Michael's Other Books

Michael Allen's e-Learning Annual 2008. Part of the Pfeiffer Annual series, first published in 1972, this edition presents a wide range of perspectives from some of the earliest and most renowned leaders in the field. This book frankly and objectively presents lessons learned and the critical steps to success. This important resource will help both educator and trainers create, purchase, and apply quality e-learning programs more effectively.

Michael Allen's e-Learning Annual 2009. This second edition of the Pfeiffer Annual series provides a compilation of the best current, truly up-to-date thinking in their respective topic areas. The book embraces controversy and a diversity of viewpoints. This is an essential reference for e-learning professionals who are interested in the most current thinking about instructional design and management.

Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning. As an international speaker and consultant to virtually every business sector over his more than thirty-five years of research and development in technology-based instruction, Michael Allen speaks out about his frustrations with e-learning and brings fundamental issues to light. He shares specific, commonsense guidelines that reliably produce effective and practical learning solutions. From his pioneering work on learning management systems, to authoring systems, and now on instructional design, experts and buyers alike follow his leadership and respect his opinion.

Creating Successful e-Learning — For Getting It Right the First Time, Every Time. This is the first volume of six in Michael Allen's e-Learning Library – a comprehensive collection of proven techniques for creating e-learning applications that achieve targeted behavioral outcomes through meaningful, memorable, and motivational learning experiences. This book walks readers through the revolutionary processes of rapid prototyping and iterative design as a means of identifying the conflicting and hidden agendas of organizations, winning essential support, and generating creative learning solutions.

Designing Successful e-Learning — Forget What You Know. This is the second volume of six in Michael Allen's e-Learning Library. This book examines common instructional design practices with a critical eye and recommends substituting success rather than tradition as a guide. Drawing from theory, research, and experience in learning and behavioral change, the author provides a framework for addressing a broader range of learner needs and achieving superior performance outcomes.

Successful e-Learning Interface — Making Learning Technology Polite, Effective, and Fun. This is the third volume of six in Michael Allen's e-Learning Library. This book dives into the differences between and importance of learner interface design and user interface design. Using the structural foundations of interactive learning experiences—context, challenge, activity, and feedback—as organizers for the itemized and specific guidelines that have been effective in applications across significant varieties of content, time and time again, the author unwraps the true power in learner interface design.