[...]... time My advice? Start with instructional design skills for online learning and then use a standard Web authoring tool such as Dreamweaver to author simple materials Want more? Read the whole book, but start with Chapter 1 Is Technology-Based Learning Better than Classroom-Based Learning? There aren’t any hard and fast rules about this There’s good and bad classroom-based instruction and good and bad technology-based... some of the basics and get you off to a good start When Does Using Technology for Learning Make Sense? Since technology is part of the future landscape of learning, knowing when to use it (and when not to) is the first step toward making sense of online learning In a nutshell, online learning makes the most sense when it directly meets the needs of learners and organizations For instance, if an organization... traditional face-to-face methods Changes in society and the increasing need to train and retrain people mean the need to teach and learn at a distance will escalate Some of the main benefits of online learning (a form of distance learning) are flexibility (people can learn at any time of day or night without being tied to a class schedule), consistency (everyone gets the same quality of training, regardless of. .. for organizations when: Online learning makes sense for learners when: People are comfortable using technology for their information and learning needs Learning access is improved as a result Learning generally and technology-based learning specifically—is vocally and visibly supported by key stakeholders and given the resources to succeed They want and need to learn this way They have access to the technology... business and speaking engagements, these are some of the questions I most often hear from my clients and students about online learning: Why Online Learning? Distance learning has been around for a long time and has used various media (print, TV, satellite, networks) to support communication and learning There has been and will always be a need to reach people who can’t easily be reached through traditional... - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! 4 MAKING SENSE OF ONLINE LEARNING them with the products and services they needed to make the idea a reality Some companies were early adopters, throwing themselves wholeheartedly into online learning and making it a top organizational priority The buzz began to build, and as the dot-com frenzy grew, so did optimism about online learning At Comdex in... three years as editor of Online Learning Magazine She liked the straightforward, nononsense attitude Patti brought to the award-winning “Humble Opinion” column, and encouraged Patti to turn the ideas from the column into a book Working together, they updated and rewrote the magazine columns and added more recent information from Patti’s research and presentations The voice in the book the “I” in the stories,...List of Tables and Figures Table 1.1 When Does Online Learning Make Sense? When Is It a Bad Idea? 6 Figure 1.1 The Technology Continuum 7 Table 1.2 Are We Ready to Use Technologies for Learning? 9 Table 1.3 What Are the Pros and Cons of Classroom Learning and Online Learning? 11 Figure 2.1 Transmission View of Learning 21 Table 2.1 Transmission View: Learning Elements and Their Role in Learning. .. networks) for delivering, supporting, and assessing formal and informal instruction Where and how does this happen? Via online resources and materials, electronic libraries, learning materials and courses, realtime and non-real-time discussions, chats, e-mail, conferencing, and knowledge sharing applications It’s important to note that online learning does not have to happen exclusively online The use of. .. technologies are often used together to provide an infrastructure for online and classroombased learning Want more? See Chapter 6 What’s a Learning Object and Why Is It Important? Learning objects are chunks of instructional content that are specially designed so they can be used simultaneously in different places For example, graphics or animations designed as learning objects can be called up and used . and retrain people mean the need to teach and learn at a distance will escalate. Some of the main benefits of online learn- ing (a form of distance learning) are flexibility (people can learn at. Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shank, Patti, 1954- Making sense of online learning: a guide for beginners and the truly skeptical / Patti Shank and Amy Sitze. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN. professionals www.pfeiffer.com TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Patti Shank and Amy Sitze TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine ! Making Sense of Online Learning A Guide for Beginners and