Ed Tech (& More) by Bowman--More Resources

Other Resources Created by Richard Bowman

PowerPoint Presentations for the Classroom and the Web--a tutorial on producing effective presentations.
JS Quiz Maker--a simple to use quiz maker written in JavaScript; a new version is coming soon.
Effective Web Sites: Development and Evaluation--more than 35 annotated links to info on web authoring, HTML, XHTML, cascading style sheets, JavaScript, usability and accessibility.
Web Authoring For Interactivity Using JavaScript And Forms--examples and instruction in using web-based forms and JavaScript to add interactivity to web pages.
Moodle Assists--tutorials for using Moodle as a tool for effective education.
PhysAstro Sims--four simulations relating to physics and astronomy with guided activities to lead an individual user or a whole class through the each simulation.

Other Useful Links

IMS Global Learning Consortium--a project of colleges, universities, governments and suppliers around the world who are attempting to improve education through technology
Campus Technology--magazine and conferences for technology in education
T.H.E. Journal--another magazine about technology in education
Microsoft Education--tutorials, lesson plans, and other resources for educators at all levels, from Microsoft
Adobe Education Exchange--sign up for a free Adobe user account, if you do not already have one, to access the resources on this site.
Office of Educational Technology--in the U.S. Dept. of Ed.
Computer magazine online--published by the IEEE Computer Society
"Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask"--a tutorial from the UC Berkeley Library
Ask a Librarian...--online reference service from the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress Research Tools--the gateway to LOC databases (catalogs and collections) and more
Internet Scout Reports--weekly annotation of interesting web sites in the life sciences, math, engineering, technology and physical sciences (from the U. of Wisconsin)
Project Gutenberg --creating free electronic texts (for your PC, iPad, Kindle, etc.) of 1000's of printed classics

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

"Online Learning: Campus 2.0"--an early paper from 2013 reporting on MOOCs in Nature journal.
"Are MOOCs Really a Failure:"--a news article on another early analysis of MOOCs by U. of Penn. researchers in 2013.
edX--site for MOOCs founded by Harvard and MIT universities with a total of more than 40 universities now.
Coursera--a commercial framework providing free MOOCs with more than 100 schools participating.
FurtureLearn--a firm stationed in the British Library, London, offering MOCs from more than 50 schools and cultural centers.
"MOOCs: Expectations and Reality"--a full report (pdf file) from May 2014 on MOOCs; the first 17 pages provide an executive summary.
"Massive Study on MOOCs"--news article from the HARVARDgazette on a research paper released by Harvard and MIT in April 2015.
Symposium: Research on MOOCs --a conference showing the current edge of research on MOOCs was held at Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands, on May 26, 2015; this site shows the slides for the presentaitons.
"Content or Platform: Why Do Students Complete MOOCs?"--a research article in JOLT, an online journal published by MERLOT.
The International Review in Open and Distributed Learning--several articles in this issue (vol. 16 no. 3 (2015)) are on MOOCs as well as some articles in previous issues.

Effective Educational Practices

Effective Educational Practices--a compilation (by The International Academy of Education for UNESCO) of good educational practices; it is a pdf file.
The NSSE 2000 Report: National Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice--an older report with strong points for effective teaching curried from the National Survey of Student Engagement.
Effective Educational Practice--a series of pages with information collected the the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching of Iowa State University.
Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice--a group of practices that should encourage excellence in learning for students but without references to any research or other literature.
Five Highly Effective Teaching Practices--these are summarized on the Edutopic site from research by John Hattie.
Best Practices in Education--an annotated bibliography of articles supporting the nine best practice areas identified by the CT State Education Resource Center.
Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide--published by the US Department of Education giving guidance on how to determine if specific educational practices are evidence based or not.
"7 Things You Should Know about..." Briefs and Other Resources--these are provided by the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.

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