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- Be able to explain, through concrete examples, what e-Learning is, by introducing three emphasized viewpoints.
- Be able to describe examples of misunderstandings and myths concerning e-Learning.
- Be able to explain, based on social background, the reason why Instructional Design is said to be important in quality e-Learning.
Prologue: e-Learning from the perspective of an educational technologist (PDF file)
Submit a report on at least one of the Discussion Boards for reporting end-of-chapter tasks.
*This report corresponds to [Assignment 2] (Text reading: Post your answers to questions at the end of chapters in texts. Submit responses to other students' postings).
Discussion Board for reporting end-of-chapter tasks: Case analysis
Analyze the e-learning case you picked up in Session 2, based on this chapter (Introductory Chapter).
Discussion Board for reporting end-of-chapter tasks: Fairytales
With regard to the "Column: Fifteen myths surrounding e-Learning (by Schank)" introduced in this chapter, analyze to what extent people associated with e-Learning around you "believe in” these myths.(Please select any of the Fifteen myths to make an analysis.)

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Discussion Board (3)
This board is used for discussion about this chapter. Please post your feelings, doubts, and questions in learning actively! Submit active responses, too. In addition, if you can share experiences, additional information, or the findings of your search (with the names of information sources) related to this chapter, please add them.
Please take a quiz reflecting the contents of the text and the course.