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Summary: For beginners only
Review: If you are an educator looking for a book on Instructional Design for WBT, or a book on principles of design of Web-based training that appears to be informed by actual use of an authoring tool, look elsewhere.This is a very basic ("What is a Web page?") book for an audience that is not particularly Net-savvy.
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Summary: good practical book
Review: The one good thing that I can say about this book is that it is easy to read--my boyfriend with ADD wouldn't have a problem with it. It's brevity on each subject is great for those who can't stand lengthy prose, but at the same time if you know nothing of the subject, then you're out of luck. I attempted to complete the tutorial for the SMIL project and just couldn't seem to get anything to work. The CD doesn't include any asset files to work with, so you're left to piece together the items you need to get through the lesson. Web based training is a powerful tool and when developing programs, it's important to keep two things in mind: technological and pedagogical issues. Leaning one way is dangerous in that it lessens the overall value of online learning. This book doesn't mention the important issues of learning styles which is equally important in designing effective e-learning as the title suggests. If you are looking for a good book for e-learning, try Designing Web-based Training by the all-knowing William Horton. I have no vested interest other than I'm a savvy consumer and I don't value the wasting of time and money.
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Summary: Not the definitive guide to online learning
Review: The one good thing that I can say about this book is that it is easy to read--my boyfriend with ADD wouldn't have a problem with it. It's brevity on each subject is great for those who can't stand lengthy prose, but at the same time if you know nothing of the subject, then you're out of luck. I attempted to complete the tutorial for the SMIL project and just couldn't seem to get anything to work. The CD doesn't include any asset files to work with, so you're left to piece together the items you need to get through the lesson. Web based training is a powerful tool and when developing programs, it's important to keep two things in mind: technological and pedagogical issues. Leaning one way is dangerous in that it lessens the overall value of online learning. This book doesn't mention the important issues of learning styles which is equally important in designing effective e-learning as the title suggests. If you are looking for a good book for e-learning, try Designing Web-based Training by the all-knowing William Horton. I have no vested interest other than I'm a savvy consumer and I don't value the wasting of time and money.
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Summary: good practical book
Review: Unlike other web-based training books, which tend to be online theory with a catalog tour of high gloss corporate show pieces done by diverse media teams, this is a practical "how-to" book. Read it, and assuming you have background in teaching or training, you too can create web-based training. The book doesn't pretend to be a encylopedia of educational theory and techniques. It simply provides you with Web development techniques relevant to education and leaves the educating and training up to you. In a new field that's long on speculative theory and short on practical results, this is a long overdue book.
Rating:
Summary: good practical book
Review: Unlike other web-based training books, which tend to be online theory with a catalog tour of high gloss corporate show pieces done by diverse media teams, this is a practical "how-to" book. Read it, and assuming you have background in teaching or training, you too can create web-based training. The book doesn't pretend to be a encylopedia of educational theory and techniques. It simply provides you with Web development techniques relevant to education and leaves the educating and training up to you. In a new field that's long on speculative theory and short on practical results, this is a long overdue book.
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