Useful Links
Resources from Alison:
FREE Resource and Expertise Gap Analysis: Ask Alison for a copy.
Alison's favourite podcasts:
Digital Planet (BBC)
Click On (BBC)
Aussie Geek (Aust)
TED (US)
PRI's The World Technology (US)
Educause (US)
E-Learning Insights (Aust)
Educate (UK)
Internet Business Mastery (US)
Other thought leaders/institutions on e-learning - Australia:
Headshift Anne Bartlett-Bragg
Jokay.com.au Virtual worlds in education specialist
Education.au
Education Network of Australia (EDNA)
Australian Flexible Learning Framework
E-learning Network of Australasia (ElNet)
Learning Technologies User Group (LTUG)
Annual Learning Technologies Conference (highly recommended for learning practitioners)
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET)
Thought leaders/ institutions on e-learning - world:
Marc Rosenberg
Jay Cross
The Masie Centre - Elliott Masie (US)
Marc Prensky - In particular, his article 'e-nough' (US)
The eLearning Edge - Lisa Galarneau (NZ)
Stephen Downes (US)
Tony Karrer (US)
Clark Quinn (US)
Elearnspace - George Siemens (US)
Nancy White (US)
E-learning Guru (US)
Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies - Jane Hart (UK)
Epic (UK)
The ELearning Guild (US)
Learning Circuits - ASTD (US)
LearnTrends (US)
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - CIPD (UK)
Towards Maturity (UK)
LMS evaluation:
LMS Survey Results 2009 - Elliott Masie
Tips on LMS selection - ELearning Guild, 2007
Tips on LMS Implementation - ELearning Guild, 2007
Alison runs 1 and 2 day LMS scoping Workshops to identify requirements. Please visit Workshops or Contact Us to find out more.
E-Learning instructional design:
5 Star ID rating - David Merrill
First principles of instruction - David Merrill
Nine events of instruction - Robert Gagne
Experiential learning - David Kolb
Instructional design in e-learning - George Seimens
Instructional design system handbook - Donald Clark
Seven steps to better e-learning - e-learn magazine
The eLearning Edge - Lisa Galarneau
Sage e-learning evaluation tool
Rubric for online instruction
Alison runs 1 and 2 day Workshops on e-learning instructional design and associated processes. Please visit Workshops or Contact Us to find out more.
Virtual classroom facilitation:
Understanding webinars: Contact us for a copy of this online presentation.
Alison runs 1 day Workshops on learning design and facilitation skills for the virtual classroom. Please visit Workshops or Contact Us to find out more.
Illustrations of web 2.0 technologies for learning:
Virtual classroom concept - BBC story on YouTube
Venuegen – 3D virtual learning
Wiki concept - Commoncraft
Blog concept - Commoncraft
Podcast concept - Commoncraft
RSS concept - Commoncraft
Learning manual processes e.g. Frog virtual dissection (see demo)
Business modeling e.g. Lemonade Stand (as a concept)
Twitter implications - Time Magazine
Hotseat - micro-blogging in the classroom
Social media mash-up examplefor business – Social text
The future of e-learning is social learning - Jane Hart
Home & formal education versus learning at work - Meet Charlene
Alison runs 1 day Workshops on learning design using web 2.0 and mobile technologies. Please visit Workshops or Contact Us to find out more.
List of technologies for online learning:
Directory of tools for online learning (Jane Hart)
Web 2.0 tools and applications (Go2web20)
A number of e-learning related resources Alison has found useful over the years. This list is by no means exhaustive. The opinions of those presented in this list do not necessarily reflect those of CONNECT THINKING®