Instructional Technology & Best Practices

This list is compiled by Dr. Andrea Peach. In her effort to stay current in the field of Instructional Technology, she frequently comes across journal articles, web sites and books of interest. She will include the bibliographic sites for these articles and will make an effort to include links to the articles when available. If you have articles of particular interest that you would like to include, please send her the reference.

The Open Video Project [QuickTime] --  http://www.open-video.org/ -- "While many digital image projects and archives offer a few brief video clips of historical and other interests, the Open Video Project contains close to 2000 digitized clips and complete short films, and will be of great interest to those researching visual culture. Sponsored and developed at the Interaction Design Laboratory at the School of Information and Library Science and the University of North Carolina, the project began in 1998 with approximately 195 video segments. The archive available here provides video clips from a variety of sources, including quite a few obtained from U.S. government agencies. The entire archive may be searched by keyword, or browsed by genre, duration, or thematic collection. There are some rather compelling files to peruse here, including a collection of classic early television commercials (including one for Jello), a short silent film titled 2 A.M in the subway, and an educational film titled A is for Atom, produced by the General Electric Company. [KMG]" Scout Report, October 31, 2003

Interesting Practices and Best Systems in Faculty Engagement and Support (Hager, Paul) -- http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/nli0017.pdf -- Very interesting article and study about faculty use of technology.

UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology [RealPlayer] -- http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/ -- A collaborative project of the Center for the Virtual University and the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Maryland University College, this site aims to help teachers develop good practice in adopting technology in their courses. The site consists of two modules. The first focuses on using Web-based technologies to design online courses and links to over 40 examples of Web-enabled assignments from a variety of disciplines. Each is briefly described, with notes on the Web-based technologies employed. The second module concerns delivery in online courses, offering six interviews (video, audio, and transcript) "on significant dimensions of online teaching, with particular emphasis on managing interaction." Each interview includes a collection of related (annotated) links. This site should be useful to those studying teaching and technology as well as those who would like to make better use of the Internet and related technologies in their classroom. [MD] (Scout Report April 13, 2001) 

AnyBrowser.com -- http://www.anybrowser.com/ - "AnyBrowser allows users to test their sites using several free tools. Visitors can check the validity and compatibility of their HTML, check their links, see the site at various screen sizes, and create metatags. In addition, the site also offers directories of additional resources and free tools and information about site promotion. [MD] (Scout Report March 3, 2001) 3/16/01

Digital Imaging Tutorial - http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/contents.html - Great information about digital imaging, especially preserving historical (archive) documents. (11/10/00)

XML: A Language To Manage the World Wide Web. ERIC Digest - http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed437941.html - A summary document describing XML and it's uses for educators. (11/10/00)

MERLOT: A National Teaching and Learning Network for Faculty -- http://www.merlot.org/ -- "MERLOT is an online database of URLs to over 2,000 multidisciplinary learning applications. It is a repository of learning modules and a catalyst for collaboration and communication among faculty and administrators." (from web site) (5/9/00)

WebTeacher -- http://www.webteacher.org/winexp/indextc.html -- Tutorials for using the web, including graphics, audio, and video! (5/9/00)

Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology -- http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/vt_home.html -- This site provides information and tutorials about technology and learning issues when creating instructional media.  (5/4/00)

Interactive Resources for Developing Real World Problem Solving Skills - http://www.cite.ecollege.com/papers/Kerbaugh.html - Article that includes some interactive lessons (math and statistics). Very interesting -- may give you some ideas! (5/5/00)

How People Learn -- http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ - A very interesting web site discussing current research about learning. The site is maintained by the National Academy of Sciences.

Soundbyting -- http://www.soundbyting.com/html/index.html.  This web site describes the copyright law pertaining to copying and distributing music on the internet.

