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eLearning Resources

The web and the bookstore are full of sites, articles, and books about eLearning. Because eLearning is always changing, it’s challenging for eLearning professionals to keep up to date on the direction, issues, and best practices. These resources cover a wide variety of eLearning topics including instructional design, technology, and trends.

Web Sites and Web Articles

Brandon Hall

eLearning Course Examples from Brandon Hall's Excellence in Learning Awards

Social Impact Games – Entertaining Games with Non-Entertainment Goals

MarcPrensky.com – Author of Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants and other good articles.

eLearning Accessibility Resources

Flash and the User Experience by John Wooden

Skills for Access – Guide to Creating Accessible Multimedia eLearning

Building Accessible Web Sites - Clark, Joe. 2003 - To read a serialization of the book online

IBM Systems Journal. Special Accessibility Issue. Vol.44, Number 3, 2005

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Books

Clark, Ruth Colvin, and Richard, E. Mayer. e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning. October 2002

Clark, Ruth Colvin. Developing Technical Training: A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-based Instructional Materials. 1994

Horton, William. Designing Web-Based Training: How to Teach Anyone Anything Anywhere Anytime. 2000

Driscoll, Margaret and Saul Carliner. Advanced Web-Based Training: Adapting Real World Strategies in Your Online Learning. 2005

Carliner, Saul. An Overview of Online Learning. 2004