Read, Talk, Play, Watch: How HRD Practitioners Like to Learn

While an aim of research is to inform practice, there exists a tension between scholars who undertake research and practitioners whom it might benefit. Scholars work diligently inside a system that values print for dissemination, but practitioners opine that the practicalities are embedded within ponderous articles rife with academic language and form. This qualitative study inquires into the learning preferences of HRD (human resource development) practitioners with a special focus on their preferences when learning from printed materials. (Contains 2 tables.)