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Scholarly Technology and Resources

Distance Learning Websites

The Campus Computing Project http://www.campuscomputing.net/
The most current data on how computers are being used in post-secondary education across the country.

University of Maryland University College: Center for Intellectual Property http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/
The site discusses issues around intellectual property of particular concern to faculty, both off and online.

University of Maryland University College http://umuc.edu/distance/odell/cvu/ann_links.html
An annotated set of links on a wide range of topics in distance education and online learning.

American Distance Education Consortium http://www.adec.edu/
A good place to go if you want to find out what is going on in distance education across the country.

SREB Electronic Campus http://www.electroniccampus.org/
A listing of online courses and programs throughout the southeastern United States. Getting your course approved on and this list is one indicator of meeting minimum quality standards.

EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu/
One of the major organizations in the field of information technology and higher education.

Faculty Issues in E-Learning Environments http://www.spcollege.edu/eagle/research/beep/BEEP8.htm
An annotated set of links on a wide range of topics of special interest to faculty teaching online or at a distance.

US Distance Learning Association http://www.usdla.org/
A national association concerned with both higher education and K-12 education using distance technology.

International Center for Distance Learning http://icdl.open.ac.uk/
This looks like the United Kingdom version of the US Distance Learning Association.

Distance Education Clearinghouse http://www.uwex.edu/disted/index.cfm
Operated by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, this site is a treasure house of information on distance education.

ICTE Educational Technology Resource Library http://www.icte.org/edtech12.HTM
This is a listing of the proceedings from the last several meetings of the International Conference on Technology and Education.

American Center for the Study of Distance Education http://www.ed.psu.edu/acsde/
Operating out of Penn State, this is the site for the American Journal of Distance Education and also has links to other conferences and special events.

Extending the Classroom Walls Electronically http://www.ntlf.com/html/sf/vc_extend.htm
An adaptation from New Paradigms for College Teaching, this article addresses issues, benefits and differences, of using electronic communication in the college classroom. Tom Creed describes the characteristics of the learning contexts that influence the flow of information and participation in class and being online.

Knowledge Media Laboratory (Carnegie Foundation), http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/KML/
Series of online workspaces and resources that support the efforts of teachers who are documenting their practice. In some ways this work fulfills the functions of the library, laboratory and museum that have traditionally supported scholarship. Click on the "View Gallery" button for a fascinating tour.

Virtual Resource Site for Teaching and Learning, http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/vt_home.html
Resource for faculty seeking direction in appropriate ways to use Web-based technologies to accomplish key learning strategies. The guiding principle of this project is to go beyond technical skill towards a full examination of the teaching/learning issues in technology-enabled instruction.

Learning through Technology, http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/cl1/ilt/
Resources for college instructors seeking answers to questions about why and how they might use learning technologies to improve what and how well students learn.

Catalyst http://catalyst.washington.edu/home.html
The University of Washington claims that "Catalyst brings you tools, resources, and support to help you teach with new technologies." And they ain't lying! This great site has really useful information for the novice, intermediate, and would-be online educator. Use the site map to get around. Their "How To" section provides step-by-step instructions for getting started with some popular software products (PowerPoint, Dreamweaver, Word).

ION, http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/
Illinois Online Network's 'selected list of resources dealing with various aspects of online education and the online environment in general', categorized into areas like Assessment/Evaluation, Communication, Instructional Design, Intellectual Property, Multimedia, and more. Learning Styles & the Online Environment is a sample of the great resources available here.

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