Higher Education

Links

Classtalk

http://www.bedu.com/

Interactive teaching tool from Better Education, Inc. to facilitate active learning. Provides networked science classroom, teacher's computer and students' calculators.

Educational Technology

http://www.btinternet.com/~iberry/html/et.htm

Higher Education Links for educational technology: journals and newsletters, associations, consortia and networks

Educational Uses of Networks

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Guidelines/

Collection of guidelines for using electronic communication in the classroom.

EDUCAUSE Online Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus

http://www.educause.edu/consumerguide/

What to ask about information technology when choosing a college or university.

Edutech: Higher Education and New Technologies in Switzerland

http://www.edutech.ch/

Presents applications of New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) in teaching at Swiss universities and other institutions of higher education, specially 'Swiss Virtual Campus'. It also serves as a meeting point for all persons and groups working in this field.

Engines for Education

http://www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook/

A hyper-book written by Roger Schank and Chip Cleary, what's wrong with the education system, how to reform it, and especially, about the role of educational technology in that reform.

FAST (Free Assessment Summary Tool)

http://www.getfast.ca/

Web-based assessment tool that allows students to anonymously submit feedback about their course and/or instructor.

InTRO

http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/

Instructional Technology Research Online; includes a document repository, interviews, links, and a "who's who in instructional technology" section.

Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education

http://clp.cqu.edu.au/

Site devoted to world's best practice in online collaborative learning in higher education, and related topics. Find links to online articles, books, journals, and other relevant information.

Students Perceptions of Distance Learning, Online Learning and the Traditional Classroom

http://www.westga.edu/~distance/omalley24.html

Results of a study done at a medium sized state university which finds that distance learning and on-line learning technologies are perceived by students as having some benefits although they are not necessarily knowledge-related. related.

Study Aids for Visual Learners

http://carolyn.jlcarroll.net/

In addition to a graphic organizer for online course development, there are visual outlines of learning theory and links to products and workshops for advanced learning.

The Costs Project

http://www.costsproject.org/

Data on technology spending submitted for schools to compare costs. Participation is free. Features information, history, participating schools, presentations, and articles.

The Electronic Scholar

http://www.electronicscholar.com/

This site is devoted to the use of high tech tools, such as streaming video, to study expert practice in teaching and to generate and disseminate scholarship.

The Epiphany Project

http://www.has.vcu.edu/epiphany/

Provided strategies and support to assist mainstream writing faculty with integrating technology into their classroom.

The Moderator's HomePage

http://www.emoderators.com/moderators.shtml

Set of resources for moderators of online discussion in both academic and non-academic settings.

The Society for College and University Planning

http://www.scup.org

A network of professionals dedicated to excellence in planning for higher education

The Wired Professor

http://www.nyupress.org/professor/

Companion web site to a book about technology in college education.

Using Spreadsheets to Keep Track of Students' Grades

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~rzach/teaching/grades.html

Brief introduction to using Excel and other spreadsheets for managing students' grades and performing basic statistics.

Yenza!

http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza

Using the Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.