Resources

Resources for Teaching Online

Resources for Teaching Online

Print Resources

Barone, C.A. and Hagner, P.R. (eds.) (2001). Technology-enhanced teaching and learning: Leading and supporting the transformation on your campus.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bates, A.W. and Poole, G. (2003). Effective teaching with technology in higher education: Foundations for success. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bender, T. (2003). Discussion-based online teaching to enhance student learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Brewer, E.W., DeJonge, J.O. and Stout, V.J. (2001). Moving to online: Making the transition from traditional instruction and communications strategies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Conrad, R.M and Donaldson, J.A. (2004). Engaging the online learner: Activities and resources for creative instruction. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Fink: L.D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Hanna, DE, Glowacki-Dudka, M. and Conceicai-Runlee, S. (2000). 147 practical tips for teaching online groups: Essentials of web-based education. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing

Horton, S. (2000). Web teaching guide. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

McTighe, J. & Wiggins, G. (1999). The understanding by design handbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Moore, G.S., Winograd, K. and Lange, D. (2001). You can teach online: Building a creative learning environment. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Palloff, R.M. & Pratt, K. (2001). Lessons from the cyberspace classroom: The realities of online teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Palloff, R.M. & Pratt, K. (2003). The virtual student: A profile and guide to working with online learners.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Reisman, S. (ed). (2003). Electronic learning communities: Current issues and best practices. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

Salmon, G. (2003). E-tivities: The key to active online learning. London, UK: Kogan Page Limited.

Sanders, W.B. (2001). Creating learning-centered courses for the World Wide Web. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M. and Zvacek (2003). Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education. Upper Saddle-River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Wahlstrom, C., Williams, B.K. and Shea, P. (2003). The successful distance learning student. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.

Watkins, R. and Corry, M. (2005). E-Learning Companion: A student's guide to online success. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Weiss, R.E., Knowlton, D.S. and Speck, B.W. (2000). Principles of effective teching in the online classroom. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Wenger, E., McDermott, R. Snyder, W.M. (2002): Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge. Boston, MA: Harvard University Press.

Online Resources

American Center for the Study of Distance Education
http://www.ed.psu.edu/acsde/
The American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE) was established in 1988, aiming to become a network of scholars who have a common interest in studying, teaching, and doing research in the field of distance education. ACSDE has both a printed and electronic journal and other publications. In addition, DEOS-L (Distance Education Online Symposium) was created as an interactive listserv to facilitate unstructured discussion of interest to educators.

Copyright Crash Course
http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/copyright/
Developed by the University of Texas at Austin General Libraries, the Copyright Crash Course Online Tutorial will help you learn about how ownership of copyrighted materials works, what is fair use and when and how to get permission to use someone else's materials. The Tutorial pages include links to pages in the Copyright Crash Course and to copyright law.

Distance Education Clearinghouse
http://btc.montana.edu/nten/online_teaching.shtml
The Distance Education Clearinghouse brings together distance education information from Wisconsin, national, and international sources. The Clearinghouse is managed and maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, in cooperation with its partners and other University of Wisconsin institutions. In particular, see the sections on Faculty and Teaching, Instructional Design, and Student Readiness.

Educational Technology and Society
http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/
Educational Technology & Society is a quarterly journal (January, April, July and October), publishing academic articles on the issues affecting the developers of educational systems and educators who implement and manage such systems. Distance Learning articles are very well represented. This is the journal of the International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (subgroup of IEEE Learning Technology Task Force)

E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology
http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/index.html
The E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology (e-JIST) is an international peer-reviewed electronic journal housed at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Articles cover theoretical and applied discussion of contemporary issues, review research in particular fields, report on specific research, describe recent technical developments and contribute to debate in a wide range of areas including foundations of instructional science, practice of instructional design in education and training, instructional delivery technologies, management and administration of instructional technology, evaluation of instructional design input, and future developments.

Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators
http://www.lab.brown.edu/public/ocsc/collaboration.guide/
Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators is a joint production of the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown University, the National School Network (NSN), and the Teacher Enhancement Electronic Communications Hall (TEECH).

