This category contains sites relevant to educational technology in higher (post-secondary) education. This is the place to find resources and information on how to use new technologies in the classroom, how to put your course on the world wide web, and how to use electronic communication to enhance communication with and between students.
Note that sites which are not specific to higher education should usually be submitted to the generic Instructional Technology category.
Instructional Technology Research Online; includes a document repository, interviews, links, and a "who's who in instructional technology" section. www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr
Participants in the COSTS project submit data on technology spending for their schools and then receive comparative data from the entire COSTS database. Participation is free to schools who submit their data. Only schools that participate receive the www.costsproject.org
Conference theme is 'Expanding the Learning Community - Meeting the Challenges.' Information technology offers the potential for greatly expanding learning communities in all sectors. University of Adelaide, Australia, May 6-9, 2003. www.adelaide.edu.au/educause2003
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. carolyn.jlcarroll.net
Higher Education Links for educational technology: journals and newsletters, associations, consortia and networks www.btinternet.com/~iberry/html/et.htm
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. www.westga.edu/~distance/omalley24.html
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. www.electronicscholar.com
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 wor www.edutech.ch
Web-accessible database of over 130 effective resources available for post secondary educators who wish to make better use of educational technology. Contains selected and annotated learning materials to support independent professional development, al www.aved.gov.bc.ca/c2t2
Interactive teaching tool from Better Education, Inc. to facilitate active learning. Provides networked science classroom, teacher's computer and students' calculators. www.bedu.com
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. www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook
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. clp.cqu.edu.au
Annual conference emphasizes sharing real-world solutions to real-world situations in e-commerce, Web portals, legacy data, usability, accessibility, and self-service applications in higher education. Indiana University Bloomington. Also find news abou www.indiana.edu/~webdev/2003
The purpose of CUMREC is to provide a forum for higher education professionals to share their expertise and experiences with computer systems in an ever-changing world of technology. www.cumrec.org