e-Learning by Design Author: Amazon Prime | Language: English | ISBN:
0470900024 | Format: PDF
e-Learning by Design Description
E-Learning by Design provides a comprehensive, detailed look at the concepts and processes of developing, creating and implementing a successful e-Learning program. Horton's practical, down-to-earth approach offers clear information and instruction without over simplifying. Readers will learn to build customized e-Learning programs from scratch, building on core principles of instructional design to:
• develop meaningful activities and lessons
• create and administer online tests and assessments
• design learning games and simulations, and
• effectively implement an individualized program
The second edition will feature chapter-by-chapter revisions and add new sections and updates that address: new delivery technologies, including social networking, mobile learning, and the use of other new mobile devices; learning from available content; repurposing content; setting and following quality Standards, a revised Catalyst Model and Examples, How We Will Learn Model and Examples, and designing for International and Multi-cultural Audiences, as well as all-new contemporary case studies, examples, and activities. New edition will also include two free online resources: a downloadable instructor's manual, and a premium content site featuring additional examples and case studies, tools and resources.
- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Pfeiffer; 2 edition (October 11, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470900024
- ISBN-13: 978-0470900024
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 1.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I just got my copy of Bill Horton's second edition of E-learning by Design. Disclaimer: Bill and I are friends. However, as he will attest to, I enjoy being intellectually critical of his work. This new edition of E-learning by Design should really have a new title! If you purchased the first edition--this is a must read. I'll highlight the organization of the book, commenting on what has been added--and what has been taken away. Then, I'll discuss different ways to apply this ground breaking "how-to" book.
The book begins with an overview chapter on designing e-learning. This is not just some boring rehash of what you think you already know. This chapter provides the blueprint for the rest of the book. In it he stresses that good objectives are the foundation for good learning materials. And, it has been updated and expanded from the previous edition.
Hortonism: "Unless you get instructional design right, technology can only increase the speed and certainty of failure."
If you understand this chapter and put it into practice, you can be a qualified instructional designer (no tuition necessary). Horton's process "requires selecting, organizing, and specifying the learning experiences necessary to teach somebody something." He advocates identifying goals, explains how to write objectives, and touches on the concept of creating "learning objects." One of the gems of wisdom in this chapter (for me, anyway) was Horton's advice to design your tests first. And that leads me to another pithy quote:
Hortonism: "There is no clearer and more precise statement of a learning objective than a test question that measures whether that objective has been accomplished.
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