Journal of Interactive Media in Education
http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/index.html
JIME is unique in that it brings together articles and asynchronous discussion of those articles within the same web space. The focus in on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education including the cognitive, social and cultural issues raised by the use of interactive media in education. It aims to be an action research project which explores the changing face of journals, and more broadly, scholarly practice in the age of digital publishing and communication.

Journal of Library Services for Distance Education
http://www.westga.edu/~library/jlsde/jlsde2.1.html
A peer-reviewed e-journal, international in scope, publishing refereed articles focusing on the issues and challenges of providing research/information services to students enrolled in formal post-secondary distance education.

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
http://www.merlot.org
MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.

North Carolina Community College System Virtual Learning Community
http://www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/Distance_Learning/index.html
The Virtual Learning Community is a collaborative effort of all of North Carolina’s Community Colleges to increase the quality and availability of online learning and support services. Pre-developed courses specifically for the NC Community College curriculum are included for instructors to access.

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmain11.html
The Journal of Distance Learning Administration is a peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free each quarter over the World Wide Web. The Journal publishes articles based on original work of practitioners and researchers with specific focus or implications for the management of distance education programs.

Pew Symposia in Learning and Technology
http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym1.html
The Pew Symposia in Learning and Technology conducts an ongoing national conversation about issues related to the intersection of learning and technology that places the discussion in the context of student learning and ways to achieve this learning cost effectively. The goal is to marshal the thinking of acknowledged experts and frame the issues in ways that are useful to the higher education community as it incorporates uses of technology into the academic program. Includes a free electronic newsletter (see the link at the bottom of the page) and monographs on intellectual property issues, quality assurance, and innovations in online learning.

The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice http://interact.hpcnet.org/webcommission/index.htm
A report from the Web-based Education Commission exploring ways in which the Internet is changing education. The mission of the Web-based Education Commission is to recommend actions to help ensure that all learners have full and equal access to the capabilities of the World Wide Web, and to ensure that online content and learning strategies are affordable and meet the highest standards of educational quality. The Commission will recommend to the President and Congress policies to assist education leaders at all levels to incorporate Web-based learning strategies to improve education and achievement.

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (2000). Best practices for electronically offered degree and certificate programs. Published online: http://www.sacscoc.org/commpub.asp.

United States Distance Learning Association
http://www.usdla.org/
The United States Distance Learning Association is a nonprofit organization formed in 1987. The association's purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training. Information is included for Pre-K through grade 12 education, higher education, home school education, continuing education, corporate training, military and government training, and telemedicine.

Usable learning -- Inquiries into the intersections between usability and elearning
http://www.usablelearning.com/
Much of the work done in the area of Usability has focused on commercial web applications and sites. Much of the information stemming from that work is helpful and informative. However, E-Learning has its own issues and concerns that are distinct. Includes a bibliography of print articles and web links.

VLearn3D -- Shared virtual spaces for learning
http://www.vlearn3d.org/about/index.html
The VLearn3D Initiative began in December 1998 as part of the Contact Consortium to address the current trends and needs of educators who are developing, adopting and pioneering virtual environments for education. The goal of VLearn 3D is to provide immediate access to people, tools, resources and ideas that can help them make quick progress in this emerging field.

The Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.aln.org/index.htm
Sponsored by the Sloan Center of OnLine Education (SCOLE) at Olin and Babson Colleges, this website includes links to the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, and ALN Magazine. You can also find the proceedings from the Seventh Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning: Emerging Standards of Excellence in Asynchronous Learning Networks.

Web Teaching
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/
Web Teaching at Dartmouth College is for educators and instructional technologists who are interested in exploring the many different facets of using the Web in the curriculum. Sponsored by Academic Computing at Dartmouth College, the site was developed to both support their faculty and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and knowledge with colleagues at other institutions. The six sections include case studies, articles, open forum discussions, spotlights of new and noteworthy resources, links to other web sites and links to downloadable teaching resources.

World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
World Lecture Hall contains links to course materials for university-level courses. Material is posted by university faculty willing to share their course materials. Maintained the Center for Instructional Technologies, a unit of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment at The University of Texas at Austin.

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If you would like to contribute a resource to share with other instructors, please send an email to Dr. Phyllis Broughton (pbroughton@martin.cc.nc.us). Include the resource name, URL if it is an online resource, and a brief description of the resource and why you find it useful.