E-ffective Writing for E-learning Environments

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Katy Campbell
Idea Group Inc (IGI), Jan 1, 2004 - Education - 547 pages
E-ffective Writing for E-Learning Environments integrates research and practice in user-centered design and learning design for instructors in post-secondary institutions and learning organizations who are developing e-learning resources. The book is intended as a development guide for experts in areas other than instructional or educational technology (in other words, experts in cognate areas such as Biology or English or Nursing) rather than as a learning design textbook. The organization of the book reflects the development process for a resource, course, or program from planning and development through formative evaluation, and identifies trends and issues that faculty or developers might encounter along the way. The account of the process of one faculty member's course development journey illustrates the suggested design guidelines. The accompanying practice guide provides additional information, examples, learning activities, and tools to supplement the text.

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Contents

FIVE FACTORS FOR PLANNING
1
USERCENTERED DESIGN PART 1 CULTURAL DIVERSITY
39
USERCENTERED DESIGN PART 2 AGE GENDER AND ACCESSIBILITY
62
SELECTING AND EVALUATING LEARNING OBJECTS
94
FROM TEXT TO ETEXT MESSAGE DESIGN
118
FROM TEXT TO ETEXT RESISTING PRINT
175
STRUCTURING THE ELEARNING ENVIRONMENT
194
THE ACTIVE EREADER
221
USABILITY TESTING
242
ELEARNING TRENDS THE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT
286
Glossary
302
References
308
Effective Writing for ELearning Environments Handbook
315
Index
538
About the Authors
548
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