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E-learning Tools and Technologies: A consumer's guide for trainers, teachers, educators, and instructional designers

✍ Scribed by William Horton Katherine Horton


Publisher
Wiley
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Leaves
590
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


A comprehensive guide to help you cut through the hype in order to select the best E-Learning tools and vendors for your specific needsWith its ability to both reduce operating costs and train more people, E-Learning is an attractive option for companies that are trying to balance business and educational goals. But in order to implement an E-Learning program, you'll have to wade through hundreds of learning management systems, learning content management systems, authoring schools, and collaboration environments to determine what solution will work best for your situation.In this in-depth book, recognized E-Learning experts William and Katherine Horton survey the entire field of E-Learning tools for you. They provide you with a systematic way to identify, evaluate, and choose products and services based on different E-Learning scenarios.In this no-holds barred look at E-Learning tools, the authors: Arm you with a complete list of questions to ask vendors before you commit to a product Describe product limitations throughout each chapter and include special Rant sections that you must read Present tips and tricks as well as common mistakes to avoid List potential vendors and contact information by tool categoryThe companion Web site contains design forms, checklists of features to look for in the various tool categories, spreadsheets, and lists of specific tools and vendors.

✦ Table of Contents


@Team LiB......Page 2
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?......Page 8
WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS BOOK?......Page 10
WHAT ABOUT A WEB SITE?......Page 11
Contents......Page 12
Tools and
technologies
for
e-learning......Page 0
PARTICIPANTS AND PROCESSES......Page 18
WHAT DO THEY NEED?......Page 20
TARGET LEARNERS’ TECHNOLOGY......Page 21
WHAT CAN YOU LET OTHERS DO?......Page 25
NOW WHAT?......Page 27
2 Types of
e-learning and the
technologies
required......Page 28
LEARNER-LED E-LEARNING......Page 29
FACILITATED E-LEARNING
discussion with other
learners as well as with a
facilitator. Assignments are
typically made by posting
them to a class discussion
forum, where learners can
also β€œhand in” their
completed homework.
Unlike an instructor, the
facilitator does not actually
teach. The facilitator does not
directly......Page 31
INSTRUCTOR-LED E-LEARNING......Page 33
EMBEDDED E-LEARNING......Page 35
TELEMENTORING AND E-COACHING......Page 37
WHAT NOW?......Page 38
LEVELS AND TASKS......Page 40
CATEGORIES OF SOFTWARE TOOLS......Page 44
WHAT NOW?......Page 47
Hardware
and
networks......Page 48
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN HARDWARE......Page 50
OTHER FACTORS IN PICKING HARDWARE......Page 76
SERVER HARDWARE......Page 79
WHAT NOW?......Page 80
IN THE BEGINNING WAS SNEAKERNET......Page 82
TYPES OF NETWORKS......Page 83
PRIVATE NETWORKS......Page 85
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET......Page 92
THE WONDER OF TCP/IP......Page 98
CONNECTING EXTERNAL USERS TO YOUR INTRANET......Page 103
WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTIONS......Page 105
COMPUTING NETWORK SPEED......Page 107
WHAT NOW?......Page 111
Tools for
accessing
e-learning......Page 112
6 Web
browsers......Page 114
HOW DOES A BROWSER WORK?......Page 115
ALL BROWSERS ARE THE SAME, RIGHT?......Page 118
POPULAR WEB BROWSERS......Page 123
CHOOSING A BROWSER......Page 130
ALTERNATIVES TO STANDARD BROWSER PROGRAMS......Page 139
WHAT NOW?......Page 143
WHAT IS A MEDIA PLAYER?......Page 144
HOW DOES A MEDIA PLAYER WORK?......Page 145
PLAYERS FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO......Page 146
VIEWERS FOR PROPRIETARY CONTENT......Page 148
CHOOSING MEDIA PLAYERS FOR E-LEARNING......Page 152
ALTERNATIVES TO MEDIA PLAYERS......Page 159
WHAT NOW?......Page 160
Tools for
offering
e-learning......Page 162
WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WEB SERVERS......Page 164
WHAT WEB SERVERS OFFER......Page 165
HOW WEB SERVERS WORK......Page 167
QUICK TOUR OF A WEB SERVER......Page 171
POPULAR WEB-SERVER SOFTWARE......Page 175
CHOOSING A WEB SERVER......Page 178
ALTERNATIVES TO WEB SERVER SOFTWARE......Page 181
WHAT NOW?......Page 182
WHAT AN LMS DOES......Page 184
LMS VS. LCMS VS. VIRTUAL-SCHOOL SYSTEM......Page 185
QUICK TOUR OF AN LMS......Page 187
HOW AN LMS WORKS......Page 190
LMS PRODUCTS......Page 191
CHOOSING AN LMS......Page 194
ALTERNATIVES TO AN LMS......Page 202
WHAT NOW?......Page 203
WHAT AN LCMS DOES......Page 204
QUICK TOUR OF AN LCMS......Page 205
