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Resources for Further Exploration

As an industry, e.learning has really only popped into the world of training in the last 5 years. As organizations are just now discovering the cost savings of e.learning, there is a remarkable increase in the amount of attention given to the industry from publications, associations, and the financial sector. The following resources are intended as a starting point for more information about this burgeoning industry.

• Why don't face to face teaching strategies work in a virtual classroom?
  
  
• Concord Consortium course model (paper)
  
  
• Collison, G., Elbaum, B., Haavind, S., and Tinker, R. 2000. Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.

These additional resources will help you learn more about online learning, training, and virtual communities:

• Bransford, J., Brown, A., Cocking, R. 1999. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
  
  
• Cohen, Don and Laurence Prusak. 2001. In Good Company: How Social Capital Makes Organizations Work. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
  
  
• Eustace, Clark. 2000. "The Intangible Economy: Impact and Policy Issues." Report of the European High Level Expert Group on the Intangible Economy, European Commission.
  
  
• Harasim, L., Hiltz, S.R., Teles, L., and Turoff, M. 1995. Learning Networks. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  
  
• Renninger, K.A. and Shumar, W. (Eds.). 2001. Building Virtual Communities. New York: Cambridge University Press.