EDEN PUBLICATION - The European Distance Education Network (EDEN) is delighted to announce the publication of a highly interesting new book on open and distance learning in Europe. The key success factor of the Lisbon 2000 European Conference, "ODL Networking for Quality Learning," organized by the European ODL Liaison Committee at CLICK: http://www.odl-liaison.org, was the series of invited plenary speeches, elaborated by the major European open and distance learning organizations.

These comprehensive articles have now been published in the volume 'New Learning' (448 pages) edited by Armando Rocha Trindade, including all the review articles presented at the Lisbon 2000 conference. The publication gives a critical review on trends in ODL evolution providing a wide-ranging panorama of the state-of-the-art in open and distance learning for different kinds of organizations and for an extended variety of learners' profiles. For more information CLICK: http://www.eden.bme.hu (from Dr. Andras Szucs, Secretary General, EDEN European Distance Education Network Secretariat)

NEW FREE ONLINE NEWSLETTER - Learning Circuits is a new free online newsletter dedicated to eLearning in corporate environments. It's a great "how-to" resource and is published monthly by the American Society for Training and Development, a trade association for corporate trainers. For the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning CLICK: http://www.irrodl.org/current.html (Virtual University Gazette VUG, 5 Feb 01)

F-LIGHT - F-LIGHTs Jan issue is out: This new issue spotlights ways of helping faculty do more and better evaluations, leading with a report from Cal State Sacramento and then discussing Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtables. (F-Light is also looking for case studies in uses of Web Course Management systems.) The next segment of FLIGHT describes upcoming evaluation-relevant events, such as a statewide Flashlight-sponsored workshop in Michigan; a national workshop on evaluation of Web-based courses in nursing; an entire Flashlight track at the AAHE Assessment Conference; and a train-the-trainer workshop focused on faculty development. For more information CLICK: http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/FLIGHT/f-light_Jan2001.html (from Steve Ehrmann, AAECT and TLT Jan 01)

MODELS FOR LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES - The ASTD Models for Learning Technologies: Roles, Competencies and Outcomes is edited by George M. Piskurich and Ethan S. Sanders. ISBN# 1-56286-083-6, © 1998, American Society for Training & Development, USA, at CLICK: http://www.astd.org

Each year the use of technologies to develop and deliver corporate training escalates. This volume by the ASTD, America's largest professional association for corporate trainers, examines issues such as return on investment, quality standards and accessibility in the space where training joins hands with technology. The great strength of this volume is its contribution to breaking apart and classifying various technologies ranging from virtual reality/modeling to groupware. A systematic framework is presented for how to analyze, design, evaluate, develop and deliver technology-assisted training in corporate environments. Quality requirements and standards are outlined for each phase. (from Virtual University Gazette, ISSN #1099-4262, vol. 4, no 2, Feb 01)