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Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman, Internet Today! Email, searching & the world wide web, Chicago & London: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, 1999, pp.302, ISBN 1579581943.
Illustrated guide to using the Internet for college students.
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Laurel Alexander, Education & Training on the Internet: An essential source for students, teachers and education providers, Plymouth: Internet Handbooks, 2000, pp. 192, IBSN 1840253460.
Guide to online resources for students and tutors. Exstensive listings of online courses in UK and abroad.
Review - Full review HERE
Tom Boyle, Design for Multimedia Learning, London: Prentice Hall, 1997, pp.240, ISBN 0132422158.
Software and media for creating learning programs. Slightly dated now, but sound on basic principles.
Full review HERE
Stephanie Browner, Stephen Pulsford, and Richard Sears, Literature and the Internet: A Guide for Students, Teachers, and Scholars, London/New York: Garland, 2000, pp.191, ISBN 0815334532.
Popular guide to resources, techniques, and issues for literary studies classes.
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Alan Clarke, Designing Computer-Based Learning Materials, London: Gower, 2001, pp.196, ISBN 0566083205.
Practical design principles - from conception to evaluation.
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Julia Duggleby, How to be an Online Tutor, Hampshire: Gower, 2000, pp.158, ISBN: 0566082470.
Simple guidance notes for online tutors and course authors. Suitable for those working on community-based education.
Full review HERE
D. R. Garrison and Terry Anderson, E-Learning in the 21st Century: A
Framework for Research and Practice, London: Routledge, 2003, pp.167, ISBN
0415263468
Course design - from planning and authorship, through to evaluation and assessment. Largely theoretical.
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Duncan Grey, The Internet in School, London: Cassell, 1999, pp.155, ISBN: 0304705314.
Guide to equipment, policies, and resources for teachers.
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Irene Hammerich and Claire Harrison, Developing Online Content: the Principles of Writing and Editing for the Web, New York: John Wiley, 2002, pp.384, ISBN 0471146110.
The principles of writing and editing for the Web.
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Reza Hazemi, Stephen Hailes, and Steve Wilbur (eds) The Digital University: Reinventing the Academy, London: Springer Verlag, 1998, pp.307, ISBN 1852330031.
Academic essays on the e-Learning revolution.
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William K. Horton, Designing Web-Based Training : How to Teach Anyone Anything Anywhere Anytime, John Wiley & Sons, 2000, pp.640, ISBN: 047135614X.
Best-selling guide to all aspects of instructional design and writing for web-based training materials. Highly recommended.
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Bob Hughes, Dust or Magic: Secrets of Successful Multimedia Design, London: Addison-Wesley, 2000, pp.264, ISBN 0201360713.
Amusing and thought-provoking study of working on multimedia projects - from web design to CD-ROM and interactive video.
Full review HERE
William W. Lee and Diana L. Owens, Multimedia-Based Instructional Design, San Fransisco (CA): Jossey-Bass, 2000, pp.357, ISBN 0787951595.
Short description HERE
Roger Lewis and Quentin Whitlock, How to Plan and Manage an E-learning
Programme, London: Gower,2003,pp.185,ISBN 0566084244
Practical step-by-step guide to planning, designing, and managing online learning courses - will apeal in particular to managers and administrators.
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Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide,
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999, pp.164, ISBN: 0300076754
Excellent web site design guide. Originally written for medical students at Yale. Concentrates on design principles and navigation.
Full review HERE
Marguerita McVay Lynch, The Online Educator: A guide to creating the virtual classroom, New York/London: Routledge, 2002, pp.170, ISBN: 0415244226.
Complete guide to designing and teaching online courses. Recommended.
Full review HERE
Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of
Simplicity, Indiananapolis (Ind): New Riders, 2000, pp.420, ISBN:
156205810X
Nielsen puts speed and simplicity of access above all else in this tutorial on Web site design which pulls no punches. Fully illustrated with good and bad examples. Recommended.
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Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir, Homepage Usability: 50 websites deconstructed, Indiananapolis, (Ind): New Riders, 2002, pp.315, ISBN: 073571102X
Neilsen shows the strengths and weaknesses of famous web sites - and offers his own makeovers of their home pages.
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Jonathan and Lisa Price, Hot Text: Web Writing that Works, Indianapolis (IN): New Riders, 2002, pp.507, ISBN 0735711518
Professional-level manual on how to write, structure, and edit information for the Web. Highly recommended.
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Roy Rada, Understanding Virtual Universities, Bristol: Intellect, 2001, pp.122, ISBN 1841500526.
Course design and construction for online learning.
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Karen Schriver, Dynamics in Document Design,
New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, 1997, ISBN: 0471306363
Wide-ranging academic and practical study in design theory and applications - with arguments for professionalism in design.
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