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09/27/2007
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Design Strategies
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Good Beginnings: Leveraging the Strengths and Avoiding the Weaknesses of the e-Learning Medium
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Chris Stape
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Sometimes, whether an e-Learning application works or not comes down to whether the designer did or did not do some very simp . . .
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09/17/2007
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Design Strategies
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The Death of the Page Turner: Deal With the Application First
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Mike Sullivan and Michael Gardner
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Many designers and subject matter experts default to “knowledge first, application last” as the pattern for e-Learning. But i . . .
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09/10/2007
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Design Techniques
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Tools Training: An Unconventional Design
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Rupen Sharma
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Everyone knows designers should “think out of the box.” This is never as important as when a tight deadline has your back to . . .
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08/27/2007
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Design Strategies
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Learning Object-Based e-Learning: Content Design, Methods, and Tools
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Yonnie Chyung
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As an instructional designer, you may find yourself challenged to create e-Learning based on learning objects that support pr . . .
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08/13/2007
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Design Strategies
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Social Networking Applications, Learner Roadmaps, and Rapid Simulations
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Bill Brandon, Kelly Kirk, Matthew Masci
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This week, we present three informative articles. Find out what's new in social software. Learn how to provide students w . . .
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08/06/2007
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Management Strategies
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Meeting Training and Learning Challenges with Reusable Learning Objects
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Jacqueline D. Beck and Bobbe Baggio
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After almost ten years of discussion, modular e-Learning based on learning objects is coming into wider acceptance and use. T . . .
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07/30/2007
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Management Strategies
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When Information Technology and Instructional Design Meet
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Cheryl Johnson
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It seems there are so many places in e-Learning development where learning strategy and information technology run headlong i . . .
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07/23/2007
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Management Strategies
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What’s in a Name for Your LMS?
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Mary Bertun
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“How to name a course” is one of those seemingly trivial topics, until you implement a LMS for a large organization and disco . . .
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07/16/2007
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Development Techniques
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ReadyGo Web Course Builder: A User’s Review and Experience
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Steve Mirsky
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Many organizations are interested in finding tools for rapid e-Learning development, but reviews of these tools are few and f . . .
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07/09/2007
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Design Strategies
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The Instructional Design of Learning Objects
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Joanne Mowat
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Learning objects have been a topic of interest for several years, but until now it has been difficult to locate information a . . .
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06/25/2007
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Management Strategies
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E-Learning and Unions
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Greg Kearsley
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One of the traditional activities of labor unions has always been the professional education and skills development of their . . .
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06/18/2007
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Management Strategies
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Developing a Distance Learning e-Portfolio System
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Victoria Walker
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In higher education, allowing for reflection on experience by the student is an increasingly important feature of learning de . . .
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06/11/2007
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Development Techniques
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A Courseware Authoring Tool Evolves: ToolBook Instructor 9
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Tom Hall
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ToolBook has been an important part of the e-Learning development landscape for the past two decades. However, “long-standing . . .
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06/04/2007
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Management Strategies
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From Classroom to Computer: A Case Study of Drastic Change (Part 2)
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Mary Carpenter
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This week’s article continues the story of how a financial services company moved the training program for field agents from . . .
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05/21/2007
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Management Strategies
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From Classroom to Computer: A Case Study of Drastic Change
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Mary Carpenter
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Many training groups are facing the challenge of moving their instruction from the classroom to online or blended formats. Im . . .
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05/14/2007
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Design Techniques
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Using RWD uPerform to Rapidly Design and Develop e-Learning
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Nicholas Bird
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In traditional practice, the storyboard is a key tool for communication between e-Learning design team members and Subject Ma . . .
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05/07/2007
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Development Techniques
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Articulate 3.0: A Tool to Leverage a One Person e-Learning Department
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Mike Dickinson
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Looking for an e-Learning authoring tool that is simple to use and that won’t complicate your life as a oneperson department? . . .
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04/30/2007
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Design Strategies
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Use e-Learning Tools to Build Doorways to the World
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Lora Davis and Walter Thompson
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As we gain experience with new learning modalities, we have come to realize that most learning takes place outside of the for . . .
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04/23/2007
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Management Strategies
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Learning Together: The eLearning Guild Annual Conference
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Bill Brandon
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Almost 1,000 people participated in the Guild’s 2007 Annual Gathering held in Boston April 10 to 13 — over 30% growth in . . .
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04/16/2007
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Management Strategies
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The e-Learning Department of One
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Greg Kearsley
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Many e-Learning professionals find themselves working single-handed. Though the challenges to being a Department of One can b . . .
