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College Instructor Web Resources (Bonk, 2001): The following Web sites have been rated by for overall effectiveness. We use a scale of 1–5 stars, where 1 is not at all effective and 5 is very effective. (We do not include Web sites that received less than three stars in this table.) The three dimensions used to evaluate effectiveness include: 1) ease of use, 2) content richness, and 3) resourcefulness (in links to other Web sites). Please click here for more detailed information on the rating scheme.

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|Category |Title |URL |Rating |Comments |

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|Teaching Tips and |American Psychological Association: | |[pic] |Presents 14 Learner-Centered Principles as a framework for school |

|Resources |Learner-Centered Psychological Principles | | |reform |

| | | | |Was written in 1997 |

| |Questionmark | |[pic] |Commercial site that creates interactive computer-based and Web-based |

| | | | |assessment tools |

| | | | |On-line demonstrations |

| | | | |Links to resources for good practice in test and question design |

| |Michigan Tech: Teaching Tips |[pic] |Provides insightful teaching tips |

| | |tml | |Covers a wide variety of topics |

| |Teaching at UNL |[pic] |Offers teaching tips on a wide variety of topics |

| | |tips.html | |Especially helpful for first-time teachers |

| |DeLiberations on Teaching and Learning in | |[pic] |Contains many articles on teaching and learning |

| |Higher Education | | |Site organization is sometimes difficult |

| |Center for Teaching Excellence—St. |[pic] |Contains extensive articles and tips on many aspects of teaching |

| |Edward’s University |m | |Good use of internal links to relevant topics and books |

| | | | |Does not contain many external links to other types of resources |

| |Teaching Tips for Adult Educators |[pic] |Commercial site providing articles and tips for teachers of |

| | |d/msub147.htm | |adult/continuing education |

| | | | |Links to courses and schools |

| | | | |Scheduled chats |

| | | | |Contains a list of related conferences and events |

| |Teaching Tips Index |[pic] |Thorough listing of teaching tips |

| | |tees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.| |Full articles on the psychology of learning and teaching |

| | |htm | |Some information is specific to this university |

| |The University of Arkansas Teaching |[pic] |Provides teaching tips on a small number of topics |

| |Assistant Teaching Enhancement Web Site |.html | |Good links to explanations and assessments of different learning styles|

| |Teaching Tips—Iowa State University | |[pic] |Contains a collection of papers addressing issues in college teaching |

| | | | |Links to sites with similar resources |

| |Explorations in Learning & Instruction: | |[pic] |Contains information on 50 theories of learning and instruction |

| |The Theory Into Practice Database | | |Links to other theory-related instruction Web sites |

| |Teaching and Learning Centers |[pic] |Contains online directories of Teaching and Learning Centers, higher |

| | |.htm | |education associations, distance learning, technology resources, and |

| | | | |publishers in higher education |

| | | | |However, this site has not been updated recently |

| |Resources for Innovative Teaching |[pic] |Contains a large collection of resources on different approaches to |

| | |.html | |innovative teaching and learning |

| | | | |Contains links to related sites |

| | | | |Presents scientific research papers on teaching and learning |

| |Center for Advancement of | |[pic] |Contains a well-organized list of teaching topics with full articles |

| |Teaching—Illinois State University | |and tips on each |

| | |/tips.html | | |

| |Morehouse College: Teaching and Learning | |[pic] |Contains links to online resources on teaching and learning |

| | | | |However, this site has not been updated recently |

| |Teaching-Learning-Technology |[pic] |Contains an extensive set of links related to teaching, learning, and |

| | |lt.html | |technology |

| | | | |Organized around a broad variety of topics |

| | | | |Has a discussion forum |

| |Michigan Tech Center for Teaching, |[pic] |A compilation of teaching tips on a variety of topics |

| |Learning, and Faculty Development |ml | |Many items are specific to this university |

| | | | |Not many links to other Web resources |

| |Teaching Information—Pacific Lutheran | |[pic] |Provides teaching tips, links to online publishers, reports about |

| |University Center for Teaching and | | |education, and guides to creating teaching portfolios |

| |Learning | | |The information is compiled from other teaching Web sites |

|Discipline-Specific |Information on Discipline-Specific |[pic] |Contains links to information on discipline-specific instruction |

|Teaching Resources |Instruction |ffairs/CTL/discinf.htm | |Many links out of date |

| |Language Index | |[pic] |Contains links and resources about many languages (e.g., French, |

