Traditional Training Methods
A traditional training method in which trainees are passive recipients of information
What is the presentation (lecture) method?
Internet-based courses that are designed to enroll many learners and can be used ‘off the shelf’ or customized
What are MOOCs (massive open online courses)?
Formal education, job experiences, relationships, and/or assessments of personality and skills that help employees prepare for the future
What is development?
One of the three roles of the trainer.
What are: administrator, instructor, facilitator?
A disadvantage of on-the-job training
What is: inconsistency (e.g., pass on bad habits); trainers are not properly trained to train?
The type of online/web-based training where trainers and learners interaction in ‘real time’
What is synchronous format/communication?
A term used to describe a career based on self-direction
What is a protean/boundaryless career?
Level 1 of Kirkpatrick's training evaluation framework
What are reactions?
A type of hands-on training that involves real-life situations where trainee decisions result in outcomes that mirror what would happen on the job
What is the simulation method?
A technology-based training method that completely immerses the learner in a three-dimensional experience
What is virtual reality?
One of three types of mentoring
What is formal, informal, or online?
The trainer role that involves guiding learners, managing discussions, and handling any challenging behaviors
What is the facilitator role?
A group training method that involves collaborating to solve a real work problem and then carrying out the solution or plan.
What is action learning?
A disadvantage of using augmented reality training
What are: cost, limited outdoor use, dizziness, employee resistance?
One of the five job characteristics that contributes to employee engagement and development
What are: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback?
The two main inputs to a training ROI calculation (must give both)
What are 1) the monetary benefit of the training and 2) training costs?
The learning theory that involves learning by observing others and is relevant for understanding hands-on training methods
What is social learning (or social cognitive) theory?
The type of training method where instruction changes based on trainees’ scores on assessments completed before or during training
What is adaptive training?
One of the career functions of mentoring
What is: sponsorship; exposure and visibility; protection; challenging assignments?
Alternative explanations for post-training outcomes other than the training itself
What are threats to validity?