Michael Allen's Online Learning Library: Successful e-Learning Interface
- Making Learning Technology Polite, Effective, and Fun
Book description
Most e-learning is designed using instructional model that were first
introduced more than thirty years ago as a solution to classroom
training, In this must-have book, Allen reviews the basics of
instructional design and then lifts the lid on some common
misconceptions that arise from what people think they know about ISD.
Although e-learning benefits from all the traditional characteristics of
instructional design, it also has unique requirements, so Allen focuses
on how to think differently about ISD and shows where and how it needs
to be modified to make applicable to the unique world of e-learning.
Michael W. Allen
pioneered multimedia learning technologies, interactive instructional
paradigms, and rapid-prototyping processes, bringing each forward into
leading corporate enterprises. He is the chairman and CEO of Allen
Interactions Inc., a company that builds universally acclaimed custom
e-learning, provides strategic learning consulting, and trains
e-learning professionals in collaboration with ASTD. With a Ph. D. in
educational psychology from The Ohio State University, he is an adjunct
associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, a
popular conference speaker, and a prolific writer.
