e' basics

e' Basics is a collection of useful places with relatively quick references for those in search of definitions of e-learning related terms and concepts.

Many ask for a definition of e-learning. This can hardly be given: I think one has to acknowledge that there are several definitions and approaches to e-learning. This should be evident when browsing this site and those listed here.

INDEX

ABC of e-learning
e-Learning defined
Standards (SCORM, AICC & IMS project)
Learning Objects
Learning (Content) Management Systems (LMS & LCMS)
Evaluation (of Learning Systems)
Designing online learning
Various

ABC of e-learning

• DTU's e-learning dictionary (Danish/English) (PDF)
• nestafuturelab.org - glossary (JAN06: link rot, deep link removed)
• A-Z of e-Learning
• e-learning.start4all - e-directory
• E-learning miniordbog
• World Bank Distance Education Terms
• Elearningeuropa - glossary
• Glossary of Open and Distance Learning
• KnowledgeNet Dictionary of terms
• Click2Learn e Glossary
• Learningcircuit's E-learning glossary
• Internet Time Group's eGlossary
• Net lingo

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e-Learning defined

• kineo big ideas
• learnativity theme park
• Figur: e-Learning generationerne
• Social Learning, Part I, Part II :-D
• ASTD e-Learning Handbook
• E-learning, Online Learning, Web-based Learning, or Distance Learning (JAN06: link rot, deep link removed)
• The eLearning FAQ
• Definitions abound
• Terms and Buzz Words
• Key concepts of open and distance learning
• From old to new assumptions of learning
• e-Learning by doing (JAN06: link rot, deep link removed)
• e-Learning basics case study (JAN06: link rot, deep link removed)
• Blended Learning: What Works? (.doc)

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Standarder (SCORM, AICC & IMS project)

• The LCCN Standards webpages
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• International: IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC)
• adlnet.org
• http://www.imsproject.org
• http://www.aicc.org
• Dansk Standard
• ISO-IEC SC36 - Standards for: Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training
• Paper: Making Sense of Learning Specifications & Standards
• Article: The First ever Standard for Learning Object Metadata (FEB06: Link rot, deep link removed)
• artikel: Standarder for Virtuel læring?

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Learning Objects – the basics of LMS/LCMS

• Materialeplatformen - introduktion til metadata (danish)
• RUMLO projektet - Rettigheder, Udvekslingsformater og Metadata (danish)
• Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning
• estandard.no
• Guidelines for authers of Learning Objects (PDF, 1.6 Mb)
• Stephen's web: Learning Objects and Learning Object Repositories
• TELR Learning Objects Research
• Learning Objects 101: A Primer for Neophytes
• Learning Object - In-Depth tutorial (JAN06: link rot, deep link removed)
• Læringsobjekter - pedagogiske snublesteiner?

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Learning (Content) Management Systems (LMS/LCMS)

• Litt om læringssystemene (LMS) (JAN06: link rot, deep link removed)
• LMS Usage and Implementation: Market Analysis
• What is and How to select a LMS/LCMS
• What are LMS/LCMS tools?
• LCMS roundup
• Content Management: Our Organized Future
• Content Management
• e-learning is not KM
  

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Evaluation of Learning Systems

• Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses :)
• Collaborative Tools Evaluation Site
• Software Evaluation Criteria and Terminology

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Online Learning Design Strategies

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• Standards for online content authors
• m-learning.org
• e-læringsstile
• 4Cs (Continuous, Concurrent, Creative, and Co-design) and 4Ds (Define, Design, Develop, and Deliver)
• e-learning evolves to ASP-model
• Organisational learning and KM
  
• European Consortium for the Learning Organisation (ECLO)
  

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Various

• Theory into practice DB

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