This book introduce the basic concept of e-learning, it gives out a definition to e-learning.

What is the meaning of e-learning?

E-learning is a new education concept by using the Internet technology, it deliveries the digital content, provides a learner-orient environment for the teachers and students. The e-learning promotes the construction of life-long learning opinions and learning society. 

It means:

1. E-learning is a new education concept; it may different from the old educational concept. We should provide a new explanation to this new concept.

2. Delivery of the digital content is the main characters of e-learning. We can tell what is e-learning and what is not.

3. This definition extends the environment on the Internet. We mean that the Internet provides a learning environment for the students and teachers. This environment is learner-oriented, so we can throw out the thoughts of traditionally teacher-center's instruction in classroom.

4. As a new concept of education, e-learning gives a condition for us to realize the life-long learning principle and help us to build a more real learning society.

As a new education system, it has been developed fast in china, But I think the development progress is different form the western countries.

The e-learning plays more in high education for the reason of fast need of high education. 

Content

Ch1 Introduction

Ch2 Introduction to Computer Network

Ch3 LAN

Ch4 WWW and E-mail

Ch5 FrontPage

Ch6 Flash

Ch7 Server

Ch8 Network program

Ch9 Learning Theories

Ch10 E-Learning Progress and methods

Ch11 Instructional Design in E-Learning

Ch12 Online Material and Courseware Design

Ch13 Discussion in E-Learning

Ch14 Education Resource in Internet