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Summary
Summary
The e-Learning Handbook provides a critical reflection on the current state of e-learning with contributions from the world's foremost e-learning experts and best-selling authors from academe and industry, including Margaret Driscoll; Brent Wilson Lee Christopher; William Horton, L. Wayne Precht, Harvey Singh, Jim Everidge, and Jane Bozarth; Pat Brogan; Patrick Parrish; Marc J. Rosenberg and Steve Forman; Pat McGee; Philip C. Abrami, Gretchen Lowerison, Roger Cote, and Marie-Claude Lavoie; Thomas C. Reeves, Jan Herrington, and Ron Oliver; and Patrick Lambe. The book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the technological, design, economic, evaluation, research, economic, and philosophical issues underlying e-learning. Each chapter includes a chart that summarizes the key take-away points, contains questions that are useful for guiding discussions, and offers suggestions of related links, books, papers, reports, and articles.
Author Notes
Saul Carliner, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the graduate program in educational technology at Concordia University in Montreal. Among his numerous books is Advanced Web-Based Training Strategies from Pfeiffer.
Patti Shank, Ph.D., is the president of Learning Peaks LLC, an internationally known instructional design and instructional technology consulting firm. She is the editor of The Online Learning Idea Book and the coauthor of Making Sense of Online Learning, both from Pfeiffer.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Introduction |
| Part I The Context for E-Learning |
| Chapter 1 Thinking Critically to Move e-Learning ForwardPatti Shank |
| Part II The Reality Versus the Hype of E-Learning |
| Chapter 2 Hype Versus Reality in the Boardroom: Why e-Learning Hasn't Lived Up to Its Initial Projections for Penetrating the Corporate EnvironmentMargaret Driscoll |
| Chapter 3 Hype Versus Reality on Campus: Why e-Learning Isn't Likely to Replace a Professor Any Time SoonBrent G. Wilson and Lee Christopher |
| Chapter 4 Knowledge Management: From the Graveyard of Good IdeasWilliam Horton |
| Part III Technology Issues |
| Chapter 5 Infrastructure for Learning: Options for Today or Screw-Ups for TomorrowPatti Shank and L. Wayne Precht and Harvey Singh and Jim Everidge and Jane Bozarth |
| Chapter 6 e-Learning Standards: A Framework for Enabling the Creation and Distribution of High-Quality, Cost-Effective Web-Delivered InstructionPat Brogan |
| Chapter 7 Learning with ObjectsPatrick Parrish |
| Chapter 8 Web |
| 2.0 and Beyond: The Changing Needs of Learners, New Tools, and Ways to LearnPatti Shank |
| Chapter 9 Locked Out: Bridging the Divide Between Training and Information TechnologyMarc J. Rosenberg and Steve Foreman |
| Part IV Design Issues |
| Chapter 10 A Holistic Framework of Instructional Design for e-LearningSaul Carliner |
| Chapter 11 Converting e3-Learning to e3-Learning: An Alternative Instructional Design MethodM. David Merrill |
| Chapter 12 Design with the Learning in MindPatricia McGee |
| Part V Issues of Theory and Research |
| Chapter 13 Revisiting Learning Theory for e-LearningGretchen Lowerison and Roger Cot_ and Philip C. Abrami and Marie-Claude Lavoie |
| Chapter 14 Design Research: A Better Approach to Improving Online LearningThomas C. Reeves and Jan Herrington and Ron Oliver |
| Part VI Economic Issues and Moving Forward |
| Chapter 15 Is e-Learning Economically Viable?Patrick Lambe |
| Chapter 16 e-Learning: Today's Challenge, Tomorrow's RealitySaul Carliner |
| About the Editors |
| About the Contributors |
| Index |