Campus Computing Survey Results for 1999 -- http://www.campuscomputing.net/ - (Check out the section about faculty uses of the web!) 11/2/99

College Level 1 -- http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/ - This is a web site devoted to post-secondary science, math, engineering and technology (SMET) professors. According to the web site, the purpose of the site is 'To improve students' learning experiences and critical thinking skills by fostering innovation in introductory SMET education at the college level. 
To engage and retain a growing and diverse student population in the study of science, mathematics, and engineering by eliminating cultural and gender
barriers. To increase college students' SMET literacy and effectively prepare students majoring in SMET disciplines for their future careers.' The site contains case studies and teaching strategies. 11/2/99
 

Plagiarism Check Site - http://www.plagiarism.org - Professors can check the originality of students' papers against a database that includes material from internet cheat sites. (thanks Rosemary Allen!) 10/27/99

IMPLEMENTING THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES: Technology as Lever by Arthur W. Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann - http://www.aahe.org/technology/ehrmann.htm -- "In March 1987, the AAHE Bulletin first published “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” With support from Lilly Endowment, that document was followed by a Seven Principles Faculty Inventory and an Institutional Inventory (Johnson Foundation, 1989) and by a Student Inventory (1990). The Principles, created by Art Chickering and Zelda Gamson with help from higher education colleagues, AAHE, and the Education Commission of the States, with support from the Johnson Foundation, distilled findings from decades of research on the undergraduate experience....Since the Seven Principles of Good Practice were created in 1987, new communication and information technologies have
become major resources for teaching and learning in higher education. If the power of the new technologies is to be fully realized, they should be employed in ways consistent with the Seven Principles." (quoted from the web site). 10/26/99

The Technology Source - http://www.uky.edu/UGS/tlc/topic.html - 
"The purpose of The Technology Source is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations." (quoted from web site) 10/26/99

NEA Higher Education - Technology - http://www.uky.edu/UGS/tlc/topic.html - Links to very good web sites about instructional technology in higher education. 10/26/99

Asking the Right Question:  What Does Research Tell Us About Technology and Higher Learning? by Stephen C. Ehrmann, Ph.D. - http://www.learner.org/edtech/rscheval/rightquestion.html  10/26/99

More articles by Stephen Ehrmann and others about evaluation and assessment of technology in education -- http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/farticles.html 11/2/99

The Global Campus -- http://www.csulb.edu/gc/index.html - "The Global Campus is a collaborative multimedia database containing a variety of outstanding educational materials such as images, sounds, text, and video to be used for nonprofit, educational purposes. The goal of the project is to share resources
through technology by providing a central "campus" where institutions may make their resources available on the World Wide Web. We provide easy access to high quality materials which can be used for instructional development worldwide, while respecting intellectual property rights." (quoted from web site) 10/26/99

Using Instructional Design Principles To Amplify Learning On The World Wide Web -- http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/DCD/WWWinstrdesign/WWWInstrDesign.html  10/26/99

The Practitioner's Guide to "Designing Instruction for Web-Based Distance
Learning" -- http://www.wested.org/tie/dlrn/course/  10/26/99

PC Magazine  Web Audio and Video  Picks -- good information about the latest stuff! http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2322409,00.html 10/7/99

SPAM E-mail -- http://email.tqn.com/internet/communication/email/library/series/blspam_series.htm -- A lot of information about spam (those pesky anonymous e-mail messages that everyone would love to get rid of!). 10/7/99

Web design links -- http://www.zuberlinks.com/ -- A site that has a lot of links to information about creating web sites. 10/4/99

Ten Good Deeds in Web Design -- http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991003.html -- Jakob Nielsen is an expert in interface design and web page usability. 

Search Engine Review -- http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2327803,00.html . This web page reviews the major internet search engines. 9/30/99

Kodak Picture Playground Online --  http://alts1.kodak.com/US/en/corp/playground/index.shtml - Have fun manipulating digital photos at this web site! Great for kids and kids at heart!

Digital Video Cameras -- http://www.zdnet.com/equip/stories/reviews/0,6352,2273619,00.html 

Evaluating Web Sites -- http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed426440.html -- An article from the ERIC Digest with some good suggestions about evaluating web sites. 9/23/99

ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library -- http://ericae.net/ftlib.htm  "Here you will find links to some of the best full-text books, reports, journal articles, newsletter articles and papers on the Internet that address educational measurement, evaluation and learning theory." (from web site) 9/8/99

