The AMA Handbook of e-Learning: Effective Design, Implementation and Technology Solutions

"This authoritative sourcebook is a timely decision-making tool for companies making the transition to (or already using) e-learning. Featuring all - original contributions from high - profile practitioners and renowned theorists, the book reveals how top companies are implementing and using this crucial employee development tool. Topics include: analyzing organizational need; selling e-learning to the organization; learning management systems; synchronous collaboration; learning portals; repurposing materials; and outsourcing and vendor relations. Other chapters focus on motivation and retention, technological and software options, measuring ROI, and more."

Table of Contents:
"Chapter 1: What is E-Learning? Chapter 2: Is E-Learning Better Than... ? Chapter 3: Analyzing the Organization's Need for E-Learning Chapter 4: Selling E-Learning to Your Organization Chapter 5: Are Your Learners Ready for E-Learning? Chapter 6: Increasing Learner Involvement and Participation Chapter 7: Synchronous Collaboration, Live E-Learning, and Beyond Chapter 8: Outsourcing Your E-Learning Projects Chapter 9: Learning Management System for E-Learning Chapter 10: Discussion Groups and Chat: Electronic Tools for Building Online Communities Chapter 11: Bandwidth Be Damned: Why Only Lazy Trainers Worry About Bandwidth Issues Chapter 12: Sound and Video for E-Learning Chapter 13: Learning Portals Chapter 14: Making the Internal/External Decision Chapter 15: Clicking With Vendors: What to Ask Your E-Learning Vendor Before You Get Involved Chapter 16: Designing Asynchronous Learning Chapter 17: Getting Ready for Synchronous E-Learning Chapter 18: Re-Purposing Materials For E-Learning Chapter 19: Using Technologies in a Blended Learning Curriculum Chapter 20: Implementing E-learning Chapter 21: Keeping E-Learning Going: Motivating and Retaining E-Learners Chapter 22: How Do I Choose E-Learning Software That Will Keep Going and Going Chapter 23: E-Learning And Performance Chapter 24: Evaluating Your E-Learning Implementation Chapter 25: Level Three Evaluation of E-Learning Chapter 26: E-Learning ROI Chapter 27: Some Near Term E-Learning Perspectives Chapter 28: Global Learning, 2008"

About the Author :
Editor George M. Piskurich (Macon, GA) is an organizational learning and performance consultant specializing in e-learning design, performance improvement analysis and intervention, and telecommuting initiatives. He is the author of The ASTD Handbook of Training Design and Delivery and has been a classroom instructor, instructional designer and corporate training director. Contributors include: Bill Ellet and Alaric Naiman, Tom Floyd, Darin Hartley, Paul J. Guglielmino and Lucy M. Guglielmino, Russ Brock, Harvey Singh, Travis Piper, Bray J. Brockbank, Saundra Wall Williams, John Hartnett, Mike Fink, Curtis Kanahele, Patrick M. Hentschell, Larry Israelite and Nanette Dunn, Jennifer Hofmann, Carole Richardson, Brandon Hall, Loretta Donovan, Vicky Phillips, Allan Berger, Thomas J. Labonte, Wayne Turmel, Jim Burrow, Elliott Masie, and Clark Aldrich.