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Putting Technology to Work for Learners

Learning professionals are preoccupied with instructional technology. (Instructional technology focuses on how technology can support the learning process.) It is not surprising why. Many startling new opportunities in the talent development field have been created by emerging instructional technology. Twenty years ago, for instance, it was unthinkable to envision the full slate of software and hardware that is presently available to analyze, design, develop, deliver, facilitate, and evaluate learning experiences. While technology advances rapidly, human beings do not. Developments in adult learning theory have been slow in coming and slower still in fully adapting to applications of technology to enhance ...

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