| | | | |Chinese, Japanese, German, and Italian) |

| | | | |Contains language software |

| | | | |However, this site was last updated in 1997 |

| |Teaching Tips |[pic] |Offers resources for teaching biology including Web links, suggestions |

| | |/biology/moore/nabt/tips.html | |for experiments, and a discussion area |

| | | | |Contains information on conferences and professional organizations |

| |Managed Care Educational Clearinghouse | |[pic] |Contains materials and resources for health professionals teaching and |

| | | | |learning about managed care |

| |The Virtual CALL Library | |[pic] |Provides downloadable links to language acquisition software |

| | | | |Contains links to journals and other resources related to language |

| | | | |learning |

| |University of Victoria: History Learning |[pic] |Contains links to Web sites about Canadian and American history |

| |&Teaching |h/index.html | | |

| |Rider University: Teaching Clinical |[pic] |Contains a collection of resources for teaching undergraduate clinical |

| |Psychology | | |psychology |

|Online Forums and |Global Educator's Network (GEN) |[pic] |An international forum to bring together communities of educators |

|Course Sharing | |e.html | |around the world |

| | | | |Supports multiple language options (French/Spanish/ Portuguese) |

| |The Higher Education Process Network | |[pic] |Provides assistance with research and educational needs through |

| |(HEPROC) | | |international network forums |

| | | | |Users subscribe to online discussion topics in many subject areas |

| |Merlot | |[pic] |Contains a collection of interactive online learning materials, |

| | | | |assignments, peer reviews, rated resources, and instructor/member |

| | | | |profiles |

| |Tapped In | |[pic] |A community of over 7500 K-16 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged |

| | | | |in professional development programs and informal collaborative |

| | | | |activities with colleagues |

| | | | |Contains links to teaching and research resources |

| | | | |Contains published papers on social and technological issues in an |

| | | | |online community |

| |Universal Class | |[pic] |Site for creating, managing and participating in online classes on a |

| | | | |variety of a subjects |

| | | | |Users may join as “experts” or persons with an interest in a particular|

| | | | |area |

| | | | |Many subject areas are not yet developed |

| |MIR (Monument Information Resource) | |[pic] |Provides searchable index of top-selling textbooks by title or subject |

| |Faculty Online | | |Links to book reviews, publishers, and faculty currently using the |

| | | | |textbooks |

| |World Lecture Hall | |[pic] |Contains online syllabi of international faculty in many academic areas|

| | | | |Searchable by discipline |

| | | | |Contains links to higher education institutions in the US searchable by|

| | | | |state or type |

|Online Teaching and |AT&T Learning Network |[pic] |Contains many useful links on distance education and professional |

|Distance Education | |lacademy/related2.html | |development for teachers |

|Resources | | | |Maintains an excellent collection of links for integrating technology |

| | | | |into curricula |

| |Comparison of Online Courses Delivery |[pic] |Provides evaluations and comparisons of online course delivery tools |

| |Software Products |compare/comparison.html | |and software |

| |Chronicle of Higher Education - Internet |[pic] |Contains many useful links to distance education sites and databases |

| |Resource on Distance Education |php3?Category_Type=20307070 | |Also visit Issues in Depth for controversial issues in distance |

| | | | |education |

| |Univ. of CO-Denver: Computer Supported |[pic] |Contains links to and resources about computer-supported cooperative |

| |Cooperative Work |html | |work |

| | | | |Contains electronic link to Computer Supported Cooperative Work, the |

| | | | |Journal of collaborative computing |

| |Issues on Technology within the Academic |[pic] |Contains some useful links to resources and information on distance |

| |Environment |e.html | |education |

| | | | |However, this site was last updated in 1997 |

| |Online Teaching Tips—Iowa State University|[pic] |Provides suggestions and information about online teaching, including |

| | |onlinetechtips.html | |the use of WebCT and other software |

| |University of Wisconsin Extension: | |[pic] |Contains an extensive alphabetical index of distance learning content, |

| |Distance Education Clearinghouse | | |news, technology, journals, and other resources |

| |Engineering Outreach at the University of | |[pic] |Contains descriptions and links to distance learning guides for |

| |Idaho: Distance Education at a Glance | | |teachers, administrators, and students |

| | | |[pic] |Commercial site for a distance learning consulting firm |

| | | | |Contains resources, products, and articles on distance learning |

| | | | |Directory of online colleges |

| |The Digital Learning Environments Research| |[pic] |Presents a matrix for categorizing different types of online courses |

