Journals/Magazines

Australian Journal of Educational Technology: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet.html 

CMC Magazine: http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/current/toc.html

Campus Technology Magazine: http://www.campustechnologymag.com replaces Syllabus Magazine: http://www.syllabus.com/  effective October 2004.  Syllabus magazine included feature articles, case studies, product reviews, and profiles of technology use at the instructor, departmental, and institutional levels. 

Educause Publications Transforming education through information technologies.  Listing contains recent books, monographs, periodicals, electronic publications, miscellaneous publications, and an information resources library..

Educational Technology & Society - Online Journal: http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/ This is the journal of the International Forum of Educational Technology and Society and the IEEE Learning Technology Task Force.  

eLearn Magazine: http://www.eLearnmag.org This magazine, published by ACM, is dedicated to distance education.

Epicenter: http://www.epicent.com/journals/header.html The site features educational journal abstracts that summarize technology research articles and papers reporting interesting results.  Full articles are not included.  Site is from Howard J. Bender, Ph.D., President, The Education Process Improvement Center, Inc. in Riverdale, Maryland.

First Monday, an initiative from the University of Illinois at Chicago Library: http://firstmonday.dk/index.html First Monday publishes original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure.

From Now On: http://www.fno.org/ Beyond technology to learning and information literacy. Subject index contains assessment, change, copyright information, curriculum, grants, information literacy, Internet use policies, libraries of the future, networks and connectivity, research, staff developmnent, technology planning, virtual museums, and tips on web site development.

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks: http://www.aln.org/publications/jaln/index.asp  

Journal of Distance Education (a Canadian journal published by the University of New Brunswick): http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/JDE/ 

E-Journal of Instructional Science & Technology: http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/index.htm 

Journal of Interactive Learning Research (published by the Association for Advancement of Computing in Education:  http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr 

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia: http://www.aace.org/pubs/jemh/default.htm 

Journal of Interactive Multimedia in Education : http://www-jime.open.ac.uk

Journal of Research on Technology in Education (formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education): http://www.iste.org/jrte/index.html

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education:  http://my.nctm.org/eresources/journal_home.asp?journal_id=1 This is the official journal from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Journal of Technology Education: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/ 

Learning & Leading with Technology: http://www.iste.org/L&L/index.html 

Multimedia Schools: http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/default.shtml 

New Horizons for Learning: http://www.newhorizons.org/

Node.org, the Node Learning Technologies Network: http://www.thenode.org/publications/ 

Online Educator has combined with Newspapers in Education: http://nieonline.com/ 

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmain11.html 

Technology & Learning: http://www.techlearning.com/ 

Technos Quarterly: http://www.technos.net/index.htm  The journal is from the Agency for Instructional Technology

Technology Source (published online by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill : http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp

T.H.E. Journal (Technology Horizons in Education): http://www.thejournal.com/ 

United States Distance Learning Association Journal: http://www.usdla.org

Guidelines for Writing Critical Book Reviews

Book Review Guidelines

There is no perfect review, but the following sites might prove helpful in the endeavor.

http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/writing.html Comments on Writing a Scholarly Book Review, Ernest C. Bolt, University of Richmond

http://lib.sbts.edu/write_book_review.htm How to Write a Critical Book Review, as posted by the James P. Boyce Centennial Library

http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/bookreview/index.cfm A Concise Guide to Writing a Critical Book Review, posted by the University of Alberta Libraries

http://courses.washington.edu/tande/book_reviews.htm How to Write Book Reviews for Michael Kucher's Classes at University of Washington at Tacoma

Internet4Classrooms: Technology Tutorials found on the Web . http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm  

The tutorials include both the PC and Macintosh platforms and include several within Claris Home Page/Web Page Development, Claris Works/AppleWorks, FrontPage, HyperStudio, iMovie, Inspiration, Integration, KidPix, Macintosh; Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, Works; Netscape, Networking, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Publisher, Digital Cameras, Tutorial Sets, WebQuests, Win95/98/00.

The above is a collaborative project of S. Brooks and B. Byles of Internet4Classrooms.com

Prior Mini-Courses

The 23 mini-courses that were implemented during 2001 cluster (March-August) fell into several categories:

Web Page Design

Bobby Worldwide by the Center for Applied Special Technology: http://www.cast.org/bobby/ is a tool that helps to identify and repair barriers to web page access by individuals with disabilities.

Dr. Watson: http://watson.addy.com/ is a free service that will analyze web pages for HTML syntax, word count, spelling, download speeds, search engine compatibility, and popularity.  It will verify regular and image links.

Fortress Web Design and Hosting: http://www.fortressdesign.com/tutorials.htm  has a series of free web design tutorials covering design fundamentals, planning, layout, typography, color, graphics, interactivity, testing, and more.

Human Factors International: http://www.humanfactors.com includes information about color, layout, wording, accessibility.

National Cancer Institute Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines: http://www.usability.gov/guidelines/ is comprehensive. Recommended for a starting point because it is research-based.

Principia Hypertextica: A Mathematics Educator's View of Web Design: http://world.std.com/~wij/web-design/index.html by William Johnson, who wrote his views for a 1997 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference.

The Web Design Group: http://www.htmlhelp.com features web authoring reference, tools, frequently asked questions, design elements, HTML help and more.

W3C HTML Validation Service: http://validator.w3.org/ is a free service to check documents for conformance to W3C recommendations and other standards.

Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education: http://www.aace.org/

Distance Education Online Symposium (at Penn State): http://www.ed.psu.edu/acsde/deos/deos.asp

Educause: http://www.educause.edu

The NODE Learning Technologies Network: http://node.on.ca/

The Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks (The Sloan Consortium): http://www.aln.org/

The Wellspring: http://wellspring.isinj.com Wellspring is a collaborative project from Instructional Systems Inc. and members of the Teachers College, Columbia University community. It is devoted to the needs of Distance Educators using the World Wide Web to deliver post-secondary courses to their students. The primary focus is on Web-based asynchronous courses.

The Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications: http://www.wiche.edu/telecom

United States Distance Learning Association: http://www.usdla.org  The association's purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training. The constituents served include Pre-K through grade 12 education, higher education, home school education, continuing education, corporate training, military and government training, and telemedicine. 

Miscellaneous Sites

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: http://www.ascd.org/ 

Distance Learning on the Net by Glenn Hoyle: http://www.hoyle.com/distance.htm   Site contains descriptions of distance education web sites, along with links to lead to further Distance Learning and education resources.  

Grants and Funding: http://www.unm.edu/~jeffryes/grants.html 

National Center for Technology Planning: http://www.nctp.com/ 

Professor Llanes' Student Research Resources: http://llanes.panam.edu/researchpage