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Books

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Associations

American Council on Education (ACE)
Includes information on current higher education legislation and policies, documents on higher education issues, and information about ACE events, initiatives, and publications.

American Association for Higher Education
Promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world; equips individuals and institutions committed to such changes. Subject and organization links.

American Educational Research Association
AERA promotes educational research. Site includes extensive information about AERA's organization, journals, listservs, annual meeting, and job postings.

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
An international, educational, and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
AECT provides 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. General information, a job placement center, and links to related sites.

Associations Related to Distance Education
There are several links to associations from the resource list prepared by the American Center for the Study of Distance Education.

International Society for Technology in Education
A non-profit organization to help K-12 classroom teachers and administrators share effective methods for enhancing student learning through the use of new classroom technologies.

Society for Applied Learning Technology
For professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology.

The Software & Information Industry Association
A trade association for the software and digital content industry.

University &College Designers Association
A professional organization committed to promoting excellence in visual communications for educational institutions.

Reference Sources

The ASTD Handbook of Training Design and Delivery: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating and Delivering Training Programs: Instructor-led, Computer-based, or Self-directed
Complete information to plan and execute a wide variety of training programs.
Edited George M. Piskurich, Peter Beckschi, Brandon Hall.

Distance Education: Review of the Literature
A comprehensive review of the literature, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Star School's project. Teacher Education Alliance, Iowa Distance Education Alliance, Iowa's Star Schools Project. 2nd ed

Educational Media and Technology Yearbook
An annual yearbook highlighting trends and issues, current developments, leadership profiles, and more; published in cooperation with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools, and Techniques
An overview of evaluation techniques, including learner variables, distance education technologies, multimedia content development, and examples of evaluation techniques.
France Belanger, Dianne H. Jordan.

Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology : A Project of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology
A review of key research findings for educational technology.
Edited by David H. Jonassen..

How to Design Self-directed and Distance Learning: A Guide for Creators of Web-based Training, Computer-based Training, and Self-study Materials
A comprehensive guide to instructional design for distance education and web-based environments. Nigel Harrison.

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences info  

The McGraw-Hill Handbook of Distance Learning
Comprehensive guide to all distance learning issues.
Alan G. Chute, Melody M. Thompson, Burton W. Hancock
 

Journals

The American Journal of Distance Education (AJDE)
Sponsored by the American Center for the Study of Distance Education at Penn State University. A key resource for the dissemination of relevant information in the field.

The e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology (e-JIST)
An international peer-reviewed electronic journal of interest to policy makers, managers, investors, professional staff, technical staff, and academics within education and training.

Educational Technology, Research and Development
Journal of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Focuses on the design and development of learning systems and educational technology applications, including practical aspects of research as well as applied theory in educational practice.

Educational Technology Review
Transformed from a print to online publication to increase timeliness of content. Sponsored by AACE.

Educational Technology and Society
A journal of the International Forum of Educational Technology & Society.   Focuses on issues affecting the developers of educational systems and educators who implement and manage such systems.

Electronic Journals in the Field of Education
(AERA SIG Communications Among Researchers): Links to electronic journals that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost.

First Monday
A peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles about the internet and the global information infrastructure Articles include political and regulatory issues, analyses of economic, technical, and social factors; report on standards; and the content of the Internet.

International Journal of Educational Technology (IJET)
An international refereed journal in the field of educational technology, sponsored by faculty, staff, and students at The Graduate School of Education at the University of Western Australia and the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Innovations in Education and Training International
The journal of the Association for Educational and Training.

International Journal of Instructional Media
A professional refereed journal with a focus on cutting edge research and commentary on all forms of instructional media used in instruction and training, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

The Journal of Computing in Higher Education
Publishes peer-reviewed essays, reviews, reports, and research articles about instructional technology and educational management information systems.

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH)
A multi-disciplinary forum to present and discuss research, development and applications of multimedia and hypermedia in education.

JIME - Journal of Interactive Multimedia in Education
A peer-reviewed, international journal aiming to foster a multidisciplinary debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education, and to improve teaching and learning through better interactive media.

Journal of Instructional Science and Technology
An international peer-reviewed electronic journal, focusing on original work of practitioners and researchers with specific focus or implications for the design of instructional materials.

Journal of Technology Education
A forum for scholarly discussion on topics relating to technology education, including education research, philosophy, and theory articles.

