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e-Learning by Design
By: William HortoneBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Pfeiffer
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From William Horton -- a world renowned expert with more than thirty-five years of hands-on experience creating networked-based educational systems -- comes the next-step resource for e-learning training professionals. Like his best-selling book Designing Web-Based Training , this book is a comprehensive resource that provides practical guidance for making the thousand and one decisions needed to design effective e-learning.
e-Learning by Design includes a systematic, flexible, and rapid design process covering every phase of designing e-learning. Free of academic jargon and confusing theory, this down-to-earth, hands-on book is filled with hundreds of real-world examples and case studies from dozens of fields.
"Like the book's predecessor ( Designing Web-based Training ), it deserves four stars and is a must read for anyone not selling an expensive solution. -- From Training Media Review, by Jon Aleckson, www.tmreview.com, 2007
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| Title of Business & Economics eBook: e-Learning by Design | |
| Release Date: 01-20-2011 | |
| Publisher: Pfeiffer |
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e-Learning by Design
Chapter One
Designing e-learningPlanning the development of online learning
For tens of thousands of years, human beings have come together to learn and share knowledge. Until now, we have had to come together at the same time and place. But today, the technologies of the Internet have eliminated that requirement. Soon anybody will be able to learn anything anywhere at any time, thanks to a new development called e-learning.
What is e-learning?
E-learning marshals computer and network technologies to the task of education. Several definitions of e-learning are common. Some people hold that e-learning is limited to what takes place entirely within a Web browser without the need for other software or learning resources. Such a pure definition, though, leaves out many of the truly effective uses of related technologies for learning.
Definition of e-learning
There are a lot of complex definitions of e-learning, so I'll offer you a simple one:
E-learning is the use of information and computer technologies to create learning experiences.
This definition is deliberately open-ended, allowing complete freedom as to how these experiences are formulated, organized, and created. Notice that this definition does not mention "courses," for courses are just one way to package e-learning experiences. It also does not mention any particular authoring tool or management system.
Varieties of e-learning
E-learning comes in many forms. You may have taken one or two forms of e-learning, but have you considered them all?
* Standalone courses. Courses taken by a solo learner. S
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