Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Successful e-Learning Interface Making Learning Technology Polite, Effective, and Fun

by Allen, Michael W.

• ISBN13: 9780787982973
• ISBN10: 0787982970
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-02
• Publisher: Pfeiffer

Summary

Most e-learning is designed using instructional model that were first introduced more than thirty years ago as a solution to classroom training, In this must-have book, Allen reviews the basics of instructional design and then lifts the lid on some common misconceptions that arise from what people think they know about ISD. Although e-learning benefits from all the traditional characteristics of instructional design, it also has unique requirements, so Allen focuses on how to think differently about ISD and shows where and how it needs to be modified to make applicable to the unique world of e-learning.

Author Biography

Michael W. Allen pioneered multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes, bringing each forward into leading corporate enterprises. He is the chairman and CEO of Allen Interactions Inc., a company that builds universally acclaimed custom e-learning, provides strategic learning consulting, and trains e-learning professionals in collaboration with ASTD. With a Ph.D. in educational psychology from The Ohio State University, he is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, a popular conference speaker, and a prolific writer.

Table of Contents

About the Library Series	p. iii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
The Need for Learner Interface Design Excellence	p. 1
Challenges: User Interface vs. Learner Interface	p. 3
Design Magic	p. 13
Introducing the CEO of LID	p. 21
CCAF	p. 29
Learner Interface Design Guidelines	p. 45
C Is for Connect	p. 47
E Is for Empower	p. 67
O Is for Orchestrate	p. 85
Good and Bad Influences	p. 107
Fatal Attractions	p. 109
Doing the Right Things Versus Doing Things Right	p. 119
Examples	p. 143
Examples	p. 145
Challenges: UI vs. LI Answers	p. 167
Learner Interface Design Guidelines	p. 177
Index	p. 213
About Allen Interactions Inc.	p. 229
About the Author	p. 230
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