Journals in Distance Education
Extensive and comprehensive list of journals for distance education, maintained by the International Centre for Distance Learning.

Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal
An electronic journal dedicated to research and practice of computer technology in middle school classrooms. Features research findings, practitioner articles, commentary, and book excerpts.

Syllabus
Focuses on the role of technology in education, supporting teaching, learning, and administrative activities. Includes feature articles, case studies, product reviews, and profiles of technology use.

Techknowlogia
An international online journal published in collaboration with UNESCO, OECD and GIIC to explore the role of information technologies.

Technology Teacher .

Technology Review
M.I.T.'s Magazine of Innovation. A subscription-based e-journal of innovations in technology.

T.H.E. Journal Online
Focuses on the integration of technology on in education.

Web Sites

Campus Computing Project
Report on a annual survey of information technology in over 600 institutions of higher education.

Center for Instructional Technology  [UNC]
Maintained by the University of North Carolina, provides support for commonly used and emerging technologies. Includes information about conferences, copyright,  K-12 topics, design, languages, discipline-specific topics, and grants Includes a link to Infobits, a monthly electronic technology information dissemination service.

Center for the Study of Technology and Society, Inc
A non-profit think tank in Washington, D.C. that examines the interaction of technological change and society through original research and in-depth analysis

Charting the Impacts of Information Technology
Report of the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies (urs), charged with developing "analyses of the impact of information, communications, and computational technologies on America's quality of life."

Coalition for Networked Information
An organization to advance the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Founded in 1990 by the Association of Research Libraries, Educom, and CAUSE, CNI represents higher education, publishing, network and telecommunications, information technology, and libraries and library organizations. 

Computer Mediated Communication CMC Resources
Links to CMC applications, forums, technologies, culture, organizations, resources, publications, directories, news, and more. Maintained by John December.

EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
A project of the TLT Group, an Affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education. Provides information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities. Of interest to colleges, universities, K-12 schools, libraries and the workplace.

Educational Products Information Exchange (EPIE Institute)
Aims to systematically analyze and collect user data on instructional materials, educational software, and curriculum development.

Educause
EDUCAUSE helps shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management. Site contains general information, job listings, publications, and other resources about information technology in education.

Educause Effective Practices and Solutions (EPS)
A database designed to allow individuals to easily share the practices and solutions implemented on a campus that are effective in managing and using information technology.

Educause Current Issues
Survey is designed to capture information from members about their most pressing campus IT-related challenges.

Flashlight Project
A project to investigate how electronic technologies  influence educational strategies and to what extent these strategies are effective in resolving issues of equitable access, assuring valuable educational outcomes, and containing costs.

Internet2
A consortium of over 180 institutions in partnership with industry and government to develop advanced Internet technology and applications vital to the research and education missions of higher education.  Site includes information and FAQs about Internet2, its participants and partners, and activities and news related to the project.

The Institute for Learning Technologies (Columbia University)
Provides educational leadership through innovative projects and seminal research.

Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education
A program of the National School Boards Association to explore creative ways to teach and learn with technology.

Instructional Technology Connections
Maintained by the University of Denver College of Education, this site includes extensive links to research, journals, forums, projects, and other resources.

International Centre for Distance Learning
ICDL is an international centre for research, teaching, consultation, information and publishing activities based in the Institute of Educational Technology in the U.K. Site has a 15 year literature database of over 11,000 abstracts of books, journal articles, research reports, conference papers, dissertations, etc., and information on over 31,000 distance learning programs and courses from over 1,000 institutions worldwide.

Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
Research & Development in Teaching and Learning, primarily for Instructional Design, Assessment & Evaluation, Instructional Technology, and Faculty Development.

The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project
Aims to enable those involved in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for educational uses of technology.

NICEM [National Informational Center for Educational Media]
Maintains comprehensive database of information about educational nonprint materials, including video, film, and software.

The State of E-Learning in the States
An NGA survey that determined that states are keeping abreast of technological change by vigorously implementing a wide variety of strategies and programs to expand post-secondary e-learning capabilities for adult-centered, work-related education and training.

TLT Group [Teaching and Learning with Technology]
Help institutions and individuals improve teaching and learning with the use of technology through national institutes, regional events, online workshops, and customized consultations. An affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education. 

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology
Develops and implements national educational technology policy.

Web Developer's Virtual Library
Tutorials and articles on all aspects of web authoring and design.

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