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Lifelong learning can occur both in and out of the classroom, but the most valuable instruction takes place on the job. Remote Workforce Training: Effective Technologies and Strategies investigates methods, techniques, and systems used in employee training programs. The tools and technologies surveyed within these pages will help employers take their workers beyond the transient skill sets offered by university degrees and into a constant state of learning and practice that will enhance both their productivity and technical abilities on a regular basis. In particular, the knowledge offered by this reference book will be of use to educators and students as well as managers, leaders, administrators, and personnel.
About the author
Shalin Hai-Jew works as an instructional designer at Kansas State University (K-State); she teaches for WashingtonOnline (WAOL). She has taught at the university and college levels for many years and was tenured but left tenure to pursue instructional design work. She taught in the People's Republic of China from 1988 - 1990 and 1992 - 1994, the latter two years with the United Nations Volunteers Programme of the UNDP. She has Bachelor's degrees in English and psychology and a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Washington (where she was a Hugh Paradise Scholar); she has an Ed.D. (2005) in Educational Leadership with a focus on public administration from Seattle University where she was a Morford Scholar. She reviews for several publications - Educause Quarterly and MERLOT's Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in the US.
