Karl Kapp

Bloomsburg University · Department of Instructional Technology

The past millennium has brought forth unprecedented advancements in engineering and technology. Microchips have been invented and shrunk to the size of a pinhead, man has walked on the moon, great rivers have been dammed for irrigation, the Internet connects the globe through social networking, nanotechnology brings medical breakthroughs and Global...

How well boomers transfer their knowledge to younger employees (gamers∥ may well determine which organizations maintain their competitive edge during the next decade. But boomers' and gamers' preferred learning styles are as different as night and day, and conventional approaches may hinder rather than aid knowledge transfer. Fortunately, companies...

Manufacturing organizations have a tremendous opportunity to obtain a competitive advantage through the alignment of their training programs with organizational strategic goals. Yet, few manufacturing organizations are able to achieve a competitive advantage through organizational learning. In this article, the author details a comprehensive model...

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There are so many more distractions online than there are in a traditional classroom. In addition to the classroom options of staring out the window or daydreaming, distractions for the online learner include emails, phone calls, piles of paper, colleagues, ...

This tutorial, a sequel to "Instructional Design for Flow in Online Learning" published in eLearn in 2003, explains how the process of designing instruction can be a creative and enjoyable artistic experience for the online teacher and for the instructional ...

Taking a page from the finance function's play book, the Learning and Development Team of Sovereign Bank crafted a return on investment methodology that predicts the hard-dollar business impact of proposed training iniatives. Along the way the team also learned to speak the language of business. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

The partnership that Bloomsburg University’s Institute for Interactive Technologies and Department of Instructional Technology have created with its CAC members provides current students with a rich and rewarding experience. The students are provided opportunities to hear from professionals in the field and are given the experience of preparing a r...

This article looks at different e-learning technologies and briefly discusses the pros and cons of each. It then explains five technology characteristics that you should look for when selecting an e-learning solution, Regardless of whether your focus is academic or corporate.

There is a growing emphasis on utilizing a problem-based learning [PBL] pedagogy to help instructional design students gain an understanding of the complex forces operating within an actual design environment. However, little literature exists to suggest that PBL is being used to teach the process by which instructional design firms and practitione...

Too many computerized systems are still not designed to best meet the business needs of their end-users. Often, the reason is that non-technology managers do not take an active enough part in the design of those systems. But those who follow the three-step process of understanding, simplifying, and only then automating will work most effectively wi...

Many experts believe the only sustainable advantage an organization will have in the future is its ability to learn faster than its competitors. This competitive advantage can be achieved by transforming the organization into a learning organization. This article describes the basic elements of a learning organization and how to transform an organi...

Manufacturing organizations have a tremendous opportunity to obtain a competitive advantage through the alignment of their training programs with organizational strategic goals. Yet, few manufacturing organizations are able to achieve a competitive advantage through organizational learning. In this article, the author details a comprehensive model...