Relearning to E-learn

Strategies for Electronic Learning and Knowledge

M. S. Bowles

Relearning to E-Learn is for e-learning practitioners at all levels. It provides a credible, comprehensive look at where e-learning is today, at all the elements that affect it and the potential it holds for future learning.

Opinion

'What better topic than this to launch the publisher's innovative e-book list . . . The e-book is clearly the main product, enahnced by full colour, fully interactive material, rich in graphics, embedded links and extras such as glossary and acronyms lists, and easily updatable . . .This title will be of interest to educators across the subject spectrum as well as to corporates keen to facilitate cost-effective, value-adding staff training and development.' (Australian, 7/4/2004)

About this Title

Relearning to E-Learn removes the 'noise and hype' surrounding the field of e-learning and encourages its strategic implementation within corporate and community settings.

E-learning straddles the crossroads where the management of education, training, performance, knowledge, human resources and change collide. Relearning to E-Learn is the result of a 12-month international research project designed to better understand both e-learning and the impact of multiple disciplines and processes within an organisational context.

Relearning to E-learn
* examines the 'second wave' of e-learning implementation
* analyses recurring concerns about e-learning development by learners, instructors and organisations
* promotes serious rethinking of learning strategies at individual, group and organisational levels
* advocates the need for innovative approaches to the design and delivery of learning programs to accommodate individual learner differences
* encourages the view that e-learning should not be an isolated activity, but a catalyst and enabler of far-reaching change
* offers practical strategies for achieving effective and efficient e-learning.

For more information about Relearning to E-learn see www.mup.unimelb.edu.au

Table of Contents

1. What is Electronic Learning?
2. The E-learning Marketplace
3. Promises and Pitfalls
4. From Competence to Capabilities
5. Dimensions of Knowledge
6. Generating Knowledge through Learning
7. Individual Factors in E-learning Performance
8. Toward Collaborative E-learning
9. Forces of Transformation
10. Organisational E-learning: Principles and Pressures
11. Transactions and E-service
12. Building Effective and Efficient E-learning.

About the Author

Dr Marcus Bowles has worked with national governments, industry sectors, enterprises (including Forbes 500 listed organisations) and remote communities to facilitate profound social, economic and cultural change. His professional focus is on building viable capability transfer and learning systems. Dr Bowles is director of the Institute for Working Futures and is an author, public commentator, visiting lecturer and consultant.