Higher Education

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Classtalk :

- Interactive teaching tool from Better Education, Inc. to facilitate active learning. Provides networked science classroom, teacher's computer and students' calculators.
The Costs Project :

- Data on technology spending submitted for schools to compare costs. Participation is free. Features information, history, participating schools, presentations, and articles.
Educational Technology :

- Higher Education Links for educational technology: journals and newsletters, associations, consortia and networks
Educational Uses of Networks :

- Collection of guidelines for using electronic communication in the classroom.
EDUCAUSE Online Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus :

- What to ask about information technology when choosing a college or university.
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.
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.
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.
The Epiphany Project :

- Provided strategies and support to assist mainstream writing faculty with integrating technology into their classroom.
FAST (Free Assessment Summary Tool) :

- Web-based assessment tool that allows students to anonymously submit feedback about their course and/or instructor.
InTRO :

- Instructional Technology Research Online; includes a document repository, interviews, links, and a "who's who in instructional technology" section.
The Moderator's HomePage :

- Set of resources for moderators of online discussion in both academic and non-academic settings.
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.
The Society for College and University Planning :

- A network of professionals dedicated to excellence in planning for higher education
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.
Students' Perceptions of Technology in Learning :

- Presentation of survey results by Scott Siddall of Denison University.
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.
Using Spreadsheets to Keep Track of Students' Grades :

- Brief introduction to using Excel and other spreadsheets for managing students' grades and performing basic statistics.
The Wired Professor :

- Companion web site to a book about technology in college education.
Yenza! :

- Using the Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.