If you are interested in research on elearning read on... if not, file in
the bit bucket..
Jim Greenberg
E-LEARNING REVIEWS AVAILABLE ON NEW WEB SITE
The Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL Switzerland) this fall
announced, in a joint effort with the Stanford Center for Innovations in
Learning (SCIL Stanford), the launch of a new web site on elearning to make
it easier to track and review research literature in the field across its
multiple disciplines, something that is difficult to do since the field is
so vast.
The website, [http://www.elearning-reviews.org] provides those interested
in research on elearning with concise and thoughtful reviews of relevant
publications. The goals of the collaborative project are to provide ongoing
updates, a solid base of existing literature from the various disciplinary
perspectives, and the further the development of elearning as a scientific
research-oriented discipline.
The project continually surveys new publications from a broad spectrum of
journals, conferences, reports, and books. Each review is carefully written
and critically reflects the publication in an accessible and concise manner
so that readers can easily decide whether the publication is relevant to
them. [http://www.elearning-reviews.org] offers a variety of useful ways to
access its reviews. Users can browse the elearning classification scheme
covering the wide range of elearning topics: Strategy, Quality, Pedagogy,
Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Change Management, and more. They
can search for publications by specific authors or scan the lists of
reviewed publications of particular journals or conferences.
[http://www.elearning-reviews.org] targets those at the intersection of
elearning theory and practice. Researchers find relevant reviews from the
different disciplines constituting elearning. Practitioners appreciate the
wealth of research results they can put into practice. Students of
elearning programmes will profit from the literature overview provided by
the reviews sorted into helpful subject categories.
The project was initiated by the Swiss SCIL, which maintains and continues
to further develop the web site. The editorial team is made up of
researchers from the Swiss SCIL, as well as researchers at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, and the Stanford
Center for Innovations in Learning. All three of the partner institutions
will regularly contribute reviews to the website.
Reinhold Steinbeck, Director of SCILNet, the international program of the
Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning, and topic co-editor, hopes
that "elearning-reviews.org could become the 'Google' of elearning, just
better, because you know that what you will find will meet the highest
standards."
For more information visit the website: www.elearning-reviews.org
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