The handbook is meant to inform, coach, entice, caution, and
encourage. Articles were chosen and crafted to help
professionals cope with vendors that promise vast multiples of
improved cognition via e-learning, OR quotes like Roger Schank's
"Right now e-learning is a disaster. All you're getting is
somebody's classroom notes on the Web." We acknowledge the
hype on both sides of the e-learning coin, from those who
promise that e-learning will cure all that ails your
organization, to those who see a devil trying to take away
classroom training. This handbook attempts to help you move
towards that fruitful, productive middle ground.
What will you find in The ASTD E-Learning Handbook?
- A focus on your questions. The book is for you if you've been wondering: What is e-learning and why all the excitement?
What do I need to know and do? Are there new ways to think
about e-learning, ways that take me beyond a classroom
metaphor?
- A focus on what might keep you up at night. The gap between what is promised and delivered can be daunting. At best, the authors in the handbook will help you sleep through the night. At the least, they'll give you a heads-up on the vexing challenges to come.
- A comprehensive e-learning sourcebook. The handbook is divided into six parts. View the Table of Contents online to tour the content of the handbook.
- Many renowned experts. Marc Rosenberg, Elliott Masie, Jack Phillips, Brandon Hall, William Horton, Gloria Gery, and Wayne Hodgins have written original or revised pieces for the handbook.
- Many familiar authors. You'll find Patricia Galagan, Sarah Fister Gale, Zane Berge, James Moshinskie, Tom Barron, Albert Ingram, Patti Shank, Karl Albrecht, Rob Foshay, Dean Spitzer and Gary Dickelman. You've read their work in Training and Development, Performance Improvement, Knowledge Management, and others.
- Many new voices. Meet Warren Longmire, Rebecca Vaughan Frazee, Chris Volkl, Nory Jones, David Wiley, and Bob Hoffman.
- Many diverse cases. The handbook includes stories about Cisco, Oracle, the University of Virginia, the U.S. government, and Prudential Insurance, to name just a few.
- A tool for professional development. The handbook is designed to encourage dialogue, reflection, planning and action surrounding e-learning.
- American, but with some international flavor. Most authors are Americans, but not all. The topics covered here, from e-learning persistence to online games to collaboration to cognitive distribution to knowledge management, are as important to a German or British training professional as to a North American.
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