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E-Train Practices for Professional Organizations: IFIP TC3/WG3.3 Fifth Working Conference on ETRAIN Practices for Professional Organizations (ETRAIN 2003), July 7-11, 2003, Pori, Finland »

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Authors: Paul Nicholson (Editor), Jari Multisilta (Editor), Mikko Ruohonen (Editor), J. Barrie Thompson (Editor), IFIP Technical Committee for Education, Working Group 3.3 Staff
ISBN-13: 9781402077562, ISBN-10: 1402077564
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Paul Nicholson

Book Synopsis

"E-Training Practices for Professional Organizations" is an essential reference for anyone interested in the integration of e-business, e-work and e-learning processes. The book collects, for the first time, the proceedings from the 2003 IFIP eTrain Conference held in Pori, Finland.

The text serves as a multi-disciplinary resource for information on the research, development and applications of all topics related to e-Learning. The first half of the book discusses theories, paradigms and their applications in academia and industry. The last half of the book examines learning environments, design issues and collaboration among the corporate, governmental and academic sectors.

With academic and professional contributors, "E-Training Practices for Professional Organizations" reflects the multi-faceted and exciting nature of e-training studies. This volume presents the balanced view of past developments and current research necessary to truly reach the potential of this burgeoning field.

Table of Contents

Identifying hypermedia browsing strategies3
Simulations as mental tools for network-based group learning11
E-training or E-learning?19
Pedagogical models in network-based education29
The effects of IT-based training on employees uptake of new technologies in the work-place37
Focus group report : mobility and education45
'Anybody out there a real expert?'51
What students expect from E-moderation61
A model for planning, implementing and evaluating client-centered IT education69
Breaking new ground in professional IT-training77
Taking the E-train in university education85
Competence development supported by digital means in a knowledge-intensive company95
Electronic mail competitions103
Integrating needs assessment within next generation E-learning systems113
Cognition, culture and effective E-praxis guiding principles121
The teacher : from a responsible student's point-of-view129
The virtual office137
Introducing organizational characteristics in learning environments145
Digital competence development as strategic learning155
The impact of the implementation of distance education systems in a telecommunications company163
The performance of virtual teams171
Managing distributed university courses181
Enabling postgraduate learning in the workplace189
A better E-train197
Social learning within electronic environments205
Mobile technologies and education213
Towards multilateral co-operation of university, ICT-businesses and public organizations in the Rovaniemi region221
Experimenting with digital television learning environments231
Printed media, hypertext and chatterbots in learning239
Developing international leadership in educational technology247
Distance learning approaches in teacher training255
Building technology-based training on relevant learning perspectives263
Interactive 3D virtual hydraulics273
Accessibility and mobile learning281
Developing time-sensitive hypertext linking and navigation support291
Virtual learning modules for trainees299
A new spider on the Web307
Logistics for learning objects315
Implementing the learner-centred design paradigm for Web-based training curricula325
Implementation and use of a Web-based learning environment333

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