The E-Learning Handbook

- Preface
- Introduction

PART I: THE CONTEXT FOR E-LEARNING
- Chapter 1. Thinking Critically to Move e-Learning Forward (Patti Shank)

PART II: THE REALITY VERSUS THE HYPE OF E-LEARNING
- Chapter 2. Hype Versus Reality in the Boardroom: Why e-Learning Hasn't Lived Up to Its Initial Projections for Penetrating the Corporate Environment (Margaret Driscoll)
- Chapter 3. Hype Versus Reality on Campus: Why e-Learning Isn't Likely to Replace a Professor Any Time Soon (Brent G. Wilson and Lee Christopher)
- Chapter 4. Knowledge Management: From the Graveyard of Good Ideas (William Horton)

PART III: TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
- Chapter 5. Infrastructure for Learning: Options for Today or Screw-Ups for Tomorrow (Patti Shank, L. Wayne Precht, Harvey Singh, Jim Everidge, and Jane Bozarth)
- Chapter 6. e-Learning Standards: A Framework for Enabling the Creation and Distribution of High-Quality, Cost-Effective Web-Delivered Instruction (Pat Brogan)
- Chapter 7. Learning with Objects (Patrick Parrish)
- Chapter 8. Web 2.0 and Beyond: The Changing Needs of Learners, New Tools, and Ways to Learn (Patti Shank)
- Chapter 9. Locked Out: Bridging the Divide Between Training and Information Technology (Marc J. Rosenberg and Steve Foreman)

PART IV: DESIGN ISSUES
- Chapter 10. A Holistic Framework of Instructional Design for e-Learning (Saul Carliner)
- Chapter 11. Converting e3-Learning to e3-Learning: An Alternative Instructional Design Method (M. David Merrill)
- Chapter 12. Design with the Learning in Mind (Patricia McGee)

PART V: ISSUES OF THEORY AND RESEARCH
- Chapter 13. Revisiting Learning Theory for e-Learning (Gretchen Lowerison, Roger Côté, Philip C. Abrami, and Marie-Claude Lavoie)
- Chapter 14. Design Research: A Better Approach to Improving Online Learning (Thomas C. Reeves, Jan Herrington, and Ron Oliver)

PART VI: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND MOVING FORWARD
- Chapter 15. Is e-Learning Economically Viable? (Patrick Lambe)
- Chapter 16. e-Learning: Today's

Saul Carliner, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the graduate program in educational technology at Concordia University in Montreal. He is the coauthor of Advanced Web-Based Training Strategies from Pfeiffer.

Patti Shank, Ph.D., is the president of Learning Peaks LLC, an internationally-known instructional design and instructional technology consulting firm. She is the author of The Online Learning Idea Book and the coauthor of Making Sense of Online Learning both from Pfeiffer.