May – Book of the Month

Relearning to e-Learn: Strategies for Electronic Learning and Knowledge, by M.S. Bowles published by Melbourne University Publishing, April 2004. What the publisher says: “Relearning to E-Learn is for e-learning practitioners at all levels. It provides a credible, comprehensive look at both where elearning is today, at all the elements that affect it and the potential…

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What is eLearning?

by Carol Daunt, LearnTel http://www.learntel.com.au I thought it would be interesting to kick off our blog discussions by addressing the issue of what exactly IS eLearning. Given that we can’t seem to agree on the spelling (Elearning, eLearning, E-learning, e-Learning…..) I don’t know what hope we have of reaching a consensus on a definition. My…

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User Experience in the First ARISE Distributed Classroom

e-Learn Magazine has a report on an interesting use of technologies to create a live distributed classroom for 2 university campuses to conduct a graduate seminar course. http://elearnmag.org/subpage/sub_page.cfm?section=3&list_item=18&page=1

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Theory and Practice of Online Learning

Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi. This is an open-source book which means you can download it for free or purchase a printed copy from the website! “By assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in…

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A Bakers Dozen Tips on How to Teach a Virtual Course and still lead a real life!

The following tips are from the ITForum listserv and are collected from Alex Kuskis, Larry Keyes, Kathleen Ingram and Lori Williams and edited by Terry Anderson! 1. Use FAQs: If it’s a recurrent course that you teach, create a FAQ file, both with respect to procedural questions, as well as content-related ones, and include it…

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