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75 E-Learning Activities - by Ryan Watkins & Watkins (Paperback)

75 E-Learning Activities - by  Ryan Watkins & Watkins (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This invaluable resource can help transform online courses into exciting, meaningful, and active e-learning experiences. <i>75 e-Learning Activities</i> is filled with scores of e-learning activities and games that offer trainers and instructors a handbook for creating interactive and engaging online courses. Much like the activities and games used in traditional classroom training, these e-learning activities can be used to increase interactivity, engage learners, accomplish learning objectives, develop online relationships, promote active learning, and create learning communities. With many examples available on the CD-ROM for easy online transfer, the activities can help elaborate on course content through the use of online technologies such as chat rooms, email, or discussion boards.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><b>75 e-Learning Activities</b> <p>This invaluable resource can help transform run-of-the-mill online courses into exciting, meaningful, and active e-learning experiences. <i>75 e-Learning Activities</i> is filled with scores of e-learning activities and games that offer trainers and instructors a handbook for creating interactive and engaging online courses. Much like the activities and games used in traditional classroom training, these e-learning activities can be used to increase interactivity, engage learners, accomplish learning objectives, develop online relationships, promote active learning, and create learning communities. With many examples available on the CD-ROM for easy online transfer, the activities can help elaborate on course content through the use of online technologies such as chat rooms, email, or discussion boards.</p> <p>The book's recipe approach makes it easy to include any of the e-learning activities into most any online course. Designed to be flexible, the book's activities can be used independently or in tandem throughout an online course. <i>75 e-Learning Activities</i> also contains more than 80 tips and suggestions for increasing the interactivity in your online courses, a glossary of essential e-learning terms, and a list of useful online and text resources for instructors and trainers who want to create dynamic interactive training experiences.</p> <p>Written by Ryan Watkins, an expert on e-learning and distance education, <i>75 e-Learning Activities</i> also includes contributions from acclaimed trainers Mel Silberman and Steve Sugar.</p> <p><b>Praise for <i>75 e-Learning Activities</i></b></p> <p>"In this unique book, Ryan Watkins brings you instant recipes for making e-learning interactive. This is a wonderful collection of ideas that will transform any virtual community."<br /> --<b>Mel Silberman</b>, author, <i>101 Ways to Make Training Active</i></p> <p>"Ryan Watkins now brings us a desperately needed resource book of ideas--ideas that are practical and inspired, and reach outside the confines of the prevalent e-learning designs that lead to insanely boring and ineffective e-learning. If you're trying to have impact with e-learning and can take advantage of today's electronic communications capabilities among learners and on-line mentors, you need this book."<br /> --<b>Michael W. Allen</b>, author, <i>Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning</i>; CEO, Allen Interactions Inc.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ryan Watkins</b> is an associate professor at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is coauthor of three books, including <i>Strategic Planning for Success: Aligning People, Performance, and Payoffs</i> from Pfeiffer and has published more than 50 articles on the topics of strategic planning, distance education, needs assessment, return-on-investment analysis, and evaluation. He is an active member of the International Society for Performance Improvement and has served as vice president of the Inter-American Distance Education Consortium.

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