelling, future-proof e-learning experiences that expedite employee growth. Embrace the potential of cutting-edge e-learning strategies and unlock the secrets to accelerated triumph in our fast-paced world. More than just a guide, this book imparts the strategic thinking essential to navigating e-learning strategies in the era of speed. Elevate your leadership skills and shine as a global Chief e-learning Officer, leaving your indelible mark on the digital revolution within your organization.

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This book provides a practical and intuitive model for measuring the effectiveness of technical training programs, addressing the challenges faced by technical training managers and other technical managers in justifying the return on investment for large-scale and investment-intensive training programs. The 4-tier Return on Expectations (ROE) framework presented in this book, developed through years of research, observation, and experience, aims at reducing the pains of technical business managers while presenting and return on investment (ROI) of their training programs. This book reduces your pains by eliminating the need to dollarize every piece of training investment. It also makes you less dependent on practically difficult methods to compute a defendable ROI. Instead, it will guide you on clarifying your and your stakeholders’ expectations and then presenting a return on expectations, using the most relevant metrics and practical approach to calculate four indices: training reaction index, improvement index, effectiveness index, and impact index. ​​​​​​​By using a feedback-based and data-driven approach, this book enables technical training managers or training leaders handling large-scale programs to collect data, measure key indicators, and compute indices that provide evidence of the effectiveness of their training programs, ultimately helping them communicate the value and effectiveness of your training programs to executives. Never again would you return to your traditional methods.

Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education brings the voice of the learning sciences to the study and design of distance learning. The contributors examine critical issues in the design of theoretically and pedagogically based distance education programs. Eight distance education programs are described in enough detail to allow readers with different interests to understand the pedagogical approaches and the implications of implementing those approaches. Issues of theory, pedagogy, design, assessment, communities of practice, collaboration, and faculty development are discussed. Each section of the book includes: *a primary chapter written by an author or authors involved with a distance education program that reflects learner-centered principles; *a formal reaction to the chapter by a specialist from the learning sciences, educational evaluation and policy, administration, or the corporate sector with expertise in issues of distance learning; and *an edited transcript of the authors' discussion of the primary chapter held at a symposium at the Asilomar Conference Center. A final "summing up" section offers two perspectives--from leading scholars outside the fields of instructional design, evaluation, and the learning sciences--on the approaches and thinking reflected in the rest of the book. This book is essential for researchers, as well as all those engaged in delivering, supporting, or administrating distance education programs at the post-secondary level. The descriptions, strategies, and principles will inform the design of continuing education, as well as degree-based education and corporate education and training, and distance education programs for adults.

Embark on a transformative voyage of research discovery through the pages of this comprehensive guidebook! Unveil the latent prowess of a successful corporate researcher within you, as you traverse a meticulously outlined showcase of the entire business research process. Tailored with precision for business leaders who may find themselves lacking extensive research backgrounds or formal training in research methodologies, this book serves as an all-encompassing compass to equip you with the essential tools and techniques required to conduct impactful, practice-oriented corporate research that addresses the most pressing issues faced by organizations. Perfectly suited for professionals, practitioners, and corporate managers embarking on the journey of corporate research or pursuing advanced doctoral-level programs, this book stands as your definitive resource—a roadmap that unravels a systematic research process in a manner that is both accessible and implementable. Rooted deeply in the qualitative domain, this guidebook delves into a comprehensive exploration of strategies and principles, each meticulously demonstrated through a comprehensive organizational research study that serves as the backbone of the narrative. Rich with real-world, full-scale examples, every chapter guides you through the intricacies: from the initial stages of selecting a pertinent research topic and crafting a research blueprint, to skillfully gathering high-quality data and conducting profound analysis. Empower yourself with invaluable insights to deftly position your own research within the most suitable paradigm, forge connections with participants, construct and present models, rigorously test outcomes, and delve into so much more. All of this under the expert guidance of an award-winning accelerated learning scientist and a seasoned business leader, ensuring you're in capable hands as you navigate the research landscape. Catering to a diverse audience ranging from practitioners, managers, executives, scholars, students, professors, teachers, and researchers, this book is an indispensable companion, with a shared goal of advancing their understanding of research excellence. Whether you're a practitioner yearning to enhance your decision-making acumen, a manager driven to infuse innovation into your organization, or a scholar on an unrelenting quest for academic distinction, this indispensable guide will serve as your steadfast companion, propelling your research endeavors to unprecedented heights.

This core textbook on human resource development (HRD) focusses on a topic that has emerged as one of the most dynamic and multifaceted areas of business and management for both academics and practitioners. Providing an engaging and succinct discussion of the topic, this textbook tackles HRD from a basic introductory level, covering the major areas of HRD, including strategic HRD, the interaction between leadership, talent management and HRD, and HRD in large and small enterprises. With a unique blend of theory and practice, alongside innovative learning tools such as videos and active case studies, this text will help students to succeed in their HRD courses and to develop important practical skills for their future career. This is the perfect textbook for first and second year undergraduate students, as well as for post-experience students, studying introductory modules on Human Resource Development, Training and Development, or Learning and Development.