Links Related to Educational Technologies

• Definitions
• Understanding the Internet
• Accommodating the Disabled Using the Web and Electronic Documents
• Copyright
• Professional Associations
• Educational Technology Tools for Practice
• Recognized University Educational Technology Programs
• Examples of Recent Reports
• Training Strategists for Using Technologies in Teaching

Definitions

• Educational Technology
  Based on the AECT definition
• The Field of Educational Technology: Update 2000 by Don Ely
  Links Related To Educational Technologies

Understanding the Internet

• The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
  Develops standards for interoperable technologies to allow the Internet to develop to its fullest potential.
  Founded by Tim Berners-Lee in October 1994.
• An Atlas of Cyberspace
  Multiple visual representations of the Internet and Cyberspace to understand the web network concept.
• BBN Internet Timeline
  A timeline of people, concepts and creations that led to the Internet as we know it today.
• The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
  A non-profit corporation that is responsible for IP allocation as well as systems management issues related to the Internet. You can also find here a list of accredited registrars if you wish to register a domain name.
• Internet Domain Survey
  A twice-yearly count of the number of IP addresses that have been assigned a name to give an idea of how the Internet is growing.
• The Internet Education Project
  A resource for librarians to display and share instructional materials that they have designed for teaching about seeking and evaluating information in a networked environment.
• Uniform Resource Locators
  A tutorial all about Web addresses and what each part of them means.

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Accomodating Disabled Using the Web & Electronic Devices

• The Access Board's Accessibility Guidelines and Standards
  See the section on Telecommunications for electronic files compliance standards and the Telecommunications Act.
• Bobby
  A web based validator to check Web pages for accessibility
• ADA US Department of Justice Home Page
  Technical specifications and requirements for accessible electronic documents and Web pages.
• WebAble
  A resource site for news, links and tools for creating accessible Web pages and electronic documents
• Accommodating Students With Disabilities
  A set of guidelines developed by MSU's Health and Counseling Services

Copyright

• Copyright and Fair Use
  Stanford University Libraries overview and links to resources on copyright and fair use.
• Copyright Clearance Center
  Resource to obtain permission to use copyrighted works.
• U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
  A resource of copyright laws and new or pending copyright legislation.
• Copyright Crash Course
  University of Texas System, Office of General Counsel Copyright Crash Course includes recent updates such as the TEACH Act.

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Professional Associations

• American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
• American Council on Education (ACE)
• American Educational Research Associaiton (AERA)
• American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
• Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (AAIM)
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
• EDUCAUSE
• International Interactive Communications Society (IICS)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA)

Educational Technology Tools for Practice

• Educause Effective Practices and Solutions, Transforming Education Through Education Technologies
• List of email lists to keep up with advances in educational technologies
• Technology and Higher Education Statistics, Surveys, and Reports
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Instructional Technology
• Penn State University Innovations in Distance Education
  Integrating Instructional Design in Distance Education Tool
• George Lucas Educational Foundation
  Edutopia, envision the future of public education
• ISTE Technology Integration Resources
• Doctoral Research in Educational Technology: Directory of Dissertations
• The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
  San Diego State University, College of Education
  Search for term or click on Table of Contents
• EDTECH Listserv Archives
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology
• Instructional Technology Connections
  Martin Ryder's excellent compilation of instructional technology links.
• WWW Virtual Library for Educational Technology
• National Education Association (NEA) Hot Issues/Technology
• AFT Higher Education, Technology and Distance Education
• Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information
• Citing Electronic Resources APA
• Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Instructor Resource Center

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Recognized University Educational Technology Programs

• Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  (Educause award application)
• George Mason University
  Technology Across the Curriculum Program
• University of Washington
  Uwired
• Columbia Institute for Learning Technologies

Local Programs:

• Seton Hall University
  (Educause Award Application)
• FDU Global Education

Examples of Recent Reports

• New Media Consortium 2007 Horizon Report [PDF]
• The Internet Goes to College: How students are living in the future, September 2002
  by Steve Jones, Pew Internet & American Life Project [PDF]
• The Digital Disconnect: The Widening Gap between Internet-Savvy Students and Their Schools, August 2002
  by Douglas Levin and Sousan Arafeh, Pew Internet & American Life Project [PDF]
• The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Summary of Findings, September 2001
  by Amanda Lenhart, Maya Simon and Mike Graziano, Pew Internet & American Life Project
• U.S. Department of Education, Educational Technology Reports
• Faculty Attitudes Towards Electronic Resources, July/August 2002, Educause
• Object Lessons: Towards an Educational Theory of Technology, by Suzanne de Castell, Mary Bryson, and Jennifer Jenson

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Training Strategics for Using Technologies in Teaching

• The Masie Center
• Syllabus
• TLT Group: Teaching, Learning Technology
• Allison Rossett
• Chickering & Gamson, Seven Principles of Good Practice