EDC&I 510
History of Educational Technology
Useful Journals, Web Sites, Resources
JOURNALS
(NOTE:? Many of these are available as e-journals
through the UW libraries; be sure to check UW holdings before paying for copies
or reprints of articles directly from the journal itself!)
American Journal of Distance Education
An
internationally recognized journal on research and scholarship in American
distance education; published by the American Center for Distance Education at
Pennsylvania State University.
British Journal of Educational
Technology
The
British equivalent of
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0007-1013
Canadian Journal of Learning and
Technology
A
journal focusing on research related to learning technologies; published by the
Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada.
http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/issue/archive
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Good
selection of articles dealing with all aspects of CALL.
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t716100697
Computers in the Schools
Addresses
all aspects of the integration and uses of computers in schools; mix of
research and practice-based articles.
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J025
Educational Technology
A
magazine oriented towards practitioners in the field, but with an academic
slant.
http://asianvu.com/bookstoread/etp/
Educational Technology Research and
Development
A
publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology
(AECT).? Includes both research and
development foci; good research based articles.
http://www.aect.org/Intranet/Publications/index.asp
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
A
journal focusing on the planning, development, management, evaluation, and use
of information resources on college and university campuses.? See also other Educause publications.
Information Design Journal
Well-regarded
journal that crosses a lot of boundaries, deals with many different aspects of
information design and presentation.
http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=Idj
Information Visualization
An
interesting, relatively new offering on visual design and presentation
International Journal of E-Learning
(IJEL)
A
journal focusing on theory, research, development, and practice of e-learning
in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education sectors; published
by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/default.htm
Journal of Educational Computing
Research
Good
research-based articles on computers, learning.
http://www.baywood.com/journals/PreviewJournals.asp?Id=0735-6331
Journal of Interactive Learning
Research (JILR)
A
journal focusing on publishes theory, design, implementation, effectiveness,
and impact on education and training of interactive learning environments;
published by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr/
Journal of Interactive Media in
Education (JIME)
An
international journal of the Open University (UK) focusing on theory and
practice in the educational use of interactive media. http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/
ORGANIZATIONS
American
Educational Research Association (AERA)
Largest
and oldest group promoting educational research generally; several sub-groups
deal with technology, esp. Div. C (Learning and Instruction) and Division J
(Postsecondary Education).
American
Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
The
major group dealing with training issues
Association
for Computing Machinery
Major
group for computing professionals; has several relevant education and on-line
related special interest groups (SIGs), esp. SIG CHI (including sub-group on
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW) and SIG
Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
Well-established
group focusing on all aspects of technology use in education, design, etc.
http://www.aect.org/default.asp
Consortium
for School Networking (CoSN)
Group
focusing on the administrative aspects and uses of information technology in
K-12 education.
Educause
Largest
US group dealing with technology use in higher education, and has been a major
participant in activities regarding on-line and distance learning
Edutopia
The
film director George Lucas (Star Wars)
has become very interested in education and supports innovative ways of using
technology through this interesting organization.
From Now On
(FNO)
A
very interesting practitioner-oriented organization (with a K-12 focus) that is
determinedly "techno-realist" in focus.? They try to eschew hype, concentrate on what
technology can and should facilitate.
Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Another
(with ACM) major technical group; several education-related publications and
groups (Education; Social Implications of Technology)
http://www.ieee.org/portal/site
International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE)
The
best-known group focusing on application of information technology in K-12
schools.
US Distance
Learning Association (USDLA)
Major
group that addresses distance learning
CENTERS
Centre for
Research in Education and Educational Technology
The
British Open University was the first major instantiation of distance learning;
they study it extensively
Concord
Consortium
An
important group that organizes and sponsors research on uses of information
technology to support education.
Digital
Learning Commons (Washington)
A
local effort to use on-line resources in support of K-12 education.
http://www.learningcommons.org/
Don Norman
The
guy who made thinking about design legitimate in the academy!
Edward
Tufte's Site
The
master in graphics and information design at work.? He frequently runs seminars at various places
around the country, including Seattle (and attending gets you copies of all his
books at a deep discount if you're a student)
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/
Learning in
Informal and Formal Environments (
This
center, based here at UW, is one of several NSF-funded centers seeking to bring
together diverse disciplinary foci on questions of learning.
The Media Lab
MIT's
famous lab investigating all aspects of technology and human life
Sloan
Consortium
A
group of higher education institutions concerned with on-line education and
learning; some useful reports and statistics.
Xerox PARC
(Palo Alto Research Center)
Lab
that looks at many aspects of technology integration into work and office
environments, well-regarded research program
http://www.parc.com/work/focus-areas.html
NEWSLETTERS
Campus
Technology
Oriented
towards higher education users; regular articles dealing with e-learning
elearnspace:
Learning & Technology Blogs
A
good listing of a number of different elearning and ed tech blogs with various
foci.
http://www.elearnspace.org/edutechblogs.htm
How We Learn
Phil
Bell (of the UW College of Ed faculty and
http://how-we-learn.blogspot.com/
Kathy
Schrock's Educational Technology Blog Listing
List
of blogs, strong K-12 school focus
http://www.kathyschrock.net/edtechblogs.htm
Online
Learning Update
Good,
regular blog
http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.html
FOUNDATIONS
Pew Internet
& American Life Project
Does
some of the best empirical work on how technology is affecting everyday life in
the USA
Benton
Foundation
Funds
projects dealing with communication and social needs.
Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation
Now
building their new headquarters next to the Space Needle.? While much publicity stresses their activity
in support of global health, they also work in education and on library
initiatives.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm
E-Democracy
A
group seeking to address issues of the ?Digital Divide? and access for all to
ICTs.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/
E-Inclusion
A
project of the European Commission, focusing on inclusion and the information
society.
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/index_en.htm
Imagining the
Internet
Interesting
site that deals with communication technology and society generally
http://www.elon.edu/predictions/
Knowledgworks
Map of Future Forces Affecting Education
Good
effort to identify the variety of technological and social forces that have
some impact on educational development and change.? Interesting interactive "map."
http://www.futureofed.org/forecast/
Macarthur
Foundation
Their
program on Digital Media, Learning & Education has spurred development of
many interesting and creative projects.??
They also sponsor the annual "genius awards."
Markle
Foundation
One
of the principal foundations dealing with information technology; education has
not been one of their top priorities since 2004, but see their archives for
projects up to that point.
http://www.markle.org/index.php
Partnership
for 21st Century Skills
An
attempt to define what skills students will need in order to be successful in
the future; technology is a part, but not the whole, of what they focus on.
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/