Michael Allen

Michael W. Allen

Michael Allen's Guide to E-Learning

Explore effective learning programs with the father of e-learning Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company, Second Edition presents best practices for building interactive, fun, and effective online learning programs. This engaging text offers insight regarding what makes great e-learning, particularly from the perspectives of motivation and interactivity, and features history lessons that assist you in avoiding common pitfalls and guide you in the direction of e-learning success. This updated edition also considers changes in technology and tools that facilitate the implementation of the strategies, guidelines, and techniques it presents. E-learning has experienced a surge in popularity over the past ten years, with education professionals around the world leveraging technology to facilitate instruction. From hybrid courses that integrate technology into traditional classroom instruction to full online courses that are conducted solely on the internet, a range of e-learning models is available. The key to creating a successful e-learning program lies in understanding how to use the tools at your disposal to create an interactive, engaging, and effective learning experience. Gain a new perspective on e-learning, and how technology can facilitate education Explore updated content, including coverage regarding learner interface, gamification, mobile learning, and individualization Discuss the experiences of others via targeted case studies, which cover good and not so good e-learning projects Understand key concepts through new examples that reinforce essential ideas and demonstrate their practical application Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company, Second Edition is an essential resource if you are studying for the e-Learning Instructional Design Certificate Program.

Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company

Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning

Learn how to elevate your learning experiences and take your learners to new heights from the godfather of elearning, Michael Allen, as he revisits, challenges, and updates instructional design principles from the past 50 years. Is today’s elearning everything it should be? Of course not. But a renewed focus on the principles we know work and a commitment to reimagining those that no longer serve us will take us closer to realizing its full potential—and to designing learning experiences based not only on the goals of the designer but also on the quality of the learner experience. Whether you’re a designer or buyer of training programs, Rethinking eLearning is an invaluable guidebook for delivering learning programs that are: Relevant Motivational Individualized Empathetic Memorable Supportive Drawing on his fifty-five-plus years of professional, academic, and corporate experience in teaching, developing, and marketing interactive learning and performance support systems, Michael Allen explores what works, what doesn’t, and what’s missing when it comes to elearning. Packed with digestible and immediately actionable chapters, Rethinking eLearning is a resource you’ll turn to again and again—a companion along your journey as you accompany learners on theirs.

What Works. What Doesn't. What's Missing.

Rethinking eLearning

An industry leader speaks out against boring, ineffective, costly e-learning and provides practical guidelines for creation of powerful, e-learning-based performance solutions. e-Learning is emerging rapidly in schools, businesses, and at home. Millions are being invested in this new, widely available technology purported as the solution to learning challenges. Dr. Michael Allen, commonly considered the father of modern interactive learning, raises concerns about misuses of the technology, missed opportunities, and money wasted on boring, ineffective e-learning. The book offers specific, pragmatic, common-sense approaches to guide the development of successful technology-assisted learning. A free CD-ROM is packed with sample applications. Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning enables business executives to become discerning e-learning investors and instructional designers to create meaningful performance solutions.

This is the second volume of six in Michael Allen’s e-Learning Library—a comprehensive collection of proven techniques for creating e-learning applications that achieve targeted behavioral outcomes through meaningful, memorable, and motivational learning experiences. This book examines common instructional design practices with a critical eye and recommends substituting success rather than tradition as a guide. Drawing from theory, research, and experience in learning and behavioral change, the author provides a framework for addressing a broader range of learner needs and achieving superior performance outcomes.

Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting

Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen's Online Learning Library

The field of e-learning continues to experience dramatic andturbulent growth. Over time, as technology has improved and themethod's real capabilities have emerged, e-learning has gainedwidespread acceptance and is now the fastest growing sector ofcorporate learning. As in years past, Michael Allen's Annual offers a diverseand important collection that contains some of the most currentinsights and best practices that will help both educators andworkplace learning leaders address issues of design andimplementation, as well as strategy and culture. In addition, this new volume offers a diverse mix of contentthat spans the full spectrum of technology-based learning. Yearafter year, the Annual discusses emerging trends in social media;showcases e-learning innovation; presents contemporary- andbest-practices; tackles big-picture, strategic issues; and providesa host of useful tips and techniques. Additional content is alsoavailable online. Praise for Michael Allen's 2012 e-LearningAnnual "Michael Allen's Annual really is annual. I found newexamples and provocative ideas—just what I was lookingfor." —Allison Rossett, professor of educational technology, SanDiego State University "Just another academic anthology? Hardly! Michael Allen hasconvinced e-learning's super-heroes to join forces to crushcomplacency, demolish dogma, rewrite rules, streamline strategies,and light a brighter future for e-learning. Warning: Theaccumulated wisdom and original thinking of this elite team ofdesigners, practitioners, consultants, and researchers will leaveyou dissatisfied with your current e-learning efforts and aching toput their ideas into play." —William Horton, author, e-Learning by Design andconsultant, William Horton Consulting "The real learning at conferences takes place in the hallways.This wonderful book is like eavesdropping on those conversations,except that Michael has put the top thinkers in our field in thehall for you." —Jay Cross, chairman, Internet Time Alliance Nabeel Ahmad Clark Aldrich Bobbe Baggio Tony Bingham Julia Bulkowski Bryan Chapman Phil Cowcill Allan Henderson Peter Isackson Cheryl Johnson Cathy King Leslie Kirshaw Tina Kunshier David Metcalf Corinne Miller Craig Montgomerie Frank Nguyen Maria Plakhotnik Tonette Rocco Anita Rosen Patti Shank Clive Shepherd Martyn Sloman Belinda Smith Susan Smith Nash Ken Spero Carla Torgerson Thomas Toth Reuben Tozman Marc Weinstein

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