Making the transition to E-learning strategies and issues /

This book provides insights and experiences from e-learning experts from around the world. It addresses the institutional, pedagogical, and technological issues that higher education institutions are grappling with as they move from conventional face-to-face teaching to e-learning in its diverse for...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Bullen, Mark, 1954-, Janes, Diane P., 1960-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • E-learning as nation building / Marco Adria, Katy Campbell
  • Organizational models for faculty support / Margaret Haughey
  • Moving to blended delivery in a polytechnic / Oriel Kelly
  • Strategic planning for e-learning in a polytechnic / Tony Bates
  • Using e-learning to promote excellence in polytechnic education / Maggie Beers
  • Teaching and learning in a laptop nursing program / Ellen Vogel, Bill Muirhead
  • E-learning in higher education / Dirk Morrison
  • New skills and ways of working / Gail Wilson
  • Using e-learning to transform large class teaching / Cathy Gunn, Mandy Harper
  • The continuing struggle for community and content in blended technology courses in higher education / Richard A. Schwier, Mary E. Dykes
  • Towards effective instruction in e-learning environments / Martha A. Gabriel
  • The plain hard work of teaching online / Dianne Conrad
  • Empowering learners to interact effectively in asynchronous discussion activities / Helen Wozniak
  • A framework for choosing communication activities in e-learning / Tannis Morgan, Karen Belfer
  • Using problem-based learning in online courses : a new hope? / Richard F. Kenny
  • Fast prototyping as a communication catalyst for e-learning design / Luca Botturi ... [et al.]
  • Educational design as a key issue in planning for quality improvement / Albert Sangrà, Lourdes Guàrdia, Mercedes González-Sanmamed
  • Cognitive tools for self-regulated e-learning / Tracey L. Leacock, John C. Nesbit
  • Adopting tools for online synchronous communication / Elizabeth Murphy, Thérèse Laferrière
  • Knowledge is powerpoint / Adnan Qayyum, Brad Eastman.