Higher Education

Classtalk
Interactive teaching tool from Better Education, Inc. to facilitate active learning. Provides networked science classroom, teacher's computer and students' calculators.
http://www.bedu.com/

The Costs Project
Data on technology spending submitted for schools to compare costs. Participation is free. Features information, history, participating schools, presentations, and articles.
http://www.costsproject.org/

Educational Technology
Higher Education Links for educational technology: journals and newsletters, associations, consortia and networks
http://www.btinternet.com/~iberry/html/et.htm

Educational Uses of Networks
Collection of guidelines for using electronic communication in the classroom.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Guidelines/

EDUCAUSE Online Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus
What to ask about information technology when choosing a college or university.
http://www.educause.edu/consumerguide/

Edutech: Higher Education and New Technologies in Switzerland
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 working in this field.
http://www.edutech.ch/

The Electronic Scholar
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.
http://www.electronicscholar.com/

Engines for Education
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.
http://www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook/

The Epiphany Project
Provided strategies and support to assist mainstream writing faculty with integrating technology into their classroom.
http://www.has.vcu.edu/epiphany/

FAST (Free Assessment Summary Tool)
Web-based assessment tool that allows students to anonymously submit feedback about their course and/or instructor.
http://www.getfast.ca/

InTRO
Instructional Technology Research Online; includes a document repository, interviews, links, and a "who's who in instructional technology" section.
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/

The Moderator's HomePage
Set of resources for moderators of online discussion in both academic and non-academic settings.
http://www.emoderators.com/moderators.shtml

Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education
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.
http://clp.cqu.edu.au/

The Society for College and University Planning
A network of professionals dedicated to excellence in planning for higher education
http://www.scup.org

Students Perceptions of Distance Learning, Online Learning and the Traditional Classroom
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.
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/omalley24.html

Students' Perceptions of Technology in Learning
Presentation of survey results by Scott Siddall of Denison University.
http://siddall.info/talks/percept/percept_files/v3_document.htm

Study Aids for Visual Learners
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.
http://carolyn.jlcarroll.net/

Using Spreadsheets to Keep Track of Students' Grades
Brief introduction to using Excel and other spreadsheets for managing students' grades and performing basic statistics.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~rzach/teaching/grades.html

The Wired Professor
Companion web site to a book about technology in college education.
http://www.nyupress.org/professor/

Yenza!
Using the Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza