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resources are roughly classified into relevant topics below. However
readers should be aware that it is difficult to classify many web
sites and you may wish to edit them. We are also looking forward to
your suggestions. |
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Distance
Education Text Book Web Sites
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Greg
Kearsley
Online Education:
Learning and Teaching in Cyberspace |
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Judi
Harris
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/index.html
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M.D. Roblyer and J. Edwards
http://cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/roblyer/
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| Challenges
in Distance Learning (DL) |
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Today's
fad or tomorrow's future?
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/issues/papers/Dingle.asp
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Challenges
in implementing distance learning programs
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects
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Challenges
in implementing distance learning programs (contd.)
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/resources/44items.asp
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The
Internet and transnational education
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/commentary/2000-05.asp
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Distance
education at a glance
http://www.uidaho.edu/evo/distglan.htm
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Success
in distance education online learning environments
http://www.tekprofkom.org/help/success.htm
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| Cultural
Issues |
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An extensive
cross-cultural communication bibliography
http://www.sprog.auc.dk/%7Efirth/Teaching/culture/bibliography.html
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A
glossary and definitions of culture based on different theorists.
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vcwsu/commons/topics/culture/culture-index.html#top |
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An anthropology
glossary. It is not extensive and rather short.
We will be looking for one that is better and if you know of one,
please let us know.
http://www.wadsworth.com/anthropology_d/special_features//anthro_glossary.html
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Glossary
of Sociological Terms
http://www.soci.canterbury.ac.nz/glossary/
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Please
click PDF or Word
version to see more references on cultural issues |
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| Design
and Devlopment |
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The
emerging contribution of online resources and tools to classroom learning
and teaching
http://www.tact.fse.ulaval.ca/ang/html/rev98es.html
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| Digital
Equity |
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Digital
equity toolkit: Free, high quality resources to help address the
digital divide in the classroom and communityDigital equity toolkit
http://nici-mc2.org/de_toolkit/pages/toolkit.htm
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Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
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AskERIC:
a personealised Internet-based service providing educating information
http://ericir.syr.edu |
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The
Benton Foundation articulates a publis interest vision for the digital
age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social
problems
http://www.benton.org
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Digital
Promise develops public policies focusing on the essential public
interest needs in the new media environment
http://digitalpromise.org |
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Future
Search is a worldwide service network providing public/non-profit
sector future searches in all cultures
http://www.futuresearch.net
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National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov |
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Online
Content for Low Income and Underserved Americans: The Digital Divide's
New Frontier
http://www.childrenspartnership.org/pub/low_income
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| Evaluation
and Research |
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Sample
of an instrument for evaluating video-based telecourses
http://www.distance-educator.com/portals/07evaluators.html |
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Learning
Theory for Instructional Design.
http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/ole/lro/lroref.html |
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Prof.
Johannes Cronje. Learning theory for ID--the WHOLE MODULE, complete
with expected outcomes, learning tasks, etc.
http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/ole/lro/lro2000.html |
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| Global
Education (contrubuted by Rohini Vanchiswaran at ISU) |
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The
bimonthly publication of The American Forum for Global Education covers
the important issues that an interconnected, rapidly changing world
raises for educators and education policy makers, and the ways schools
are dealing with them.
http://www.globaled.org/issues/index.html |
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Creative
Change Educational Solutions is a non-profit organization providing
curricula, training, and programs on ecological economics, sustainable
development, and anti-discrimination.
http://www.creativechange.net |
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The
program is designated to empower audience members via interesting
and inspirational stories about “best practices” in other
nations regarding problems and challenges that are faced universally
by audience members all over the world.
http://www.globallearning.org |
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| International
Dimensions and Support |
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The
Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation
created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development
and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources
and technologies. COL is helping developing nations improve access
to quality education and training. See reports on action to decrease
the N-S divide.
http://www.col.org |
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| K-12
Schools |
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The
role of online communications in schools: A national study in the
USA
http://www.cast.org/publications/stsstudy/ |
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An
IT-rich school
http://www.bssc.edu.au/research/SchHP.htm |
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| Language
Support for English |
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Coming
soon... |
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| Language
Support for Danish |
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This
introduction gives a short presentation of the origin of Danish and
the differences between the Scandinavian languages. You might get
so interested that you want to take a look at the other language sections…
http://dkheadlines.com/learndanish.htm |
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A
short introduction about Danish culture (scroll down to "Glimpses
of Everyday Life in Denmark"), which could give food for reflections
on the differences between your culture and the Danish culture.
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4597/den6.htm#glimps |
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A
good Danish-English vice/versa dictionary for a start
http://www.plab.ku.dk/dk/cgi-bin/nph-dict.cgi |
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People
who use the British English, which could lead to confusion for Americans,
have been writing a lot of the aboved mentioned pages. Therefore a
link to a short British-American and vice versa dictionary, is the
best one found so far.
http://www.travelfurther.net/dictionaries/index.htm |
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| Language
Support for Spanish |
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Coming
soon... |
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| Leaders
in Distance Learning (DL) |
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Dr.
Linda Harasim homepage (Telelearning)
http://www.telelearn.ca/ |
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Greg
Kearsley's homepage
http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/ |
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Dr.
Paul Resta: Page for TeamWeb at UT Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/ |
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Dr.
Elsebeth Sorensen
http://www.hum.auc.dk/ansatte/es |
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| Online
Journals |
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Journal
of Information Technology for Teacher Education. See especially Volume
4, Issue 2 on Information Superhighways edited by Dr. Niki Davis.
http://www.triangle.co.uk/jit/ |
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International
Electronic Journal For Leadership In Learning
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~iejll/ |
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Current
issues in Technology and Teacher Education
CITE journal. See first editorials for discussions on-line journals
and late editorials on the DIgital Scholarship Portal.
http://www.citejournal.org |
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Annual
Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning.
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/ |
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The
Technology Source. A peer-reviewed, bi-monthly on-line periodical
assisting educators integrate technology in education.
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/
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Interactive
Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning (IMEj
of CEL) http://imej.wfu.edu/index.asp |
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Interactive
Educational Multimedia Electronic Journal (University of Barcelona)
http://www.ub.es/multimedia/iem/welcome.html
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| Research
and Evaluation Techniques |
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researcher often keeps a diary as a way of accumulating his/her perceptions
over time. Graduate students taking this course are required to keep
on their personal web pages a research diary. Below are some links
describing the rationale and technique of keeping a research journal. |
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Journal
keeping as an aid to research: Some ideas
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/graded/RLed1.html |
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Guidelines
for writing reflections
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ed_lead/practicum/C-Reflection-Guidelines.doc
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