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