This course, oriented to general audience who are interested in e-learning, is organized so that it can be understood by those who have not been involved in producing and operating e-learning materials. However, experience of e-learning as a learner will help you understand the course better. If you don't have any e-learning experience at all, then please take a moment to try some e-Learning before going further into this course. Followings are some candidate e-Learning courses for you to select:
Google search training
This is a free trial lesson how to use Google. Very typical structure as an off-the-shelf e-Learning course. Highly recommended if you are quite new to this area.
http://www.boostelearning.com/
Power of eLearning by Dr. Shirley Waterhouse
This is a free e-Learning content that describe basics of e-Learning. It contains 11 modules from e-Learning fundamentals to e-Learning evaluation. Each module has its introduction video clip, explanation with quiz, and related links.
http://shirleywaterhouse.com/elearning/elearning.html
MIT OpenCourseWare
OpenCouseWare is a collection of course materials that are created by universities and open to everyone via the Internet. Stated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the notion has been taken over to other universities around the world. You will find various types of course materials and Physics I is listed as an example of the OCW.
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Example course: Physics I
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/index.htm
Peter Packet
This content was developed by Cisco, a major development and sales company of network systems such as routers. Peter Packet is designed for children to give them understanding how the Internet works. This uses abundant multimedia. Also, you will see other contents from tab menu.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/edu/packetville/index.html
Note: Select the right top "PACKET RIDERS" tab, and then you will find "play" button.
Global Warming Simulation
This is an online simulation provided by CO2FX founded by National Science Foundation (NSF). This simulation is aimed at helping students to get grasp of the global warming. Check overview from the following website then play it.
http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com/game.htm
A Pintura Art Detective
This is for learning art history and composition. By clicking on the links, the user will be able to expand their knowledge about art history. This course focuses on information presentation, so that a classroom teacher will need to arrange learning activities such as study worksheet for students to reflect on what they have learned through viewing the contents.
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html
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e-learning examples
This is a good showcase of what can be done in e-Learning contents, from very simple ideas to more complex ones. This may not be regarded as a case of e-Learning content itself for the sake of analysis required in this course, it can be of your help thinking about what kind of things, other than just videos and text can be incorporated into your e-Learning.
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?page_id=109
Eduweb
This is a showcase of more complex e-Learning materials, provided by a company. Many good examples of Role-play games can be examined, but may be too complicated to enjoy, if you are novice to the field of gaming and simulation.
http://www.eduweb.com/
