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| Critiques | No Significant Difference This
site provides selected entries from the book "The No Significant
Difference Phenomenon" as reported in 355 research reports,
summaries and papers - a comprehensive research bibliography
on technology for distance education. There is now a "Significant
Difference Phenomenon" area. Seven Myths of Educational Technology or If You Want to Know How to Use Technology in Teaching, Ask a Teacher! The Computer Delusion by Todd Oppenheimer in the Atlantic Monthly |
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| Evaluation | Southern REgional Education Board's Evaluaton
Review Criteria for a variety of digital tools and resources. WCET's electronic tools comparision service. |
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| Future | An
Illustrated Speculative Timeline of Future Technology
and Social Change Future of Work from the US Dept. of Labor New Growth Theory, Technology and Learning: A Practitioner's Guide from the US Economic Development Administration Sampling and Predicting Population Trends The Future of Networking Technologies for Learning What the federal government says |
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| Magazines and Journals | Converge A magazine
for PK-16 and beyond educational technology EdtechNOT.com Where educational technologists come to think, with an emphasis on K-12. Information Week LOTS of articles on trendxs related to every discipline Wired Magazine The hottest, trendiest and to the most up to the moment in thinking about a wired future |
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| Professional Organizations | Futurist Society Links and More Wired Magazine for everything trendy and forward thinking. Check out Being Nicholas from the director of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte. World Future Society |
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| Policy | American Institute
for Research Publications on Educational Technology AIR's
staff of some 800 professionals performs basic
and applied research, provides technical support,
and conducts analyses based on methods of the
behavioral and social sciences.
European Technology Network Some
interesting articles on diverse populations, e.g. aging New Growth Theory, Technology and Learning: A Practitioner's Guide from the US Economic Development Administration NetdayCompass links to several groups who study or comment on policy and applications in K-12 schools |
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| Research & Theory | Implementing
Learning Technology An e•book from Scotland with
more of university a focus but helpful models and theory
for all. Distance Education Clearinghouse Resources including e-journals ERIC DatabaseThe Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. How to research primary and secondary resources Repositories of Primary Sources and Resources for Communication Studies |
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| Technology timelines | A
Hypertext History of Instructional Design By Dr.
Sara McNeil from U. of Houston Educational Technology Timeline Prepared by an undergraduate class at U of Illinois, pretty simple and helpful! Educational Technology Time Line Prepared as part of the PT3grants Technology Timeline Not limited to education |
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| Theory | Engaging Kids Links
to many helpful resources including theory, research, more
of a PK-12 focus Learning Environments from Martin Ryder - be sure to check out CSILE and CSCL Learning Theory Links from the University of Maryland, a nice, one-stop resource Instructional TechnologyGlobal Resource Network, see the It Resource Database Theoretical Sources Links to sites that examine theoretical foundations of technology. Theory into Practice Database summarizing 50 major theories of learning and instruction. |
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| Trends | 2001
A Technology Trends Odyssey Written for librarians
this has some interesting trends that will be
relevant for all and, at the end of the page,
some legal issues. |
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