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Download Free eBooks

 

The following eBooks are available for free download in .pdf format thanks to the generosity of the authors and publishers:

 

 

Theory and Practice of Online Learning

 

Published by Athabasca University Canada

 

A collection of works by practitioners and scholars actively working in the field of distance education.

 

701 eLearning Tips

 

The MASIE Center has compiled 141 pages and 14 chapters covering the ABC's of getting started to global implementation strategies. Tips from senior managers and training professionals from major corporations around the world.

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 Successful Online Instruction

 

An amazing collection of suggestions and advice from a diverse range of elearning professionals. Nowhere will you find a more comprehensive set of tips that you can use to improve your knowledge and skills in online instruction.

 

 

The Insider’s Guide To Becoming A Rapid E-Learning Pro

 

This ebook provides an insider’s perspective on getting the results that make you a rapid e-learning

pro. The author describes proven methods and techniques developed over 15 years of building e-learning courses.

 

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 Tips and Tricks for

Working with e-Learning Tools

 

Tips for using software for the creation of e-Learning.

Courseware authoring and e-Learning development tools

Rapid e-Learning tools

Simulation tools

Media tools

Combining and deploying authoring tools

 

 Producing and Managing

Flash-based e-Learning Content

 

239 usable tips for producing and managing Flash-based e-Learning.

The tips range in length from one-sentence ideas all the way up to multi-page discourses. Some are very basic in nature, and others are quite advanced.  Many of them contain detailed ActionScript code that will help you solve common problems.

 

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Getting the Most Out

of Your e-Learning Budget

 

This eBook on maximizing your e-Learning development budget offers advice and suggestions on where to begin your e-Learning programs, getting the most from subject matter experts, lending your skills to other departments, and lessons learned the hard way, to more timely themes like leveraging social media, using open source tools, and where to find free content on the net.

 

 

 Interactions for eLearning

 

Interactions that can be used in eLearning that will make the learning more fun and engaging. Some of the interactions described are:

Scatter steps

Order of importance

Find the mismatch

Story-based questions

Scavenger hunt

Branching stories

 

 

 

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