Resources for Adventuring Online

Accessibility

• "Web-enabled?" by Kim Kiser in OnlineLearning, June 2001.
• Bobby - Submit URL to evaluate accessibility of web page
• Web Accessibility Initiative

Assessment

• Formative (during instruction) -
  • Classroom Assessment Techniques by Angelo & Cross
  • Assessment Strategies and Definitions Contains some good ideas!
• Summative (after instruction) - consider "Authentic" assessment in place of multiple guess tests.

Building Community

• "Design Principles for Online Communities" by Peter Kollock
• Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion
• "Engagement Theory: A framework for techonology-based teaching and learning" by Greg Kearsley & Ben Shneiderman

Copyright and Fair Use

• 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained
• "Copyright in the Digital Age: A Guide for Educators" by Robert Fraizer in IT Journal, 1997.
• Copyright links
• Copyright & Fair Use Stanford Library links
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998. Full text

Development

• Course Development Tips
• Online Program Strategy "guidelines for instructors to design, implement, and deliver an online class successfully."
• Developing & Delivering Online Courses
• A Bridge for Distance Education: Planning for the Information-Age Student

Teaching Tips

• Teaching Tips University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Good Teaching Practices
• Teaching with Excellence
• Teaching Tips University of California, Santa Barbara
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators More than just for K-12.
• Teachers Helping Teachers K-12 emphasis, many educational resources and ideas.

HTML

• PageTutor.com Start with the Basic HTML Tutorial
• Hints for Web Authors

Information Literacy

• TILT Texas Information Literacy Tutorial, excellent!
• Information Literacy Gail Staples, Cochise College Reference Librarian, annotated list of links
• Research Tutorial Oregon State University Libraries

In Practice - Questions Answered

• OnlineLearning online magazine
• SyllabusWeb online magazine
• Subscribe to Syllabus magazine, free to educators
• Subscribe to WWWDEV listserv "contains information of interest to persons developing courseware that is to be delivered in part or totally over the WWW."

User Interface Design

• "How Users Read on the Web" by Jakob Nielsen
• "Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design" by Jakob Nielsen
• "Procedures for Creating Useful Web Sites"
• "Supporting Teaching and Learning Via the Web: Transforming Hard-Copy Linear Mindsets into Web-Flexible Creative Thinking"
• User Interface Engineering Articles and Other Resources