E-FFECTIVE WRITING FOR E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

E-FFECTIVE WRITINGFOR E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS KATY CAMPBELL Information Science Publishing Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore ii Acquisition Editor: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Development Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Jan Travers Amanda Appicello Michele Rossi Angela Britcher Amanda Appicello Michelle Waters Integrated Book Technology Published in the United States of America by Information Science Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033-1240 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: cust@idea-group.com Web site: http://www.idea-group.com and in the United Kingdom by Information Science Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 3313 Web site: http://www.eurospan.co.uk Copyright © 2004 by Idea Group Inc. All rights reserved. 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Contact Ms. Carrie Skovrinskie at to receive a complete list of sources where you can obtain ebook information or IGP titles. iv E-ffective Writing for e-Learning Environments Table of Contents Preface................................................................................................vi Introduction.....................................................................................viii Chapter 1 Five Factors for Planning ....................................................................1 Chapter 2 User-Centered Design (Part 1 – Cultural Diversity) ....................... 39 Chapter 3 User-Centered Design (Part 2 – Age, Gender and Accessibility) ... 62 Chapter 4 Selecting and Evaluating Learning Objects.................................... 94 by Ellen Whybrow Chapter 5 From Text to e-Text – Message Design......................................... 118 Chapter 6 From Text to e-Text – Resisting Print............................................ 176 Chapter 7 Structuring the e-Learning Environment ..................................... 195 Chapter 8 The Active e-Reader....................................................................... 221 ... - tailieumienphi.vn