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- Title
Human Performance Technology Blooms in the High Desert.
- Authors
Kang, Sung “Pil”; Svihla, Vanessa; Law, Victor; Grassberger, Robert
- Abstract
As our first presentation in a series of academic program profiles, we are pleased to present the Organization, Information, and Learning Science (OILS) program at the University of New Mexico (UMN). The OILS program began in the 1980s as a vocational education program and has evolved into a program that focuses on human performance technology (HPT), instructional design (ID), and learning sciences. The OILS program is organizationally a part of the College of University Libraries and Learning Science. The library faculty brings positive synergy to OILS in terms of data management and information technology, research, education, and applied practices. The program offers an undergraduate degree as well as masters and doctoral degrees. It is very rare to provide an undergraduate degree in the HPT and ID fields, and the OILS program is proud of these pioneering efforts. OILS has a pragmatic tradition. The faculty members of OILS and its graduate students have conducted scholastic and practical research projects in HPT, ID, and learning sciences. Coursework emphasis is on cultivating students' capabilities for excellent performance in the workplace. The program has a strong network within the local community with local employers as well as with local chapters of professional societies. The present demographics in the State of New Mexico in terms of the majority-minority status are similar to the overall demographics that the United States as a whole will face within the next 30 years. OILS is an innovative program. - Sung 'Pil' Kang, PhD and Yeol Huh, PhD, column editors
- Subjects
ACADEMIC programs; PERFORMANCE technology; VOCATIONAL education; INSTRUCTIONAL systems design; UNIVERSITY of New Mexico
- Publication
Performance Improvement, 2016, Vol 55, Issue 3, p24
- ISSN
1090-8811
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pfi.21562