Synopses & Reviews
This all-new edition of Web-Based Training is filled with practical charts, tables, and checklists that shows you how to design winning training programs for delivering instruction on the Web. Well grounded in the time-tested principles of great instructional design and adult education, Web-Based Training takes a step back from the whirlwind of technical guides and offers a extensively-researched handbook. For everyone seeking to learn more about the subject, Driscoll gives you illustrative examples from a wide range of organizations large and small.
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" A useful serious, good -value for money book and we haven't even test driven the accompanying CD yet " (E-learning age, November 2002)
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"This is a book that blends history, advice, and insight into a tool that can be used either as an introduction to Web-based training or as a field guide for every training developer.... Margaret Driscoll is uniquely qualified to produce such a high-quality addition to every training manager's library." —Cushing Anderson, program manager, Learning Services Research
"I recommend this book to everyone who asks me for e-learning resources. Its descriptions are clear, its recommendations are practical, and it helps e-learning practitioners, new and experienced, focus on one of the most overlooked parts of e-learning — instructional design." —Dawn Adams, content development manager, Microsoft
"Besides my books, this is the only one worth reading. Want to know what Web-based training and e-learning are? You can spend five years mucking around, or you can read this book." —William Horton, author, Designing Web-Bassed Training, Leading E-Learning, and Evaluating E-Learning
"Offers updated insights and sound advice. Explains the universals of training...while preparing readers for the change in e-learning, including the rise of mobile computing and educommerce, and the growing link with knowledge management." —Saul Carliner, author, An Overview of Online Learning
"A must-have book for anyone who has responsibility for ensuring that e-learning is successful in their organization. It not only provides the information and the tools you'll need, but through the exercises you'll be able to gain critical first-hand experience." —Lance E. Dublin, Lance Dublin Consulting
Synopsis
This all-new edition of "Web-Based Training" is filled with practical charts, tables, and checklists that shows you how to design winning training programs for delivering instruction on the Web. Well grounded in the time-tested principles of great instructional design and adult education, " Web-Based Training "takes a step back from the whirlwind of technical guides and offers a extensively-researched handbook. For everyone seeking to learn more about the subject, Driscoll gives you illustrative examples from a wide range of organizations large and small and the book's CD-ROM contains a strategic presentation with eighty slides and has helpful links to the World
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Tactical and Strategic Advantages.
Chapter 2. Best Practices for WBT Implementation.
Chapter 3. Principles of Adult Education and Instructional Design.
Chapter 4. Tools of the Trade.
Chapter 5. Analyzing Needs and Selecting Delivery Methods.
Chapter 6. Selecting the Most Appropriate E-Learning Method.
Chapter 7. Designing Asynchronous Interactions.
Chapter 8. Designing Synchronous Interactions.
Chapter 9. Developing Blueprints.
Chapter 10. Implementing and Evaluating WBT Programs.
Chapter 11. Looking Ahead.
Appendix A: Software Applications for E-Learning.
Appendix B: Professional Organizations.
Appendix C: Resource Sites and Conferences.
Appendix D: Selected Bibliography.
Appendix E: Matrix of Web-Based Training Types.
Appendix F: Netiquette.
Appendix G: Glossary.
Index.
About the Author.
How to use the CD-ROM.