Michael Allen's Guide to e-learning

An industry leader speaks out against boring, ineffective, costly e-learning and provides practical guidelines for creation of powerful, e-learning-based performance solutions. e-Learning is emerging rapidly in schools, businesses, and at home. Millions are being invested in this new, widely available technology purported as the solution to learning challenges. Dr. Michael Allen, commonly considered the father of modern interactive learning, raises concerns about misuses of the technology, missed opportunities, and money wasted on boring, ineffective e-learning. The book offers specific, pragmatic, common-sense approaches to guide the development of successful technology-assisted learning. A free CD-ROM is packed with sample applications. Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning enables business executives to become discerning e-learning investors and instructional designers to create meaningful performance solutions.

ISBN 0471203025   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780471203025 (What's this?)   Pages 360 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc   Weight (grammes) 632 Format Paperback   Published in New York Publication date 18 Feb 2003   Height (mm) 235 Non-book description xxx, 326 p. :   Width (mm) 192 Library of Congress 2002014447   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY 658.312404   Academic level General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword by Gloria Gery
		Acknowledgments
Pt. 1		The Business Perspective		1
Ch. 1		Plain Talk		3
		The e-Learning Myth		4
		Effective versus Boring - Pick a Circle		6
		Where Does e-Learning Fit?		17
		You Have Choices		18
		How This Book Can Help		23
		Get It Here		25
		Knowing versus Succeeding		25
Ch. 2		Context - The Possibility of Success		29
		Unrecognized Context Factors		30
		Change Is Necessary		30
		Prerequisites to Success		31
		Why Do We Do Things That We Know Are Wrong?		47
		How to Do the Right Thing		48
		Design - the Means to Success		49
		e-Learning or Bust		49
		A Pragmatic Approach		55
Ch. 3		The Essence of Good Design		57
		Design versus Technology		58
		The Three Priorities for Training Success		58
		Primary Components of e-Learning Applications		62
		My Guarantee		63
		Learner Motivation		63
		Learner Interface		68
		Content Structure and Sequencing		75
		Navigation		91
		Instructional Interactivity		93
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