Education + Training: Volume 34 Issue 5

How Interactive Video Can Help to Improve Training Logistics

Stephen Jones

Describes interactive video (IV) as a training tool which combinesthe benefits of full motion video image with“interactivity”, the learner controlling progress andselecting…

The Impact of New Learning Technologies in Education

Paula Kingston, Jeff Morgan, André Wagstaff

Discusses the changing role of information technology in educationto where it is now – a tool for use across the curriculum withincreased networking of computers. Reports a 30 per…

Integrating Computer‐based Training: Exploiting the Best of CBT at Marks & Spencer

Richard Holden

Discusses Marks & Spencer′s application of computer‐basedtraining (CBT) in training its food supervisors. CBT is used to enhancethe transfer of learning following training input…

Developing Teaching and Learning Materials: A Practical Strategy STRATEGY

Dennis James

Discusses the reappraisal at Leeds Polytechnic of methodology fordeveloping teaching and learning materials in general, and independentlearning materials in particular. Outlines…

Information Technology and the Walls of the Mind: Developments in one Urban Comprehensive School

Michael Clark

The working assumption adopted was that information technology (IT)effectively managed, would prove to be a means of enabling more studentsto access the power of information…

New Technologies in Education and Training: An Overview

Paula Kingston, André Wagstaff

An overview of information technology (IT) in education andtraining. Discusses what educators have learned and the issues facingthem including: the location and pace of learning;…

The Impact of New Learning Technologies in Industry

Alan Cook

Looks at some of the pros and cons of technology‐based training(TBT). TBT can make a training experience both realistic and stimulatingfor the learner and, because of the…