Ultimate Processor Guide - CNET -- http://home.cnet.com/specialreports/0-6014-7-308397.html?tag=st.cn.1fd
2.tlpg6014-7-308397   "This new special report from CNET is offered as a guide to 'everything you need to know about processors.' Users shopping for a
new PC will want to start with the Know Your CPU section, which offers a set of flash cards on the most popular processors. Those interested in the higher-end chips will want to read the Athlon vs. Pentium III Shoot-Out section, which compares features and performance. The more curious and technical-minded will also be interested in the Supersonic Chips section, which explains what makes chips fast and speculates on future speeds. Finally, the DIY user may want to review Upgrading Your CPU and The Trouble With Overclocking, the latter of which explores the pros and cons of overclocking CPUs." (from Internet Scout Report, Sept 3, 1999)  9/8/99

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database - http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/ . "TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summarizes of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts" (from web page). This is a very interesting site -- especially if you are exploring new ways of teaching. Especially helpful to many of you will be the Learning Domains area. (11/18/98)

Scout Report - http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/ - The Scout project, sponsored by NSF, reports on new internet sites of interest to educators. The sites are selected by a team of educators and librarians to report only the top sites found. The Scout Report for Science & Engineering - http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/sci-engr/ - contains internet resources for the science and engineering educator and student.

Scholarly Articles Research Alerting - Carfax journals only - http://www.carfax.co.uk/SARA.htm - Using search criteria of your choice, Carfax, who publishes hundreds of journals, will e-mail you the table of contents of selected journals. The service is free.

Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) - www.aect.org - The mission of AECT is to "The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process." (AECT web site). The annual conference, held each year in February, reports on current research and trends in the field of instructional design and technology.

Yahoo's List of Instructional Technology Journals - http://www.yahoo.com/Education/Instructional_Technology/Journals/ - A good resource to find current information.

Teaching and Learning on the WWW - http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/ - Site contains over 612 examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning.

Faculty, Instruction, and Information Technology by Barbara Horgan - http://www.microsoft.com/education/hed/articles/facsep98.htm - This article, featured on the Microsoft Higher Education web site, describes approaches to establishing technology integration in the college classroom.

Technology Source - http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/ - According to their web site, "The purpose of The Technology Source is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating nformation technology tools in teaching and in managing educational organizations".

World Lecture Hall - http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/ - Contains links to courses worldwide created by faculty. Good resource for getting ideas!

Very large web building resource -- reallybig.com - http://reallybig.com/ (from the The Scout Report, April 9, 1999, Volume 5, Number 48). "Styling itself "the largest directory of Web building resources on the internet," this gateway offers links to over 3,000 resources for Web page developers of all skill levels. Some of the resource categories featured at the site include HTML Editors, HTML Tutorials, Log Analyzers, Hit Counters, Graphics Tools, CGI Scripts, Truetype Fonts, Icons, Site Promotion, and
many others. Subsections and individual resources all include annotations of varying length. Users can also subscribe to a monthly newsletter at the site. [MD]"

ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm . "Managed by Robert Tiess, this new newsletter is designed for researchers and information specialists who want to share or request Internet reference
information. The list is restricted to reference resources, "which include topical web guides, online databases, search engines, directories, indices, and other authoritative sites substantially providing quality information
in any given subject areas." Subscription information, list protocol, and message archives are provided at the site. [MD]"

Langenberg Search - http://www.langenberg.com/ . "Created and maintained by Chuck Langenberg, this site serves as a "one-stop shopping" gateway to some of the most popular search engines for a variety of subjects. Users can access search engine collections in 25 categories, from dictionaries, encyclopedias, government, and maps to cooking, travel, entertainment, and sports. Within each category, keyword boxes and direct links are provided for each search engine listed. Users are sent to the respective engine's search return page for their results. [MD]" (4/12/99)

Presenters University - has some on-line articles that address issues from starting a presentation to using fonts, graphics and sound effectively. Click here to access (3/24/99)

Campus Computing Project - http://www.campuscomputing.net/ - The results of the 1998 Campus Computing Survey are summarized on this site. 'Assisting faculty integrate IT in instruction' was the most chosen 'single most important technology issue' (43% of respondents) from private 4-year colleges.

Learning and Technology Online Resources Library - http://www.collegis.org/crilinks1.nsf - This on-line library "provides an annotated list of links to quality websites in the area of higher education." (from web site) (12/2/98).

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