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Upon What Does the Turtle Stand?

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I have been interested in the subject of e.learning for a long time. As a young teacher I have done my best to introduce e.learning to my work- I understand this is a must, without it our teaching will become obsolete. We simply should learn to speak the language of the new generation.. Still I have always been puzzled by the chaotic nature of this field, the lack of any accepted mappings of this "jungle" and the lack of systematic thinking starting with the aims of education and continuing to the ways e.learnign can serve them; as well as the lack of mapping of the major factors leading to the difficulties in introducing it .

All the training sessions on these issues I have taken part in and books I have read - focused on the practicalities and ignored the above more fundamental issues . This has always frustrated me. This book is the first which goes much beyond the mere practicalities (without ignoring them) . It supplied me with an accessible mapping of this chaotic field, understanding of possible ultimate goals and acknowledgement of the many differences and gaps in knowledge still characterizing it. Reading it has been for me a real intellectually exciting and professionally and personally empowering experience. I recommend it to anybody who is involved in the area of e.learning with interests going beyond the concrete and the immediate.