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Technology, education and training and e-learning.
- Advisory
Centre for Computers in Education - services to schools in Wales.
- BECTa - key site
for UK schools and colleges, including resources, information sheets, news
and links.
- CHEST - obtaining
software and technology for the UK academic community, including products,
agreements and training.
- Computers for Teachers Initiative - Scotland - rebates for teachers, information about the Scottish scheme.
- Center for Instructional
Technology - US site, exploring the use of Internet, video and distance
learning projects at UNC-CH, includes online articles and references, tools
for teaching, archive of Infobits (no longer published), University of North
Carolina.
- Educause - US site
supporting the use of information technology in higher education, covering
a range of learning and student support strategies and practices.
- FERL (FE Resources for
Learning) - includes online magazine, subject resources, section on
learning technologies e.g. intranets and videoconferencing, useful college
case studies and FE links.
- Guidelines
for Educational Uses of Networks - links to articles and resources for
teachers.
- Guides
for distance learning providers - from University of Idaho, including
learning strategies, evaluation, research, technology and copyright issues.
- Hairnet - IT training
for over 50's, with an online community with discussions, news and features.
- ICDL (International
Centre for Distance Learning) - Open University - UK and international
course database, (not just degree courses!), articles, bibliographies, research,
conferences and journals.
- Institute
for Educational Technology (Open University) - courses, research and
development of technology in education.
- Institute for Learning
and Research Technology - at the University of Bristol, includes information
on projects.
- ITrain -
free internet training materials, including module on search engines, available
in English, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.
- JANET National User Group
- represents the views and concerns of people who use the national academic
network, JANET, to those who are responsible for its funding
There are also regional and special interest groups.
- JISC
(Joint Information Systems Committee) - 3 year strategy - policy for
Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER). Users are students and
staff in Further and Higher Education Institutions and the Research Councils.
JISC is a strategic advisory committee working on behalf of the funding
bodies for higher and further education (HE and FE) in England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland and works in partnership with the Research Councils.
It promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and
information technology in HE and FE across the UK strategically and by funding
the network infrastructure, including Communications and Information Technology
(CandIT) and information services, development projects and high quality
materials for education. Provides publications and training, infrastructure
and support services.
- KMI (Knowledge Media
Institute) - at the Open University, research into technology and learning.
- Learning
Styles and the use of technology - summary of some models of learning
styles, applying them to learning and technology and the use of the Internet
for learning.
- Learning
Technologies site - Ezine, learning materials, reports, events, college
projects, linked sites, European links, ILT standards (from Learning
and Skills Development Agency).
- MET (Multimedia Enabling
Technologies Group) - information technology for teaching and learning,
including guidelines for the production of multimedia teaching materials
accessible for disabled students.
- National
Association for Co-ordinators and Teachers of IT - mainly in UK schools,
site includes an model acceptable use policy for schools.
- Netskills -
Internet training for the UK academic community, includes online resources,
tutorials and teaching materials.
- Networking
- bi-monthly bulletin on distance education and learning technologies (from
the Node).
- NILTA (National Information
and Learning Technologies Association) - development and promotion of
information and learning technology in FE, including news, information technology
issues for colleges and events.
- The NODE: technologies
for learning - key site includes discussion and analysis of learning
technology for providers, including practitioners' experience, reviews,
special topics, a learner support section for students which includes useful
links to reducing physical stress from computer use.
- Office of Science
and Technology - UK govt site.
- Online
Education and Training - Internet resources on educational applications
of interactive communications, including events, journals, also access to
Onlearn-l; an email discussion group on electronic learning, provided from
De Montfort University.
- SCET (Scottish Council
for Educational Technology) - information on services to Scotland and
curriculum links.
- Society for Technical Communications
(US site) - includes links to international educational technology resources.
- Teachers Evaluating
Educational Multimedia - case studies, teachers' evaluations and publishers'
product information.
- Teaching with Electronic Technology - a useful set of links on teaching and the Internet at school, college and university level.
- Technology Education Index - UK site, includes information resources, links, general issues, staff handbook including policy statements and acceptable use policies, many useful links and documents especially for technology education in schools.
- Technology Enhancement
Programme - UK site, supporting and improving the teaching and learning
of technology in schools and colleges, includes reports of schools curriculum
projects, professional development opportunities, regional events, resources
for technology education.
- The Technology Source
- an online journal with articles dealing with the "challenge of integrating
information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational
organizations" e.g teaching methods, distance learning, online quality relationships,
online course materials, useful online tools for educators, and more. Includes
UK and international experiences and articles.
- UK National Inventory
Project - national inventory of Information Superhighways projects and
activities, including telematics projects for education, information, disability,
and range of other uses.
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