e-Learning by Design

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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 20, 2011 - Business & Economics - 640 pages
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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Contents

Chapter 1 Designing elearning
1
Chapter 2 Absorbtype activities
47
Chapter 3 Dotype activities
105
Chapter 4 Connecttype activities
167
Chapter 5 Tests
215
Chapter 6 Topics
285
Chapter 7 Lessons
319
Chapter 8 Strategic decisions
357
Chapter 9 Design for the virtual classroom
415
Chapter 10 Visual display
495
Chapter 11 Navigation
531
Chapter 12 Conclusion
577
Index
581
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William Horton is a leading e-learning consultant and president of William Horton Consulting where he advises large and small companies in developing online training and information strategies. He is the author of Leading E-Learning, Evaluating E-Learning, Using E-Learning, and Designing Web-Based Training and the coauthor of E-Learning Tools and Technologies.

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