On-line Education

Computer-Based Training (CBT), Computer-Aided Learning (CAL) & On-line Education (e-Learning).

• AskERIC
  A personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others.
  Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Distance Education Resource Sites (WWW and Gopher), Miami University, Ohio, USA
• Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative Network (ADLNet)
  The US Department of Defense (DoD) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) launched the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative in 1997.
  ADL initiative is designed to accelerate large-scale development of dynamic and cost-effective learning software and to stimulate an efficient market for these products, through the development of standards and guidelines, and a common technical framework for computer and net-based learning, that will foster the creation of reusable learning content as "instructional objects." ADL gets active collaboration with the private sector and pursuing emerging network- based technologies.
• Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)
  By ADLNet. SCORM Overview, SCORM Past, Present and Future, Adopters, Downloads, Technical Support, Knowledge Base, Conformant Content, Certification, References. SCORM Resources: Specifications, Software, Examples, Development, SCORM 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2.
  Shareable Content Object Reference Model Initiative (SCORM), by Robin Cover, XML Cover Pages, October 2001.
  SumTotal public standards work site: SCORM 1.2 Content Implementation Guide, by Claude Ostyn, August 2001; and other drafts and proposals.
• IMS Project
  IMS Global Learning Consortium. IMS FAQs, IMS Specifications.
  IMS Metadata Specification, by Robin Cover, XML Cover Pages, May 2001.
• IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC)
  IEEE LTSC Learning Object Metadata Working Group (WG) - IEEE P1484.12.
  Developing Technical Standards for Learning Technology.
  The mission of IEEE LTSC working groups is to develop technical Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines for software components, tools, technologies and design methods of computer-based education and training systems.
• Teaching & Learning on the WWW
  By Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI), Maricopa Community Colleges.
• CALL@Hull
  CALL@Hull is a collection of online Communications and Information Technology (C&IT) resources for teachers and learners of languages. Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
  Internet Resources for Language Teachers and Learners.
  Maintained by Fred Riley. C&IT Centre, Language Institute, University of Hull, UK.
  Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN): Resources, Links.
• John December's CMC Studies Center
  Web site dedicated to serving the needs of researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners interested in the study of human communication via computers. This field of study is called Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC).
• Distributed Learning Environments
  IAT - The Institute for Academic Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice (TIP) Database
  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. TIP @ GWU.
• Teaching Methods Web Resources
  McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
• Educational Technology Resource Center
  Resources for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education. Maintained by Brooks/Cole, Engineering and Computer Science publishers of Wadsworth Group, a division of Thomson Learning.
  Thomson Learning Knowledge Center.
• TRDEV-L Home-Page
  Listserv Discussion Group for Training & Development.
  Workforce Education, Development, Penn State University.
• Inside Technology Training Magazine
  A new Ziff-Davis publication. See also the ITT 1998 Buyer's Guide.
• CBT Solutions Magazine
• Technology & Learning
  Serving educators with ideas, tools, and resources for integrating technology into the K-12 school, classroom and curriculum.
• On-Line Learning euro'98 Conferece
• Microsoft eLearn Resources
  Microsoft eLearn, Microsoft Learning Resource iNterchange (LRN).
  Microsoft Education Instructional Resources
  Microsoft Education.
• Library Affairs - Morris Library of Southern Illinois University of Carbondale
  • Education Web Sites
  • A Course Becomes a Web Page - Web based course development
  • Intellectual Property Rights Conference - IPRCC - First Annual Delyte W. Morris Library Symposium on Information Issues, April 1998 - Carbondale, Illinois
• IBM Higher Education
• Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT)
  University of Bristol, UK.
  Learning Technology Support Service (LTSS).
• Educational Technology Service - ETS
  Maintained by Dr. Jay Dempster at the University of Warnick, UK. Alternative link: www.csv.warwick.ac.uk.
  ETS Resources.
• Algonquin College - Educational Technology
  Topics: Using Technology in Education, Educational Technology Connections, Multimedia Authoring, Finding Information on the Web, Learning HTML, Distance Education.
• Space Educators' Handbook Home Page
  Part of the NASA JSC document called: "Multimedia Space Educators' Handbook" - NASA Johnson Space Center.
• Asynchronous Learning Network - ALN
• CRS4: Network-Based Education
  CRS4 - Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, Italy
• WebCT - WWW Course Tools
  "WebCT is a tool that facilitates the creation of sophisticated World Wide Web-based educational environments." (alternative link)
• SuperCAL
  A joint project of researchers at the University of Trieste, Italy, and Staffordshire University, UK. SuperCAL is a project for Interactive Computer Aided Learning (CAL) materials designed for the Internet. This site provides software configurations, reusable CAL objects, a working methodology and links to other useful sites. Sample SuperCAL applications are also kept there or referenced.
• Newcastle Dental Computer-Aided Learning
  Developers of CAL for dentistry, Newcastle University, England. Free downloadable demos.
  Contribution: , I.T. Facilitator, Newcastle Dental School.
• Educational Technology Certificate, Michigan State University
  Michigan State University has developed a Summer Institute for Michigan community colleges entitled, "VITAL: Virtual Interactive Teaching and Learning over the Internet." This is a pilot program targeted at those individuals who are either teaching or developing online distance education courses for their colleges.
• The American Prospect - Series on Educational Reform and the New Media - Articles
  • "Seeing Through Computers: Education in a Culture of Simulation", Sherry Turkle (March-April 1997)
  • "Computing Our Way to Educational Reform", Paul Starr (July-August 1996)
  • "Access Is Not Enough: Computer Clubhouses in the Inner City", Mitchel Resnick and Natalie Rusk (July-August 1996)
  • "Children in the Digital Age", Kathryn C. Montgomery (July-August 1996)
  • "Looking at Technology through School-Colored Spectacles", Dr. Seymour Papert (June 4, 1996)
  • "Multimedia and Multiple Intelligences", Shirley Veenema and Howard Gardner (November-December 1996)
• "An Opportunity for Reform", Computer Based Training (CBT) related article, by Delano P. Wegener, Ph.D. ()
• CBT in Medicine
• The INTEC "Virtual Book" Project
  "In a nutshell, the objective of the Virtual Book Project is to devise a practical means to convert existing text-based distance learning course material into an electronic format that will allow a student to read and study such courses directly off a PC screen without the need to print it out. The course would be enhanced with multimedia features, but would essentially retain its linear structure and would resemble a pageable book on the student's screen."
  At this site, you can view sample pages from the prototypes that have been developed by Paolo Tosolini from Italy. Netscape 2.0 needed.
  -- , , Cape Town, South Africa
• IEGR 485 Multimedia Instructional Design
• League for Innovation in the Community College