| |and Development Group | | |based on degree of interactivity and amount of instruction delivered |

| | | | |online |

| | | | |Contains a bibliography of and Web links to material related to digital|

| | | | |learning environments |

| |Distance Learning-Distance Links to Online| |[pic] |Contains links to excellent sites on distance education |

| |Resources | | |Provides a bibliography on distance education |

| |Online Teaching and Distance Learning |[pic] |Provides resources on distance education |

| | |ng.html | |However, this site has not been updated recently |

| |Online Educational Delivery Applications: | |[pic] |Designed to help educators evaluate and select online delivery software|

| |A Web Tool for Comparative Analysis | | | |

| | | | |Contains a glossary of terms |

| | | | |Contains links to related sites |

| |Selected Web Resources on Distance | |[pic] |Contains a bibliography of articles and links on distance education |

| |Education | | | |

| |Web Based Learning Resources Library | |[pic] |Provides excellent resources for delivery and management of education |

| | | | |via the Internet |

| |WWW Virtual Library: Distance Education |[pic] |Contains comprehensive links to distance education offerings, journals,|

| | |n.html | |organizations, and articles |

|Online Journals and |Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) |[pic] |Hosts Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Asynchronous Learning |

|Books |Publications |m | |Networks Magazine, and The International Review of Research in Open and|

| | | | |Distance Learning |

| | | | |Journals are peer-reviewed |

| | | | |Up-to-date full-text articles available |

| | | | |Contains links to workshops and conferences |

| |Digital Library and Archives | |[pic] |Contains an archive of several e-journals in many subject areas |

| | | | |Has search capabilities |

| | | | |Full-text articles available |

| |Education Policy Analysis Archives | |[pic] |Archives an online peer-reviewed education journal |

| | | | |Users can subscribe to a list serve that will send announcements of new|

| | | | |articles published in the journal |

| |Educause |[pic] |Hosts an online peer-reviewed journal |

| | |ct.html | |Users have access to full-text articles |

| |Effective Teaching | |[pic] |Hosts an online peer-reviewed journal |

| |Educational Technology Journal | |[pic] |Access to many full-text articles |

| | | | |Contains links to a wide variety of related Web sites |

| |Harvard Educational Review | |[pic] |Online version of the Harvard Educational Review |

| | | | |Access limited to table of contents and article abstracts without |

| | | | |subscription |

| |Interpersonal Computing and Technology | |[pic] |Hosts an online peer-reviewed journal focusing on computer-mediated |

| |Journal | | |communication and pedagogy |

| | | | |Contains links to full-text articles of past issues |

| | | | |Subscribers can receive articles by email |

| |Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication| |[pic] |Peer-reviewed |

| | | | |Search past issues by concept or key-word |

| | | | |Full-text articles available for past issues |

| |Journal of Excellence in College Teaching | |[pic] |Peer-reviewed journal on excellence in college teaching |

| | | | |Access to many full-text articles |

| |Journal of Statistics Education | |[pic] |Online version of the refereed journal |

| | | | |Free access to less recent issues |

| |National Forum Journals | |[pic] |Contains links to several peer-reviewed journals with full-text |

| | | | |articles |

| |netLibrary |[pic] |Extensive collection of public domain ebooks |

| | |ge.asp | |Private collection of ebooks available for purchase |

| | | | |Full-text search |

| |Online Chronicle of Distance Education & | |[pic] |Hosts an online peer-reviewed journal |

| |Communication | | |Users can access full-text articles |

| | | | |Contains links to other relevant sites |

| | | | |However, this site has not been updated since 1998 |

| |Syllabus Web | |[pic] |Online version of Syllabus magazine (free version available) covering |

| | | | |technology in higher education |

| | | | |Users can access the table of contents and abstracts of past issues |

| | | | |Contains useful information such as news, resources, and trends in |

| | | | |content areas |

| | | | |Academic job board |

|Free Online Articles|Determining the Costs of Online Courses |[pic] |Contains information to help colleges and universities anticipate the |

|& Reports | |linecosts/ | |costs of distance education |

| |Distance Education at Postsecondary |[pic] |Full-text report published by the National Center for Educational |

| |Education Institutions: 1997-98 |?pubid=2000013 | |Statistics on the prevalence of distance education |

| |National Education Association (NEA) |[pic] |Compiles reports and articles on distance education |

