Girls, Science and Technology
This worthy project is not useful so much for its assessments (only a few sites are assessed) as for its methodology. The authors identify eight criteria for evaluating materials with respect to gender (click on 'theory behind the research' to find them). Resources strong in these eight areas are more likely to appeal to young women than are resources weak these areas. More...
Interdisciplinary Learning in Your Classroom
It's Disney, so I reserve a certain amount of scepticism. But it reads very nicely and looks like a valuable resource for teachers. This is an online workshop about interdisciplinary learning, and includes video excerpts, transcripts, discussion forums, and descriptive vocabulary (aka 'Buzzwords'). More...
Augmenting a Home-School Education
This may not seem to be about online learning, but it is. The core of the story is this: a growing number of the two percent of American children who are home schooled are taking individual courses - such as physical education or chemistry labs - at the local public school. More...
Finding Quality Web Sites
This is a nicely written and clear article for instructors and professors looking for material on the Web to give as reading assignments for their classes. Covers some search engine basics, and more importantly, provides some good guidelines regarding the evaluation of online learning materials. More...
Is Online Learning For Me?
What I like about this online quiz is its simplicity. It took me less than a minute to answer the ten questions. Experienced educators will see what the questions are measuring; so will many students, but if they are honest with their answers the test will produce a reliable result. More...
Useful collection of sixteen links related to web site traffic analysis. Links include learning sites, background on how to analyse web site traffic reports, software sites and more. More...
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