Product Description

Covering theory where useful, but maintaining an emphasis on practice, this helpful book provides teachers and lecturers with an accessible introduction to e-learning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #230153 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
'This book is a very readable introduction to e-learning and its role within blended learning. It could be recommended to a tutor new to e-learning or an experienced practitioner - both will find much of interest here, together with references to a wealth of recent research.' - ESCalate, Higher Education Academy

From the Back Cover

Preparing for Blended e-Learning

Allison Littlejohn and Chris Pegler

Are you an education professional seeking to design innovative courses that ‘blend’ different sorts of media learning activities across time and space? Do you find it challenging to decide what might be the best blend of activities and media for effective learning? In an age where innovations in social computing and the mainstreaming of e-tools are unlocking new opportunities for blending online with face-to-face interactions, this book will help you to design and implement effective blended e-learning.

With practical, accessible advice for teachers and support staff, Preparing for Blended e-Learning reviews practice and research in planning blends of e-learning and scopes the core skills and knowledge required by teachers. Drawing on the experiences of expert practitioners worldwide and citing examples across a range of institutions and countries, it offers a readable, non-technical and comprehensive introduction informed by practice. Issues discussed include:

• designing quality, appropriate effective online learning;
• efficient and sustainable e-learning activity;
• providing appropriate feedback to learners;
• devising student activities and sourcing learning resources;
• managing online and offline interactions.

Preparing for Blended e-Learning offers a careful analysis of strengths and opportunities of blended e-learning, but is realistic about the possible pitfalls. With guidance for both newcomers to teaching and experienced teachers who are developing their practice online, it will appeal to teachers, academics, librarians, managers and educational support staff who are involved in e-learning. It is also a useful text for accredited courses for teachers in further and higher education internationally.

Allison Littlejohn is the Chair in Learning Technology and Director of the Caledonian Academy at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. She has led international research, development and implementation of innovative learning methods, including blended e-learning, in both further and higher education in the UK and US.

Chris Pegler is a lecturer and researcher into educational technology at The Open University, UK. She has led a wide range of educational initiatives in both further and higher education and has studied and taught online since 1995. In 2004 she was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship as a ‘Rising Star’.

Higher and further education / open and distance learning

Connecting with e-Learning series

About the Author
Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Institute of Technology, Open University, UK

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive, sensible and open-minded
The authors of the book have clearly got a comprehensive experience of e-learning. They present a comprehensive view of the field including both traditional approach and the one which is more interactive, social and focused on a student. The theory, which comprises the influence of modern media blend on teaching/learning, is richly illustrated by various examples of e-learning courses.

eLearning
I think I actually bought this as part of my MA in Online & Distance Education... A decent book, very useful in traditional education - where you might be trying out some new innovations and wondering how the heck you can get them into the curriculum without people kicking up a fuss.
Let's face it - most institutions are going to be using a blended learning approach unless you are working somewhere like the Open University.