Advanced Web-Based Training Strategies fills the gap in the literature available on this topic by offering a volume that includes meaningful, applicable, and proven strategies that can take the experienced instructional designer to the next level of web-based training. Written by Margaret Driscoll and Saul Carliner -- internationally acclaimed experts on e-learning and information design- -- Advanced Web-Based Training Strategies provides instructional designers, e-learning developers, technical communicators, students, and others with strategies for addressing common challenges that arise when designing e-learning. Balancing educational theory with the practical realities of implementation, Driscoll and Carliner outline the benefits and limitations of each strategy, discuss the issues surrounding the implementation of these strategies, and illustrate each strategy with short scenarios drawn from real-world online learning programs representing a wide variety of fields including technology, financial services, health care, and government.
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"This book is a must read for any learning professional that wantsto move beyond the hype and basic cookie-cutter approach toe-learning. Margaret Driscoll and Saul Carliner know how to'walk the walk', and their uncluttered view of thefield will leave you recharged and once again excited aboutbuilding out your repertoire of instructional techniques."
--Steven Teal, vice president of learning services, MariottInternational
"In a time when boring page-turning courses threaten to destroythe credibility of e-learning, this book offers innovative ideasfor moving beyond the doldrums and truly aligning e-learningtechnology with best- practice instructional strategies. It is amust read for instructional designers and other e-learningpractitioners."
--Bryan Chapman, e-learning analyst, brandon-hall.com
"At last! An e-learning book that puts principles of designfirmly back into the driving seat. For those disillusioned with'straitjacketed' and ineffective instructional content,this book promises a liberating array of tools andtechniques."
--Patrick Lambe, president, Information and Knowledge ManagementSociety
"I found myself nodding with agreement as I read AdvancedWeb-Based Training Strategies. Margaret Driscoll and SaulCarliner have provided a much needed resource for those working inthe field of e-Learning design."
--Rik Hall, manager, instructional technology, University of
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