eLearning Toolkit

27 October 2020

The resources listed here are currently based on the course, Online Learning Environments, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Continuing & Professional Learning (University of Toronto), and curated by Matthew Christian (instructor).

This is a list of resources that resonated with me the most. It is my intent to continue to refine, and expand on this list moving forward. This page will also serve as a reference guide that I can share with colleagues, students and new staff that I will train/onboard in the future.

Online Learning Theories / Content

• Teaching in a Digital Age, 2nd Edition by Tony Bates
• eLearning 101 by TalentLMS
• Community of Inquiry
• The Great COVID-Forced Migration to Online Learning by Steve Joordens
• Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy
• Learning in the flow of work by Josh Bersin
• Microlearning-based Training by Asha Pandey
• The SECTIONS Model by Tony Bates
• The Reflective Practitioner

Evaluation of an online learning solution by Marcia Cooper, Sayantika Das, Dragana Duric, Jhoanna Gonzales MinersDownload

Instructional Design

• The ADDIE Model in Tony Bates
• An Introduction to SAM for Instructional Designers by Trina Rimmer

Online (Learning) Tools

• Polls & Word Clouds: Mentimeter, Slido
• Surveys: Google Forms, Survey Monkey
• Video conferencing: Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet
• Content Maker: Canva, Prezi, Adobe
• Collaborative Documents: MS Teams, G Suite
• Video: Powtoon, Animoto

Industry Sites

• eLearning Industry
• Learning Solutions Magazine
• Training Network Magazine

Learning Management Systems

• History of the LMS
• Higher Education LMS Market by Phil Hill
• Tips for Choosing an LMS by Christopher Pappas
• LMS Examples: Moodle, TalentLMS

Online facilitation

• Redefining Teaching: The Five Roles of the Online Instructor by Julie Taylor-Massey
• Top 10 Synchronous Learning Best Practices For Instructor-Led Training by Christopher Pappas
• Live Online Learning: A Facilitator’s Guide by onlignment
• Interact & Engage! Activities For Spectacular Live Online Training by Kassy LaBorie

Designing interactive webinars by Julia YoungDownload

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