Designing E-Learning (Astd E-Learning Series, 6th Bk.) [Paperback]

Saul Carliner (Author)

Book Description

Series: Astd E-Learning Series, 6th Bk. | Publication Date: September 20, 2002

Don't design e-learning programs from scratch-use this book to adapt your instructional design expertise to the demands of this new technology. Receive step-by-step guidelines, discover solutions to key challenges, and learn how to balance the educational needs of your learners with the practical constraints of e-learning.

Editorial Reviews

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This book provides today's harried ISD professionals with a practical roadmap and a well researched set of tools to allow them to skillfully navigate the treacherous waters of e-learning design. It is a must-have resource for anyone taking the e-learning plunge and will certainly increase the odds of a successful design outcome. --Tony O'Driscoll, IBM Institute for Advanced Learning

This book is an important implementation tool and a useful resource for any trainer taking on the mountain of possibilities called e-learning. It will remind even seasoned design pros of important steps in the design process and show them how to apply their experience to the challenge of designing e-learning. --Clark Aldrich, Former Gartner E-Learning Analyst, Co-Founder, SimuLearn

Thanks for this book. Designing E-Learning is one book that covers the critical success factors that lead to optimal e-learning design. It is sure to help trainers facilitate the transformation of traditional instructional design skills to the design of e-learning. This is a book that is greatly needed. I plan to use it with my students. --Patti Shank, Managing Partner, Learning Peaks, LLC

About the Author

Saul Carliner is a visiting professor in the Department of English and communication at the City University of Hong Kong. He teaches courses on content development, visual communications, performance support, and e-learning. He has also served on the faculty at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts and the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and has been a visiting instructor at the Pan African Institute for Development in Buea, Cameroon. He holds a doctorate in instructional technology from Georgia State University. His previous books include Techniques for Technical Communications (1993) and An Overview of Online Learning (1999).

Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: ASTD Press (September 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562863320
• ISBN-13: 978-1562863326
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,210,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Saul Carliner is an associate professor with the Graduate Program in Educational Technology at Concordia University in Montreal. His research interests include emerging forms of online communication and training for the workplace; management of groups that produce these materials, and transferring research results to practice. He has received research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Council on Learning, Hong Kong University Grants Council, KnowledgeOne, and Society for Technical Communication.

Carliner also has extensive industry experience, where he continues to work as a consultant specializing in strategic planning and evaluation learning and communications groups. Clients include Bell Canada, Chubb Insurance, Cossette Communications, Equitas, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Tech, IBM, Microsoft Corporation, Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, ST Microelectronics, UPS, Wachovia, and several Canadian and US government agencies.

Carliner's books, articles, and corporate projects have earned him numerous awards, including Best of Show and Excellence awards in international communication competitions. He serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, e-Learn Magazine, Information Design Design Journal, and Performance Improvement Quarterly, as well as the Advisory Board of the Technical Communication e-Server.

Carliner is a Certified Training and Development Professional (through the Canadian Society for Training and Development), incoming editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, a national board member and chair of the Certification Steering Committee of the Canadian Society for Training and Development, a board member of the Quebec Association of Adult Learning, a past Research Fellow of the American Society for Training and Development, and a fellow and past international president of the Society for Technical Communication.

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding roadmap for departments moving to e-learning, January 16, 2003

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"lola883" (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing E-Learning (Astd E-Learning Series, 6th Bk.) (Paperback)

It's been difficult to find a clear and thorough guide to recommend to clients and students who are working to move their corporate training areas to e-learning. This is an outstanding step-by-step guide written in a clear and accessible style. Even if you have never approached an e-learning project, you will learn where to start, what to consider, and how to proceed from beginning to end. Start with this one! I highly recommend it to my clients and students.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, October 31, 2007

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This review is from: Designing E-Learning (Astd E-Learning Series, 6th Bk.) (Paperback)

I have never designed an e-learning program before and this book was a great resource to get me started, especially on the process that I should follow. Well written and easy to follow!