Most organizations that need to train their employees are experimenting with some form of Web-delivered learning. But most organizations have focused on the technological challenges, buying the right software, getting enough bandwidth allocated for Web-based training, designing courseware, etc. These are important steps, but the larger strategic issues remain unsolved: how to make e-learning part of the daily work culture and fully implement its power. E-Learning is the first book in this exciting new field that addresses not just the technological challenges of Web-based training and knowledge management, but how to develop a comprehensive organization-wide learning strategy.

Author Marc Rosenberg discusses the technological issues but, more importantly, assesses the dramatic strategic, organizational, and political issues involved in the process of making e-learning a reality. Written for professionals responsible for leading the revolution in workplace learning, E-Learning takes a broad, strategic perspective on corporate learning. This wake-up call for executives everywhere discusses: Requirements for building a viable e-learning strategy; How e-learning will change the nature of training organizations; Knowledge management and other new forms of e-learning.

E-Learning explains the basic principles of a comprehensive Web-based learning strategy -- how to link your organization’s Web sites, Web-based training, courseware, and all the other components of online learning. With an underlying focus on the "why" -- and not just the "how" -- Rosenberg provides a roadmap for growing and sustaining an e-learning culture that’s based on his twenty years of observations, best (and worst) practices, and conversations with leaders in the learning technology fields. Divided into three parts, E-Learning offers an essential balance between building great e-learning (design and technology issues) and implementing it (acceptance and support issues). Within each chapter, examples illustrate many key components of an effective e-learning framework. (text form the publisher)