HOW AN LCMS WORKS......Page 209
POPULAR LCMS PRODUCTS......Page 211
CHOOSING AN LCMS......Page 212
WHAT NOW?......Page 220
HOW COLLABORATION TOOLS WORK......Page 222
COLLABORATION TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES......Page 225
ONLINE MEETING TOOLS......Page 254
COLLABORATION CLIENTS......Page 261
CHOOSING COLLABORATION TOOLS......Page 262
WHAT NOW?......Page 266
WHAT VIRTUAL-SCHOOL SYSTEMS DO......Page 268
QUICK TOUR OF A VIRTUAL-SCHOOL SYSTEM......Page 269
HOW VIRTUAL-SCHOOL SYSTEMS WORK......Page 271
POPULAR VIRTUAL-SCHOOL SYSTEMS......Page 272
CHOOSING A VIRTUAL-SCHOOL SYSTEM......Page 273
WHAT NOW?......Page 278
WHAT MEDIA SERVERS DO......Page 280
QUICK TOUR OF A MEDIA SERVER......Page 281
HOW MEDIA SERVERS WORK......Page 283
WHAT MEDIA SERVERS REQUIRE......Page 285
POPULAR MEDIA SERVERS......Page 286
CHOOSING A MEDIA SERVER......Page 287
WHAT NOW?......Page 289
Tools for
creating
e-learning
content......Page 292
14 Course
authoring tools......Page 294
QUICK TOUR OF A COURSE AUTHORING TOOL......Page 295
HOW COURSE AUTHORING TOOLS WORK......Page 299
POPULAR COURSE AUTHORING TOOLS......Page 300
ALTERNATIVES TO STANDARD COURSE AUTHORING TOOLS......Page 307
CHOOSING AN AUTHORING TOOL......Page 311
WHAT NOW?......Page 319
15 Web site
authoring tools......Page 320
QUICK TOUR OF A WEB SITE AUTHORING TOOL......Page 321
POPULAR WEB SITE AUTHORING TOOLS......Page 325
ALTERNATIVES TO WEB SITE AUTHORING TOOLS......Page 328
CAPABILITIES NEEDED FOR E-LEARNING......Page 329
BLOGGING TOOLS......Page 333
RELATED TOOLS......Page 339
WHAT NOW?......Page 340
16 Testing and
assessment
tools......Page 342
QUICK TOUR OF A TESTING TOOL......Page 343
POPULAR TESTING TOOLS......Page 345
ALTERNATIVES TO TESTING TOOLS......Page 349
CHOOSING TESTING TOOLS......Page 350
WHAT NOW?......Page 353
17 Media
editors......Page 356
A LITTLE STRATEGY FIRST......Page 357
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS......Page 361
GRAPHICS TOOLS......Page 368
ANIMATION TOOLS......Page 377
ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMATION TOOLS......Page 379
AUDIO TOOLS......Page 382
VIDEO TOOLS......Page 387
VIRTUAL WORLD TOOLS......Page 392
MEDIA UTILITIES......Page 396
WHAT NOW?......Page 398
18 Content
converters......Page 400
QUICK TOUR OF A CONVERTER TOOL......Page 401
CONVERTERS FOR POWERPOINT......Page 404
CONVERTERS FOR MICROSOFT WORD......Page 409
ACROBAT: GENERAL-PURPOSE DOCUMENT CONVERTER......Page 414
ALTERNATIVES TO CONVERTERS......Page 415
WHAT NOW?......Page 416
Picking tools
and
technologies......Page 418
OVERVIEW OF A STRATEGY......Page 420
SET YOUR TECHNOLOGY GOALS......Page 422
FORM A TEAM......Page 426
IDENTIFY NEEDED CATEGORIES OF TOOLS......Page 427
SET POLICIES......Page 430
PICK TOOLS......Page 438
GET MONEY......Page 439
BUY......Page 441
IMPLEMENT......Page 445
WHAT NOW?......Page 447
STEPS IN SELECTING PRODUCTS......Page 448
RECRUIT OTHERS TO HELP YOU......Page 449
LIST AND RANK REQUIRED CAPABILITIES......Page 450
COMPILE A LIST OF CANDIDATES......Page 452
EVALUATE PRODUCTS......Page 455
PICK A PRODUCT......Page 457
WHAT IF NO PRODUCT MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS?......Page 458
COMMON BLUNDERS IN PICKING TOOLS......Page 460
HOW MUCH DILIGENCE IS DUE?......Page 461
WHAT NOW?......Page 462
VENDOR CRITERIA......Page 464
TOOLS CRITERIA......Page 468
WHAT NOW?......Page 482
Evolution,
trends, and
big ideas......Page 484
WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT STANDARDS?......Page 486
THE PROMISE OF E-LEARNING STANDARDS......Page 487
WHAT EXACTLY ARE STANDARDS?......Page 490
E-LEARNING STANDARDS......Page 492
PACKAGING STANDARDS......Page 494
COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS......Page 498
METADATA STANDARDS......Page 503
QUALITY STANDARDS......Page 508
OTHER STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS......Page 511
MAKE STANDARDS WORK FOR YOU......Page 513
WHAT NOW?......Page 514
WHAT IS XML?......Page 516
COMMON APPLICATIONS OF XML......Page 522
EXTENSIBLE STYLESHEET LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATION......Page 530
BROWSERS UNDERSTAND XML (SORT OF)......Page 533
TOOLS FOR XML......Page 537
WHAT NOW?......Page 538
24 Trends in
technology and
learning......Page 540
FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES......Page 541
TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS......Page 543
LEARNING TRENDS......Page 548
NOT THE END......Page 555
BITS AND BYTES......Page 556
KS, MBS, GBS, AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS......Page 557
SPEED READING WITH KBPS, MBPS, AND GBPS......Page 558
HERTZ AND GOING AROUND IN CYCLES......Page 559
Appendix
B File formats for
e-learning......Page 560
Index......Page 568
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 590


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