- 14 Free and Open Source Authoring Tools
- 8 Free and Open Source Web Conferencing Tools
- 31 Free e-Learning Books
However, sometimes it worth to spend money especially if you are a beginner.
The truth is that there are a lot of books for e-Learning professionals. The most of them are for professionals with experience in the e-Learning field but some of them are for beginners. The following list contains my Top 5 e-Learning books for beginners.
Enjoy!
=> If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community.
=> I would very much appreciate if you share your TOP e-Learning book(s)!
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning by Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Mayer. (Update 01/21/2011: suggested by B. Phillip Smith)
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Pfeiffer; 2 edition (September 28, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787986836
The E-Learning Handbook: Past Promises, Present Challenges by Saul Carliner and Patti Shank.
Hardcover: 560 pages
Publisher: Pfeiffer (April 25, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787978310
Designing Successful e-Learning, Michael Allen’s Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting by Michael Allen.
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Pfeiffer; 1 edition (May 25, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787982997
eLearning by Design by William Horton.
Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: Pfeiffer; 1 edition (July 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787984256
Delivering E-Learning: A Complete Strategy for Design, Application and Assessment by Kenneth Fee.
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Kogan Page; 1 edition (May 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0749453974
eLearning Uncovered: From Concept to Execution does a nice job of walking beginners through all aspects of eLearning from choosing an LMS, design tools, and the actual course design. The companion site also has some excellent check-lists for future use.
Hi Tanya,
I very much appreciate your comment! I will write a new blog post based on the suggestions (comments).
Have a wonderful day,
Christopher Pappas
The Clark/Mayer book is wonderful, but note that there is a newer edition available:
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Science-Instruction-Guidelines-Multimedia/dp/0787986836/
Hi,
I'm VERY new to e-learning. I have recently produced a few training videos that we are hosting on our own company website, and have combined that with a very bad Quiz Management Software. There is so much more we want to do, however nobody in my company has any e-learning experience, and I've been assigned the job of finding a solution that works, within a very restrictive budget of course. I'd appreciate any help on how I can get started on finding out what is out there, and how I can get educated on reasonable options. Just searching the internet in general, I'm finding WAY TOO much that I don't even understand.
Thanks so much!
Hi Phillip,
thank you for your comment. I updated the link!
Hi ddstsm,
If you want contact me via twitter (http://twitter.com/cpappas) or via LinkedIn (http://ow.ly/3cH0y) I will be more than happy to help you out!
Have a wonderful day,
Christopher Pappas
veery nice message and I appreciate your comments! I'm writing a new blog post is based on proposals thanku so much
Hi effectivelinguistics,
Thank you for your comment! If you make the new post please let me know. I would love to read it.
Have a wonderful day,
Christopher Pappas
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