Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training: Perspectives and Guidance for the Enlightened Trainer

From Roger C. Schank—one of the most highly respected thinkers, writers, and speakers in the training, learning, and e-learning community—comes a compelling book of essays that explore the myriad issues related to challenges faced by today’s instructional designers and trainers. The essays offer a much-needed perspective on what trainers do, why they do it, and how they do it. Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training serves as a barometer to the issues that often perplex trainers and helps to illuminate three main points: what can and cannot be taught; how people think and learn; and what technology can really effectively provide. In addition, each essay is filled with practical guidance and includes a summary of ideas, tips and techniques, things to think about, checklists, and other job aids. 

Schank is researcher in artificial intelligence and applying cognitive learning theory to education who has taught at Stanford, Yale, Northwestern U. and Carnegie Mellon's West Coast campus over the past three decades; he now runs a private company which helps schools and companies build online curricula. In this text, he offers experienced trainers and educators in e-learning and stand- up classroom/training settings a collection of essays based on his own experiences as an educator. Written in an engaging, conversational style, the text combines stories about teaching with reflections on what those stories suggest about what can and cannot be taught, how people think and learn, and what technology can most effectively provide. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Roger Schank—one of the world's leading researchers in artificial intelligence and applying cognitive learning theory to education—founded Socratic Arts, a company dedicated to helping schools and companies build meaningful curricula online. A prolific writer, Schank is the author of twenty-five books and in 2000 was recognized by ASTD for his "distinguished contributions to workplace learning."