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04/09/2007
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Management Strategies
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Evaluating Training ROI with a Learning Intelligence System
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Mark Place
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For many years, industrial organizations have used statistical methods and disciplines such as Six Sigma to identify the root . . .
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04/02/2007
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Design Strategies
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Blending Old and New Technologies to Become a Learning Partner
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Lora Davis and Joy Marie DeBlock
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Professional development and individual skill improvement are two of the most important reasons for doing sales training — if . . .
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03/26/2007
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Design Strategies
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A.D.D.I.E. Meets the Kirkpatrick Four: A 3-Act Play
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Tita Theodora Beal
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Designing evaluation for e-Learning often happens only at the end of the development process, but it really should take place . . .
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03/19/2007
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Design Techniques
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Lesson Planning: The Missing Link in e-Learning Course Design
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Vince Cyboran
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There is a “gap” in the e-Learning design process, especially for less experienced designers. With experience, bridging the d . . .
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03/12/2007
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Design Strategies
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Five Interactive Ways to Improve Synchronous e-Learning Delivery
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Marc Gamble
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Synchronous e-Learning (the “virtual classroom”) seems similar to instruction face-toface, but the similarity is deceptive. B . . .
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03/05/2007
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Design Strategies
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Creative Design Solutions for Three Training Projects (Part 2)
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Tom Sehmel
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In last week’s article, the author presented e-Learning that uses audio scenarios to break out of the tedium of “cookie-cutte . . .
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02/26/2007
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Design Strategies
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Creative Design Solutions for Three Training Projects (Part 1)
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Tom Sehmel
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Do standard templates and rigid development processes have you feeling like you are stamping out identical parts instead of c . . .
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02/12/2007
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Design Techniques
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Managing the Unmanageable Subject Matter Expert
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Stacie L. Comolli and Gustavo E. Prestera
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One of the enduring challenges in e-Learning is making effective use of subject matter experts (SMEs). Designers must rely on . . .
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02/05/2007
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Development Techniques
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Tutorial: Build SCORM-Compatible Lesson Templates for Your LMS
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B.J. Schone
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The typical e-Learning project requires so much time, and can be so labor-intensive, that productivity is always a concern of . . .
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01/29/2007
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Development Strategies
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Adobe Captivate 2 Review: Rapid Flash-based Learning Content Development
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Paul Clothier
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Captivate is an enduring item in the e-Learning development toolkit. The lastest revision continues to move toward expanding . . .
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01/22/2007
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Design Techniques
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Rapid e-Learning Design with Microsoft InfoPath
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Maria Leggett
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While much attention has been paid to speeding up development processes, not much has been said about facilitating the critic . . .
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01/08/2007
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Design Strategies
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Blended Assessment in Small to Medium-sized Classes
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Eugene F. M. O’Loughlin & Steven J. Osterlind
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Educators face a dilemma when they attempt to determine the best method to assess learning. The considerations become more co . . .
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12/18/2006
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Management Strategies
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Looking Both Ways: The eLearning Guild After Five Years
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Bill Brandon
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It’s always a good idea to stop once in a while, take time to celebrate our progress, and try to anticipate what comes next. . . .
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12/11/2006
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Management Strategies
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Buried Alive: The Online Learning Content Challenge
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Eric R Parks
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Content is king, but mastering content is also our greatest challenge. Content changes and grows and, over time, maintaining . . .
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12/04/2006
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Management Strategies
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Discovering and Enacting the "What's Next" in K-12 Education
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Gordon Freedman
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Although often overlooked by government policy makers, undervalued by leaders in corporate learning, and overshadowed by high . . .
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11/27/2006
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Design Techniques
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Using Radio Production Techniques to Improve Synchronous Communication
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Marc Gamble
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Many synchronous e-Learning designs assume that online instruction is primarily a visual medium. This may be due to the depen . . .
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11/20/2006
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Development Techniques
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How We Did It: A Complete Web-based Course Proposal
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Sandra West
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Moving an organization toward offering education and training online can be a change-management challenge. This week’s articl . . .
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11/13/2006
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Management Strategies
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How to Outsource e-Learning Content Development Successfully
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Sarah Teo & Peggy Pang
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As e-Learning organizations outsource more content development work, they expose themselves to additional risks. Contracting, . . .
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11/06/2006
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Design Strategies
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Webinar Strategies That Maximize Learning
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Scott Wachter
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Many organizations are beginning to use the synchronous e-Learning environment for the first time, in order to deliver instru . . .
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10/30/2006
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Design Strategies
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Beyond Self-teaching Online: Using the Threaded Discussion in Distance Education
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Clarence J. Bouchat
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How can you bring the benefits of high-quality classroom delivery — where face-to-face interactive discussion and deliberatio . . .
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