Books & Journals

This section contains references to printed and online books and journals related to e-learning in general, and e-learning and Nursing in particular. If you know of any useful publications not listed below, please contact the SONET organiser.

NB: Author hyperlinks point to personal pages or bibliographies of that author. Title hyperlinks point to websites supporting the publication.


Books (online)

OTiS Tutoring E-Book. http://otis.scotcit.ac.uk/onlinebook/. A definitive and detailed introduction to e-learning practice and pedagogy, with a wealth of practical advice based on case studies and empirical data. Each chapter is available in HTML and PDF.

Books (printed)

Salmon, Gilly. E-tivities - the key to active online learning. 2002. RoutledgeFalmer, Taylor Francis Paperback. ISBN 0-7494-3686-7.

Salmon, Gilly. E-moderating - the key to teaching and learning on-line. 2000. Kogan Page (London), Taylor Francis Paperback. ISBN 0-7494-3110-5

Watkins, Ryan. 75 e-Learning Activities : Making Online Learning Interactive. 2005. Pfeiffer Wiley. ISBN 0-7879-7585-0

Watkins, Ryan; Corry, Michael. E-Learning Companion. 2005. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-6183-7970-3


Journals (online)

Innovate. http://www.innovateonline.info/. ISSN 1552-3233. Fully online journal published by Nova Southeastern University, USA. "The journal focuses on the creative use of information technology (IT) to enhance educational processes in academic, commercial, and governmental settings. Our basic assumption is that innovative uses of technology in one sector can inform innovative uses of technology in each of the other sectors." Full article archives online, no subscription fee although registration is required to view full article texts. Journal ceased publication in September 2009 but archived articles remain online.

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). http://www.i-jet.org/. ISSN 1863-0383. A refereed, fully online e-learning journal which although published by the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) covers e-learning in all subjects. Articles published under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY).

International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning. http://www.itdl.org/. ISSN 1550-6908. Fully online journal published by the TEIR Centre, Duquesne University, USA. Full article archives online, no subscription fee.

Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME). http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/. ISSN:1365-893X. Fully online journal published by the Open University, UK, launched in September 1996, with full article archives online. No subscription fee.

Journal of Online Learning & Teaching (JOLT). http://jolt.merlot.org/. Fully online journal published by MERLOT, launched in July 2005, with full archive articles online. No subscription fee.

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics. http://ojni.org/. Fully online tri-annual journal, with full archive articles online. No subscription fee.

Journals (printed)

ALT-J. http://www.alt.ac.uk/alt_j.html. ISSN 0968-7769. Published by Taylor & Francis, 11 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4P 4EE. Tri-annual journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). Available online to subscribers.