| |Distance Education Resources |ml | |Contains a report called Quality on the Line and Distance Learning |

| | | | |Faculty Report. (Reports include quality benchmarks for distance |

| | | | |learning, faculty feelings towards distance learning, etc.) |

| |The Institute for Higher Education Policy:| |[pic] |Contains a list of The Institute's most recent publications on issues |

| |Recent Reports | | |of higher education in PDF format |

| |The “No Significant Difference Phenomenon”|[pic] |Contains 355 research reports, summaries, and papers that report no |

| | |cantdifference/ | |significant differences between distance education and traditional |

| | | | |face-to-face education |

| | | | |Visit the companion site "Significant Difference" for the |

| | | | |counter-argument |

| |The Online Report on Pedagogical | |[pic] |Contains a comprehensive compilation of experiences in the CMC field in|

| |Techniques for Computer-Mediated | | |a 1995 paper |

| |Communication (CMC) | | | |

| |Report of the University of Illinois | |[pic] |Presents the full report on pedagogy of online learning with |

| |Teaching at an Internet Distance Seminar | | |suggestions for effective online teaching and learning |

| |December, 1999 | | | |

| |Adobe Web Center Tutorials | |[pic] |Adobe products’ tutorials including Acrobat, After Effects, FrameMaker,|

|Computer Tutorials | | | |GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, LiveMotion, PageMaker, PageMill, |

| | | | |Photoshop, Photoshop LE, and Premiere |

| |Introduction to HTML |[pic] |Tutorials on HTML 2.0 and 3.2. |

| | |ml | | |

| |The Java | |[pic] |Tutorials for programming with Java |

| |NETg | |[pic] |Online training courses for topics ranging from application |

| | | | |fundamentals for beginners to the latest programming languages for |

| | | | |professional developers |

| | | | |Financial charge for courses ($70-$150) |

| |PBS's Beginner's Guide to Understanding | |[pic] |Finds links to the latest versions of Internet software |

| |and Using the Internet | | |Guides for resource lists and search tools |

| | | | |Contains general advice on Internet topics such as netiquette, creating|

| | | | |a home page, etc. |

| |Search Engine Watch |[pic] |Offers tutorials about using search engines |

| | |s/tutorials.html | |Provides links to other on-line resources for using search engines |

| | | | |Monthly newsletters with articles on search engines |

| |Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi |[pic] |Guide to writing Web sites |

| | |/iniframe.htm | |Tutorials on HTML, IMAGEMAP, Style sheet, DHTML, etc. |

| | | | |Glossary on Web authoring |

| |Webmonkey: Web Developer’s Resource |[pic] |Excellent resource on Web design and development |

| | |.html | |Tutorials on HTML, DHTML, XML, Flash, Java, JavaScript, Perl/CGI, UNIX,|

| | | | |etc. |

| | – Web Building |[pic] |HTML, JavaScript, Flash, PhotoShop, etc. |

| | |ml | |How-to information for products (e.g., FrontPage, Dreamweaver, |

| | | | |Homesite, etc.) |

| |American Heritage | |[pic] |Search by individual words and full text from 350,000 entries and |

|Dictionaries | | | |definitions |

| |Doctor Dictionary | |[pic] |Translator |

| | | | |Web searches |

| | | | |Links to dictionaries in other languages |

| | | | |Writing resources |

| |Merriam-Webster’s WWWebster Dictionary & | |[pic] |Thesaurus |

| |Thesaurus | | |Word games |

| | | | |Reference tools |

| |Microsoft Encarta | |[pic] |Collection of a dictionary, atlases, multimedia, and 16,000 articles on|

| | | | |various topics |

| | | | |Talking dictionary |

| |OneLook Dictionaries | |[pic] |Searches online dictionary Web sites |

| |The Phrase Finder |[pic] |A professional writers' resource for generating ideas for headlines, |

| | |dex.html | |advertising copy, song lyrics, etc. |

| |Roget’s II Thesaurus | |[pic] |Contains 35,000 synonyms, definitions, and numerous cross-references |

| |Wordsmyth: The Educational | |[pic] |Contains definitions, cross-references, and synonyms |

| |Dictionary-Thesaurus | | | |

| | | |[pic] |Portal for language and language-related products and services |

| | | | |Provides links to specialized dictionaries, translation tools, and |

| | | | |linguistics research |

| | | | |Contains links to over 1500 dictionaries representing over 230 |

| | | | |languages |

| | | |[pic] |Search and directory service combining selected Web sites, magazines, |

