The E-Learning Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Online Learning

"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. Thinking critically to move e-learning forward / by Patti Shank Hype versus reality in the boardroom : why e-learning hasn't lived up to its initial projections for penetrating the corporate environment / by Margaret Driscoll Hype versus reality on campus : why e-learning isn't likely to replace a professor any time soon / by Brent G. Wilson and Lee Christopher Knowledge management : from the graveyard of good ideas / by William Horton Infrastructure for learning : options for today or screw-ups for tomorrow / by Patti Shank ... [et al.] E-learning standards : a framework for enabling the creation and distribution of high-quality, cost-effective web-delivered instruction / by Pat Brogan Learning with objects / by Patrick Parrish Web 2.0 and beyond : the changing needs of learners, new tools, and ways to learn / by Patti Shank Locked out : bridging the divide between training and information technology / by Marc J. Rosenberg and Steve Foreman A holistic framework of instructional design for e-learning / by Saul Carliner Converting e3-learning to e3-learning : an alternative instructional design method / by M. David Merrill Design with the learning in mind / by Patricia McGee Revisiting learning theory for e-learning / by Gretchen Lowerison ... [ey al.] Design research : a better approach to improving online learning / by Thomas C. Reeves, Jan Herrington, and Ron Oliver Is e-learning economically viable / by Patrick Lambe E-learning : today's challenge, tomorrow's reality / by Saul Carliner.

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.