The shift I'm seeing is away from the design of pure "courseware" solutions and much more to "reference hybrid" solutions. To explain this, I need to step back and deal with the fact that terminology around eLearning Patterns is problematic. In my mind, "courseware" is interactive (to some level) instruction run asynchronously. Just when you've made the transition from the prior generation of CBT authoring tools (e.g., Authorware , Toolbook ) to the new generation of WBT authoring tools (e.g.,

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If you read my blog you know that I've discussed similar themes (see Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids and Start with Courseware or With the Other Stuff? ) Courses and Courseware are not really dead and will never die out completely. Even better than the ease of use is that it gets you out of the Courseware mindset and into the information/support Two very good recent posts by Jay Cross and Brent Schlenker discuss the Death of Courses. and I have the same basic feeling that there is definitely a shift going on.

I completely understand his point about the misapplication of this model and the fact that applying it without some creativity leads to boring courseware. There's an interesting discussion sparked by Donald Clark's - Gagne's Nine Dull Commandments . His basic point is that Gagne's: Gaining attention Stating the objective Stimulating recall of prior learning Presenting the stimulus Providing learning guidance Eliciting performance Providing feedback Assessing performance Enhancing retention and transfer to other contexts is in his words ...

BackgroundI recently read this post by Tony Karrer discussing the development of what we traditionally call pure courseware versus the creation of Reference Hybrids Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids. Tags: rapid elearning tools audience analysis courseware rapid elearning classroom training instructional design reference hybrids technical software product trainin Though posted in 2006, this post seems very relevant even today and I feel like I have a lot to say about the probable solution to the discussion that this course ...Tags:

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URL: http://oedb.org/library/features/236-open-courseware-collections This collection of 236 free or open educational resources (URL above) is simply yummy (at least for people like me). In all cases, they can be visited by anyone interested in courseware on the Internet faculty, developers, and curious students alike. DLORN One-stop source for learning object syndication. I did create my own Open Educational Resources (OER) Index sometime back (Later UNESCO compiled a more organized and useful one named OER Useful resources ).