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The World Is Flat
A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and the Iraq war? Or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating... (more)
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A Handbook of Job Aids
by Allison Rossett
You can save time and money and improve work performance throughout your organization--with the help of job aids. Job aids make it easier to perform tasks by providing access to information, procedures, policies, and examples. These sources of information make it easier to perform tasks by providing access to information, examples, policies, and procedures. Paired with training and supervisory support, job aids... (more)
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Development Technical Training: A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-based Instructional Materials , 2nd Edition
by Ruth C. Clark
Developing Technical Training Second Edition A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-Based Instructional Materials By Ruth Colvin Clark, EdD The goal of this second edition of Developing Technical Training is the same as it was ten years ago: to provide a structured, research-based methodology for the development of instructional materials that most effectively convert information to... (more)
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Crisp: Graphics for Presenters: Getting Your Ideas Across (Crisp Fifty-Minute Series)
by Lynn Kearny
Use simple graphics to present ideas and information with greater impact.
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A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing
A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
by Lorin W. Anderson, David R. Krathwohl, Peter W. Airasian, Kathleen A. Cruikshank, Richard E. Mayer, Paul R. Pintrich, James Raths, Merlin C. Wittrock
B> This revision of Bloom's taxonomy is designed to help teachers understand and implement standards-based curriculums. Cognitive psychologists, curriculum specialists, teacher educators, and researchers have developed a two-dimensional framework, focusing on knowledge and cognitive processes. In combination, these two define what students are expected tolearn in school. Like no other text, it explores... (more)
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Game Design: Principles, Practice, and Techniques- the Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Game Designer
by Jim Thompson
Practical, complete coverage of game design basics from design process to production This full-color, structured coursebook offers complete coverage of game design basics, focusing on design rather than computer programming. Packed with exercises, assignments, and step-by-step instructions, it starts with an overview of design theory, then progresses to design processes, and concludes with coverage of... (more)
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A Beginner's Guide to Second Life
by v3image
A Beginner's Guide to Second Life is an excellent guide, designed to make the learning process of Second Life Easy, Simple and Fun. Whether you are a NEWBIE or just a frustrated resident this book will open the Second Life world and all its possibilities. Filled with easy to follow "Tips & Hints" in addition to the Shortcut Command Guide, and a must have Second Life Tour list by category. Learn... (more)
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The Performance Consultant's Fieldbook: Tools and Techniques for Improving Organizations and People (Essential Knowledge Resource)
by Judith A. Hale
The Performance Consultant’s Fieldbook will help trainers, training managers, and internal and external consultants working in partnership with clients to identify barriers to performance, explore a suite of solutions, and work collaboratively to get new procedures, technology, behaviors, and ideas adopted. Step-by-step, the book details the techniques you need to conduct performance interventions and offers a... (more)
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Charting Your Course: How to Prepare to Teach More Effectively
by Richard Pre?gent
Good teaching begins with good preparation. But many instructors and teaching assistants are unsure about how to plan their courses in order to teach more effectively. Charting Your Course is a systematic approach to course planning that applies to all disciplines and course types. Prégent stresses analysis, planning, critical thinking, and careful evaluation and provides step-by-step examples of how actual... (more)
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The Medium is the Message
by Quentin Fiore Marshall McLuchan
Back cover: "The Medium is the Massage" is a look-around to see what's happening - and why! You are changing. Your family is changing. Your job is changing. Your education, your neighborhood, your government, your relation to "the others" are changing. Dramatically! "The Medium is the Massage" reveals how the medium, or process, of our time - electric technology - is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social... (more)
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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics : The Excel Edition
by Neil J. Salkind
Derived from his bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics , author Neil J. Salkind presents readers with The Excel Edition ! Using the same personable and clear style that made previous editions so successful, this new edition teaches students how they can use Excel to learn the basics of statistics. This is not a text on how to use Excel, rather it illustrates how this program can... (more)
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Developing technical training : a structured approach for developing classroom and computer-based instructional materials
by Ruth Colvin Clark
Since it was first published almost twenty years ago, Developing Technical Training has been a reliable resource for both new and seasoned training specialists. The third edition of this classic book outlines a systematic approach called the Instructional Systems Design (ISD) process that shows how to teach technical content defined as facts, concepts, processes, procedures, and principles. Whether you teach... (more)
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The All-New Mager Six-Pack: Book 3
Preparing instructional objectives : a critical tool in the development of effective instruction
by Robert Frank Mager
Before you prepare instruction, it's important to be able to clearly state what the desired outcomes of that instruction should be. In Preparing Instructional Objectives, you'll learn the characteristics of well-stated objectives, how to derive suitable objectives, and how to write objectives to match the instructional results you are seeking to achieve.
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mLearning: Mobile Learning and Performance in the Palm of Your Hand (1)
by David S. Metcalf III
Gain back hours of useful time each day by learning “on the go” The next time you’re on the road, stuck in an airport or waiting in line, don’t allow your valuable time to be wasted by circumstances you can’t control. Turn on your PDA, smart phone or wireless connection and use those “stolen moments” to learn. Mobile learning—or mlearning—combines the technologies of mobile communications with any... (more)
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
by American Psychological Association
Style manual for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals across all fields. Provides clear guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style. Includes examples, new guidelines and advice, and more. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover, wire-spiral edition is also available. Hardcover edition due later.
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Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf Arnheim
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Visual Explanations
Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte
Describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion, process, mechanism, cause, and effect. Examines the logic of depicting quantitative evidence.
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Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual Quickstart Guides)
by Katherine Ulrich
New timeline effects and behaviors, better run-time performance (which equals faster graphics display and video playback), native support for PDF and EPS forms, a slew of workflow enhancements, an improved programming language, a redesigned interface—these are just a few in the long list of new features that have Web designers salivating over the newest version of their favorite Web tool: Macromedia Flash MX 2004.... (more)
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Practical Research: Planning and Design (8th Edition)
by Paul D. Leedy, Timothy J. Newby
Written in uncommonly engaging, lucid, and elegant prose, this book is an “understand-it-yourself, do-it-yourself” manual designed to help readers understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results. It guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem to study, through the process of conducting authentic research,... (more)
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The All-New Mager Six-Pack: Book 2
Analyzing Performance Problems: Or, You Really Oughta Wanna--How to Figure out Why People Aren't Doing What They Should Be, and What to do About It (Mager Six-Pack) (Mager Six-Pack)
by Robert Frank Mager
Analyzing Performance Problems gives you a step-by-step process for solving virtually any performance problem you face. Instead of guessing at solutions that won't work, you can save time, money, and frustration by finding the true cause of the problem and identifying the best and most economical way to solve it. You'll learn to: - Identify the true causes of performance problems - Determine if you can use... (more)

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