701 eLearning Tips (free ebook)

Found this on Scribd as part of the Moodlers group (originally this group was brought to my attention through Moodle Man's blog). All of the resources are worth a visit, but this ebook was especially interesting for anyone using a computer and the internet to facilitate learning.

The tips were compiled by Elliot Masie (www.masie.com) and originally started as just a call for a few quick tips that he was going to post to his website. Over 700 tips later and the book is several iterations older (but all the more helpful).

Check out the book in it's entirety here.

Or flip through the embedded version below:

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The book covers tips to get started on the right foot, creating content, quality assurance, and integration and roll out of services. There's something for everyone!

Here are a few of my favorites (though, I admit I have not had the time to read all 701...yet).

• Be assured that e-Learning is not a silver bullet. Refrains yourself from using e-Learning for every training/learning opportunity. There is a place for e-Learning, but it is not appropriate in every circumstance.
• develop an e-Learning strategy that addresses the needs, culture, objectives, etc., of your [school] ... then implement based on your strategy
• putting existing material onto the web is not e-Learning, but e-Reading. The most successful interventions are those that include a fair amount of planning, innovation and active user involvement.
• match the tools you use to the audience.
• the more interactive a page, the more technology you use, the more likely someone, somewhere, will not be able to access it.
• try to learn in the same way you ask your students to learn.
• after posting a module or course to the web, and BEFORE announcing its availability to students, make sure that all sections of the module or course are accessible to the students and that all the links, etc. work like they were designed to.

Check out the other 694 when you have a chance!