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E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring Jane Bozarth

E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring By Jane Bozarth

E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring by Jane Bozarth

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This book is written for the myriad organizations that want to take advantage of e-learning, e-training, and e-performance as a way to save on training expenses but don't even have a budget to start the process.

E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring Summary

E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded Trainer by Jane Bozarth

Is e-learning at your organization chronically underfunded? Discover how you can create workplace solutions with minimal budget in e-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring. Author Jane Bozarth, recognized as e-Learning Centre's October 2005 Pick of the Month, provides the nuts and bolts information you need to incorporate e-learning solutions at minimal cost. She offers myriad strategies for building from scratch programs, recycling, reusing, and repurposing resources; negotiating reasonable expenses for store bought e-learning products; and incorporating real world ideas for assembling tools, techniques, and strategies into workplace solutions.

About Jane Bozarth

Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator for the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resource Development Group and has been a training practitioner since 1989. She is a columnist for Training Magazine and has written for numerous publications including Creative Training Techniques Newsletter and the Journal of Educational Technology and Society.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource. Chapter 1: e-Learning: Some Basics. What Is e-Learning? Why Use e-Learning? Moving from Classroom to Online. Some New Ways of Thinking. Avoiding Costly Mistakes. Using e-Learning: Buy Off-the-Shelf or Build It Yourself? Summary. PART ONE: DOING IT YOURSELF. Chapter 2: Getting Started with Doing It Yourself. Take Inventory: You Probably Have More Than You Think. What Else Should You Have? User Considerations. Want versus Need: What Will Meet Your Objectives? Summary. Chapter 3: Building Simple Pages and Programs. Using What You Already Have: MS Office Products and MS Paint. Time to Move Up? More Advanced Design Tools. Summary. Chapter 4: Enhancing Basic Programs. Free Clip Art and Other Media. Free Design Templates. Free Interactivity Tools. Free Microsoft Downloads. Macromedia Coursebuilder. Design Tips and Tricks. Summary. Chapter 5: Creating Inexpensive Quizzes, Games, Searches, Puzzles, and Simulations. Quizzes. Games. Searches: Treasure Hunts and Web Quests. Puzzles. Simulations. Summary. Chapter 6: Creating Low-Cost Collaboration. Synchronous or Asynchronous Collaboration? Synchronous Tools. Asynchronous Tools. Creating Collaborative Activities. Summary. Chapter 7: Creating Performance Support Tools on a Shoestring. When to Use Performance Support Tools. Which Tool to Use. Performance Support Tools: Some Examples. Summary. Chapter 8: Leveraging Resources. Sharing. Networking. Bartering. Inexpensive-and Possibly Free-Help. Repurposing and Reusing. Summary. PART TWO: BUYING YOUR SOLUTIONS. Chapter 9: Paying Someone Else to Build for You. What Are You Buying? How Much Does It Cost? What Affects Costs? How to Save on Costs. Beware of Hidden Costs. Doing Business: The Bid and Request for Proposal Process. Choosing a Vendor for Developing Custom Content. Summary. Chapter 10: Buying Off-the-Shelf Courses. Deja Vu: Buy or Build? Know Your Criteria. Customizing OTS Products by Adding On, Not Renovating. Tips for Working with Vendors of OTS Products. The Portal Alternative. Summary. PART THREE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. Chapter 11: Hosting Your Programs and Tracking Learner Data. Hosting. Tracking Learner Data. Moving Up: Do You Need a Learning Management System? Tracking: A Recap. Summary. Chapter 12: Application. Mixing It Up: Matching Approaches to Learners and Learning Styles. Cases: The Buy-or-Build Decision. Cases: Assembling Tools and Approaches to Create e-Learning Programs. Summary. References and Other Sources. Additional Resources. Index. About the Author.

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GOR005177516
9780787977122
0787977128
E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded Trainer by Jane Bozarth
Jane Bozarth
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
20050916
240
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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