Kevin Walker | Education Research links


Note: Links are listed for reference only, not necessarily as recommendations.

Places Fathom
Ambitious commercial eLearning site with many ed partners

Columbia Center for New Media Teaching & Learning


Rennelaer Polytechnic Institute
Distance Ed


Projects Equator
Research collaboration with many interesting projects

iSketch
Collaborative drawing game. Requires the Shockwave plug-in

Making Content Meaningful
Nice example of a multi-track Quicktime presentation. With the addition of Flash some nice interactivity could be added.

Online Chemistry Course
reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education

Virtual Classroom
for studying attention-deficit disorders


Personalisation Bayes
300-year old theorist now influencing probability-based estimation, as related to AI and personalised delivery of information. The more information gathered, the more accurate the model

LifeLog
Ambitious DARPA-funded project intended for battle, but with far-reaching implications


E-Learning Advanced Distributed Learning
Odd mix of military/vocational and formal education, but much solid info

eLearn online magazine
published by ACM

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
from the Annenberg School for Communication, USC

Learning Networks: Communication Skills
Report to JISC, 2000

Networked Learning in Higher Education
Advice & guidelines about networked learning from the Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology, Lancaster University

Online Teaching: Tools & Projects
Report commissioned by the JISC Technology Applications Programme in 1999

Theory.org.uk
This intro to critical thinkers is itself postmodern!

Dirt Style Design
Want to learn to make web sites? Start here.


Streaming Media PlayStream
Streaming media provider, affordable and reliable

Streaming Media.com
Resources and information about streaming


Software City Desk
Website management for Windows

Blackboard
Online learning software (pricey)

InFlow
maps social networks

Moodle
Open source online courseware environment

Sam's Publishing System (SPS)
Open source website management software

TWiki
"a flexible, powerful, and simple Web-based collaboration platform."

XRefer
Visually maps search results from research databases


Technologies Sensory Interfaces
research at the Integrated Media Systems Center, USC


Technology - Theory The Teddy
Don Norman on why computers should be good at what we're not good at


Theories of Learning Evaluating What Really Matters in Computer-Based Education
by Dr Tom Reeves/Univ. of Georgia (USA). Fourteen pedagogical dimensions of computer-based ed




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