Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/345016/the_elearning_han) has announced the addition of the "The E-Learning Handbook: Past Promises, Present Challenges" report to their offering.
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.
Key Topics Covered:
- 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, L. Wayne Precht, Harvey Singh, Jim Everidge, and Jane Bozarth
- 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, Roger Côté, Philip C. Abrami, and Marie-Claude Lavoie
- 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
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