Foundations of Instructional and Performance Technology

Download or read book Foundations of Instructional and Performance Technology written by Seung Youn Chyung and published by Human Resource Development. This book was released on 2008 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're studying or practicing in the fields of instructional technology and human performance technology, you need a foundation of knowledge to advance your career. Foundations of Instructional and Performance Technology will provide you with an overview of principles and practices that is clear and easy-to-understand. This new resource does not offer an exhaustive list of topics. Rather the author selected topics with those fairly new to the field in mind and synthesized a wealth of information from many different sources into one concise text. The book starts with a focus on instructional technology, then shifts to human performance technology. With this book, youll have the opportunity to learn about ideas of original thinkers like Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner, Benjamin Samuel Bloom and more. Youll also have access to extensive references and user-friendly charts and graphs all designed to help you develop, validate and enhance your practice.