Research Guides: Training & Development: More Info / Advanced

Some Training & Development Websites...

These links are for doing web background searching in the field of Training & Development.

Association for Talent Development
A professional organization. Formerly Association for Training and Development (ASTD).
BBC Academy: Training & Development
These online modules and guides are free; initially, they were designed for BBC staff so they still contain some specific references to BBC procedures, methods and services.
Certified Professional in Learning and Performance
The ASTD Certification Institute's Certified Professional in Learning and Performance Certification (CPLP) equips you with the tools to be the best in the field and lets employers know that you have real world, practical expertise that can be readily applied to the current work environment.
Distance Education & Training Council
The global leader in distance learning accreditation.
Institute for Corporate Productivity
The world's largest vendor-free network of corporations focused on building and sustaining a highly productive, high-performance organization.
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Website features "TrendWatchers" weekly reports and a "Productivity Blog".
International Society for Performance Improvement
"Where knowledge becomes know-how." This link is to a nice resource for training and development professionals, the "ISPI Performance Digest."
ROI Institute
A research, benchmarking, and consulting organization run by Jack & Patti Phillips.
Theory in Practice - Learning Theories
The Theory in Practice (TIP) guide by Greg Kearsley; highlights adult learning theories and theorists.
Training and Development Resource Center
This site provides resources, ideas, strategies, etc to help those involved in the training and development profession.
Training Warehouse
"Tools, Tips, and Toys for Trainers & Teachers." Includes such ideas as icebreakers, games for active learning, and comic relief.
Web-Based Training Information Center
A free information resource for anyone interested in developing and delivering online learning.
Workforce Management
Companion website to the magazine - News & information about employment law and human resource development.

Search within these Performance Improvement & Training-focused TRDV journals

Education + Training
Blind peer-reviewed journal.

Below is a list linking to the full text of academic (mostly scholarly) Performance Improvement & Training-focused journals in the Training & Development and Organizational Leadership fields.

Note that a journal may be scholarly without having an official process of peer-review in place.

Human Performance
18 month full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo").
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Academic journal, with editorial review; Dedicated to presenting original research, theory & measurement methods. Aims to investigate individuals & team performance factors that influence work effectiveness.
International Journal of Training & Development
12 month full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")
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Academic journal; This multidisciplinary, international and comparative journal provides research, analysis and debate on the effective use of human resources and the growth of training and development in employees.
International Journal of Training Research
Blind peer-reviewed journal.
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Publishes articles to advance knowledge and understanding of vocational education and training in Australia and internationally. Focuses on current or recently completed research and reviews of research in vocational education and training.
Journal of Educational Technology Systems
6 month full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo").
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Articles on systems in which technology and education interface, the use of computers as an integral component of educational systems and design and development of interactive computer-based systems aimed at the professional educator.
Journal of Interactive Online Learning
Peer-reviewed, open access journal.
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Focuses on providing a venue for manuscripts, critical essays, and reviews that encompass disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in regards to issues related to higher-level learning outcomes.
Performance Improvement
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Geared toward practitioners of performance technology in the workplace and strives to provide specific guidelines on applications of performance technology to help readers expand and understand their scope of HPT.
Performance Improvement Quarterly
Peer-reviewed journal.
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Academic journal with peer review; Publishes articles on human performance technologies and the performance improvement field.
T+D
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Editorial review. Committed to the development and utilization of human potential. Articles on training programs, development skills and counseling and guidance. From the American Society for Training & Development.
Training
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Articles, commentary and news on all aspects of management/supervisory development and training published for personnel managers and executives in manufacturing, retail, communications, utilities, and government.