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Exceptional Web Sites for Web Based Learning

The following links are provided as resources to exceptional sites related to teaching and learning online. An effort has been made to provide only a few links so as not to overwhelm you with information.
We hope that you enjoy them.
Do you have an exceptional web site? Let us know, and we will post it here.

Teaching and Learning Sites

Technology Source
http://ts.mivu.org/
A peer reviewed monthly presentation of excellent articles all relevant to teaching and learning. Unfortunately, in the near future, this site will no longer be hosting this journal, but an alternative site is being pursued.

Online Education Resources
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/default.asp
A good general resource for faculty engaged in using the web for learning

Liberation Technology by Dr. Norman Coombs
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/pubs/liberat.htm
Coombs writes about the liberating effect of the online environment for all students including those with disabilities.

Low Threshold Applications
http://www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/wbcms/resources.htm
This site contains links to applications of technology for teaching and learning that do not require a high degree of technical skill to implement, but that serve to engage the student online.

Simple Elegance: Course Management Systems As Pedagogical Infrastructure to Enhance Science Learning
This article examines instructional strategies used to foster reflection and higher order thinking skills in a nursing program.
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=925

FOSS – Faculty Online Support Services
http://foss.opasonline.org/
FOSS is a newly developed Canadian portal for post secondary educators that encourages collaboration and sharing in the creation of high quality online learning resources.

RCAT Technology-Assisted Education Clearinghouse
http://www.utoronto.ca/cat/clearinghouse/instructional_design/index.html
University of Toronto resource site for web based learning*

UMUC Verizon Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/vt_home.html

Outline for Planning a course GOOD Start Up Info
http://www.ericit.org/fulltext/IR544463.pdf

Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html
This article is based on using Chickering and Gamsons's seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education. It is frequently cited as a guide for best practices related to learning technology use.

Research Papers

University of Illinois online network research links
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/research/default.asp

ALN Sloan Consortium
Educational institutions committed to research and quality in the online environment
http://www.aln.org/resources/index.asp

Just for Fun Sites

Karen Hamilton’s Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://members.rogers.com/kehamilt/blixbush.html
This site, developed by Karen Hamilton, Faculty of Business and Creative Arts, highlights the technical and creative abilities of some of our own faculty members.

* Acknowledgment is given to Robert Luke, University of Toronto for these and other informative resource sites.