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Not everyone who develops and manages e-learning is a “Techie”
By Patricia Lake | August 25, 2007
Speaking as one who has lots of experience with the theoretical aspects of e-learning design but only limited technical expertise, I am always looking for resources that will help me enhance my knowledge and help me do my job better. Learning to work with various software design programs is of great value, but it takes lots of time, something that those who have broad based responsibilities rarely have. One way to straddle various roles without falling over is to find resources that can help in the design process, provide guidelines that can be used to direct the design of e-learning being developed by a technical team, and give us ideas that are meaningful to the non-technical learning professionals among us.
ASTD’s Learning Circuits is of course a great resource. However, I would like to recommend three additional sites which provide some very helpful, high-quality information for those responsible for developing and delivering e-learning.
The e-Learning Guild requires a paid membership to access the full texts of their articles. However, the Sloan Consortium offers a non-paid limited membership and eLearn Magazine, without charge, sends you links to exceptionally good articles directly to your mailbox once you sign up.
Topics range from discussions about instructional techniques to information about technological advances and how to use them. The Sloan-C site also features a Wiki with best practices in e-learning. Check them out and let me know what you think.
I look forward to hearing about resources you find helpful.
Pat Lake
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August 26th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Pat, thank you for the great resources! I was not familiar with any of the three sites and I can’t wait to check them out.
I have found good information at http://www.brandon-hall.com/, where much of the white papers and research must be purchased but where you can also find some good free resources. He offers an online social network where you can ask questions and seek advice. Several e-learning research analysts maintain blogs on the site.
I so agree with your point that we don’t have to be immersed in the world of e-learning to benefit from it. That gives me great hope!
Shari
August 27th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Great resources Pat.
One of the most interesting resources for e-learning to me is Jane Hart’s exploration of the tools for learning. She’s been surveying learning professionals about the tools they use and reporting them as a top 10 and top 100 list.
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html
I was heartened to see there are many I use on a day to day basis. No longer do you have to be a Flash programmer to be able to deliver learning on line.
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