Annenberg/CPB http://www.learner.org/edtech/techstrats/
supports a variety of research activities and demonstration projects that
examine and illustrate the effective use of educational technology in
traditional classroom situations.
"Asking the Right Questions: What Does Research Tell Us about Technology
and Higher Learning?"
http://www.learner.org/edtech/rscheval/rightquestion.html
Educause Quarterly—http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/
houses articles on myriad topics related to technology use and management
in higher education.
Educause Review—http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/recent.html
publishes articles exploring the impact of technology on higher education.
Reviews of professional development materials that assist technology teachers
in integrating technology education with other learning areas—Curriculum
Corporation:
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/tech/linking/linking.htm
The Teaching Learning and Technology (TLT) Group Resources At-a-Glance
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/index.html provides an index of
their articles, case studies, workshops, keynote addresses, etc aimed
at helping institutions keep up with changing technology and improve teaching
and learning through the use of technology.
Virginia Community College System's instructional technology links offer
assistance to faculty for their curriculum and professional development
efforts—http://www.so.cc.va.us/vccsit/itresour.htm
"On Implementing Web-based Electronic Portfolios"
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0224.pdf discusses how a
"webfolio" program can help instructors improve the quality of teaching
and learning. The article includes a checklist of critical factors for
successful implementation and a bibliography for further reading.
"Teamwork, Teaching, and Technology Meet in the Classroom" by Sandra Poindexter,
Choton Basu, and Steve Kurncz
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0133.pdf
By instituting a mandatory laptop policy that standardized teaching tools
(laptop, software, Internet access) for all full-time students and faculty,
Northern Michigan University was able to change their dominant instructional
paradigm. They moved from a traditional 80% lecture/20% interactive to
a 20/80 model. The article provides implementation strategies and lessons
learned for those who might want to replicate their model.
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webcrit.html
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources:
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
University at Albany Libraries:
http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html
"Using Materials from the Internet: What Are the Rules?"
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/useofnet.htm
Web Teacher—a self-paced Internet tutorial that puts both basic and
in-depth information about the World Wide Web at your fingertips: http://www.webteacher.org/windows.html
Cheating—“22 Ways to Handle Technology Enhanced Cheating”
from the State University of New York’s Teaching, Learning and Technology
Center: http://cms.suny.edu/cheating.htm
Stephen Ehrmann's article "Technology Changes Quickly, But Education Changes
Slowly"
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/Visions/Outcomes.html
examines the problems educational institutions encounter when they attempt
to use technology to improve educational outcomes.
A two-page article, "Improving the Outcomes of Higher Education: Learning
from Past Mistakes,"
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/Visions/Improving_Outcomes.html
summarizes his points from the longer article.
"Front Page Workshop: Webpage Design"
http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/nseeking/fpworkshop/design.htm
"Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101"
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/words/index.html shows how to work
with a word processor and then with MS Word. Other computer basics include
working with spreadsheets
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/numbers/index.html
and working with the web
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/web/index.html
"PowerPoint in the Classroom"
http://www.in-zones.com/presentation/index.htm
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