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AN INTRODUCTION TO E-LEARNING
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WELCOME

This self-paced online course (under development) was designed by Michael Shaw in 2000-01, for educators and course designers that are relatively new to e-learning. It will provide participants with a firm understanding of basic design and application techniques for creating and facilitating networked and other e-learning activities. Click here for instructions on using the above and other icons used in the course.

COURSE CONTENT BY MODULE

The arrow icons on the top of each module page will allow you to move on to the next section, or you can click the index icon to return here to the main index.

From the table below, you can select a specific module or its specific elements.

MODULE	SUMMARY	ELEMENTS	STATUS
1 Understanding the reasons	Defines the socio-cultural climate for e-learning.	Self-test Audio presentation	demo only
2 How we learn - learning theory	Examines a variety of ways in which individuals learn, and implies different teaching and learning strategies.	Self-test Audio presentation Online references	demo only
3 Creating learning activities with ALT	Examines a variety of learning activities and environments, and includes an activity continuum and the courseware development lifecyle.	Self-test Audio presentation Online references	registration only
4A - Introduction to ID 4B - Analysis 4C - Design 4D - Simplifying the process through sequencing and layering	Contrasts the differences between a theory of instruction and an instructional design theory. A traditional systems approach is examined and then compared to more practical and simplistic online learning sequence strategies.	Self-test Hotmedia presentation1 Hotmedia presentation2 Online references ROPES as a simple tool Using Bloom's Taxonomy	partial demo only
5-A Production components 1	Compares various authoring systems, learning management systems, learning content management systems and portals. Several popular products are examined, as well as new methodologies (i.e. - reuseable learning object repositories).	Self-test Multimedia presentation Course examples Online references	registration only
5-B Production components 2	Further examines a variety of authoring tools and techniques for producing e-learning.	Self-test Multimedia presentation Course examples Online references Embedding Quicktime movies	partial demo
6 Methods of evaluation	Examines a variety of formative and summative evaluation techniques.	Self-test Online references	registration only
7 The future of e-leaning	Explores the future of e-leaning.	Online references	registration only
8 Is your organization ready for e-learning?	Examines the various components required for successful enterprise e-learning activities. Based on Michael Shaw's ID discrepancy profile. An introduction to the online course "Defining Organizational Needs for Enterprise e-learning".	Tools and resources	registration only

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

This course was designed to run on a minimal system and network. You should have a minimum of a PC PII 200 MHz or a MAC 140 Mhz computer with an Internet connection. A 28K modem will work but a 56K connection or higher is highly recommended.

You will need to have the following plug-ins installed in your Web browser. You can download and install them by clicking on the icon and following the directions that will appear.

Minimum screen resolution for this course is 800x600, and screens may be resized larger if desired.