Michael Allen's 2009 e-Learning Annual

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-03-16
Publisher(s): Pfeiffer & Co
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Summary

This is the latest addition to the Pfeiffer Annual series, first published in 1972. The field of E-Learning has experienced dramatic and turbulent growth. Over time, as technology has improved and the method's real capabilities have emerged, E-Learning has gained widespread acceptance and is now the fastest growing sector of corporate learning. "The Pfeiffer Annual: E-Learning," edited by the peerless Michael Allen, presents an eclectic mix of content that spans the full spectrum of technology-based learning. Year on year, the annual will discuss emerging trends; showcase E-Learning innovation; present contemporary- and best-practices; tackle big-picture, strategic issues; and provide a host of useful tips and techniques. Additional content will be available on the web at a project-specific URL.

Author Biography

Michael Allen, Ph.D., pioneered multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes, bringing each forward into leading corporate enterprises. He is the chairman and CEO of Allen Interactions Inc., which builds universally acclaimed custom e-learning, provides strategic learning consulting, and trains e-learning professionals in collaboration with ASTD. Formerly, Allen was the founder and CEO of Authorware Inc. He is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, a sought-after conference speaker, and a prolific writer.

Table of Contents

Preface
Age-Related e-Mentia
Technology and e-Learning: A Tug of War
New Media Old Brain: Designing Multimedia to Support Human Learning Processes
Pseudo-Learning Science: A Big Reason Our Training and Learning Are So Bad (A Rebuttal to Ruth Colvin Clark)
Wh's Creating the e-Learning? Paradigms for Content Creation That Exclude the Instructional Designer
The True Value of Learning
Technology as a Learning Workbench
e-Learning: An Appreciative Approach Considering the Value of Appreciative Inquiry-Style Questioning in e-Learning Design, Delivery, and Evaluation
Success with e-Learning: People Issues Are the Key
Performance Support: Delivering on the Real "JIT" Promise
e-Learning in Adolescence
Populating the LearnScape: e-Learning as Strategy
Real-World Instructional Design for Virtual World Learning
Final Word
About the Editor
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