|Encyclo-pedias | | | |and book citations with the complete, updated Encyclopedia Britannica |

| |Columbia Encyclopedia | |[pic] |Database with over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic |

| | | | |citations, and over 80,000 cross-references |

| | | | |Full-text searchable |

| | | |[pic] |More than 14,000 articles from the concise Columbia electronic |

| | | | |encyclopedia |

|Metasearch Engines |All The Web, All The Time | |N/A |Quick and efficient way to search Web |

| | | | |Indexing 1 billion full-text pages within one year |

| |All-In-One Search Page | |N/A |Over 500 of the Internet's best search engines, databases, indexes, |

| | | | |and directories in a single site |

| |Ask Jeeves | |N/A |Answers questions in conversational English without requiring keywords |

| | | | |or complicated search strings |

| |Dogpile | |N/A |Geographic searches |

| | | | |Online market place |

| |FAST | |N/A |Largest search database on the Web |

| |Internet Oracle | |Nice collection of meta-search engines and search engines |

| | | | |Resources listed by topic |

| | | |N/A |Uses all the Web search engines available |

| | | | |Also searches software, newsgroups, and people |

| | | | |Contains online references for language, geography, finance, shipping, |

| | | | |etc. |

| |Mamma | |N/A |Search Web sites, libraries, newsgroups, or people |

| |MetaCrawler | |N/A |Tailors syntax to the sites being searched |

| |OneSeek | |N/A |Customized search capabilities |

| |SavvySearch | |N/A |Searches over 700 search engines |

| | | |N/A |Search for audio, video, and images |

| |Search Engine Watch | |N/A |Provides search engine tips, listings, reviews, ratings, and tests |

|Search Engines |AltaVista | |N/A |Largest search engine on the Web—150 million Web sites in its database |

| | | | |Can type searches in conversational form |

| | | | |Photo search |

| | | | |Video search |

| | | | |"Family filter" service limits search results to sites suitable for |

| | | | |children |

| | | |N/A |Visual search engine |

| | | | |Includes text searches for images |

| |Excite | |N/A |60 million Web sites in its database |

| | | | |Homepage has many additional features including news, weather, stocks, |

| | | | |etc. |

| | | | |Searches related keywords |

| | (formally known as Infoseek) | |N/A |50 million Web sites in its database |

| | | | |Sorts by document relevance |

| |Google | |N/A |Very straightforward |

| | | | |No commercial banners |

| | | | |Keeps a cache of sites |

| |Hotbot | |N/A |Easy to use |

| | | | |More than 110 million Web sites in its database |

| | | | |Fully customizable to search by date, language, multimedia, domain |

| | | | |name, and much more |

| |Lycos | |N/A |83 million Web sites in database |

| | | | |Specialized services include people searches and online community site,|

| | | | |Tripod, Website builder, etc. |

| | | | |Services for users to search exclusively for pictures and sounds |

| |Northernlight | |N/A |100 million Web sites in database |

| | | | |Search results are listed by rank, relevance, subject, type, source, |

| | | | |and language |

| |Snap | |NA |More than 100 million Web sites in database |

| | | | |Provides a thorough description of what each Web site has to offer, so |

| | | | |visitors can decide if it’s worth visiting |

| |Yahoo | |NA |The largest human-compiled directory of the web |

| | | | |More than one million Websites in database organized into 14 main |

| | | | |categories |

| |How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory|[pic] |Links to a collection of search engines (e.g., AltaVista, Excite, |

| | |oose.html | |Google, , Lycos, etc.) |

| | | | |Search by fields, search logic, search options, search results, and Web|

| | | | |site quality, size, and type |

| |Electronic Reference Formats Recommended | |[pic] |Information on how to cite information from the Internet and World Wide|

|Style Guides |by the American Psychological Association | | |Web in APA style |

| |Karla’s Guide to Citation Guides |[pic] |An annotated collection of links to the best and most up-to-date |

| | |/cite.html | |citation guides |

| | | | |Information on how to cite electronic sources |

| |Online Citation Resources |[pic] |Contains information on citing electronic sources by style (APA, MLA, |

| | |tex.html | |Chicago, CBE, and others) |

| | | | |Links to Internet sources |

| |Writer’s Handbook – APA Style |[pic] |Presents major aspects of APA (American Psychological Association) |

| | |PA.html | |style guide, which is used in many behavioral and social science |

| | | | |disciplines |

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