Athabasca University has recently published a book on eLearning and made it available free for download. The following are some quotes from it's website:

"In the seven weeks since its launch, more than 11,000 people have downloaded the online book, "Theory and Practice of Online Learning," Athabasca University's most recent contribution to online and distance education around the world.

Edited by Drs. Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, "Theory and Practice" compiles the online and distance education expertise developed at Canada's Open University during the past 30 years. In 454 free-to-download pages, it addresses the practical issues all online educators face, from infrastructure and course development to student support and copyright issues.

"Its (the book's) popularity speaks to the need for this product," notes Anderson, AU's Canada Research Chair in Distance Education. "Distance learning institutions are the fastest growing, and every distance education institution in the world is struggling with how to go online."

Find "Theory and Practice of Online Education" at: http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book

Thank's to Rafael Calvo of Sydney University's Web Engineering group for the reference and the quotes.

The Elearning Network of Australasia (Elnet) is an independent community of elearning professionals working in the elearning industry. Members come from all sectors of the industry and work in a range of corporate, government and educational organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Elnet already has over 40 University and corporate members from around Australia. You can find information about membership on the web page.

In conjunction with Savv-e and The Web Engineering Group (The University of Sydney), pumptheory.com is providing an online collaboration tool and website. Using the dotLRN E-learning platform, this site provides members with exactly the sorts of online tools being pioneered by education organisations around the world.

To read more about Elnet, upcoming events and E-learning, visit the website:

http://elnet.com.au/