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Te(a)chnology
Beyond the syllabus on the Web

Academic Exchange April/May 2000 Contents Page

The sites and books listed below offer a variety of resources for using new media in the classroom and suggest some of the ways other universities are integrating teaching and technology.

Web Sites

Catalyst <http://depts.washington.edu/catalyst/home.html>
Resources, including profiles of various "wired" professors and their classes at the University of Washington.

Critical Tools <www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~criticaltools>
Free software and a discussion forum for web-based courses from the University of Texas--Austin.

Edsitement <http://edsitement.neh.gov>
Run by the National Endowment of the Humanities, this site reviews electronic resources for the humanities. While designed for K-12 educators, some materials and recommendations are equally useful for college educators.

Ejournal <http://www.hanover.edu/philos/ejournal/home.html>
A peer-reviewed electronic journal out of the University of Albany on hypertext and other electronic issues.

Electronic Labyrinth <http://web.uvic.ca/~ckeep/elab.html>
A textual guide to hypertext technology and practice.

Emory's Center for Teaching and the Curriculum <http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/CULPEPER/projects.html>
Examples, links to resources, and information on tricky topics like copyright.

Horizon <http://horizon.unc.edu>
Information about trends in educational technology, including two on-line journals and useful links from the University of North Carolina.

NWHQ <http://www.knosso.com/NWHQ/listall.html>
A web journal of hypertext literature.

Project Gutenberg <www.promo.net/pg>
Free access to a growing database of on-line English-language texts.

Project Bioquest <http://bioquest.org>
Support for inquiry-based teaching of undergraduate biology from Beloit College.

Wellspring <http://wellspring.isinj.com/>
Discussions, examples, and research on distance education from Teacher's College at Columbia University and Instructional Systems Inc.

Workshop Physics <http://physics.dickinson.edu/>
Materials and software for teaching introductory physics from Dickinson College.

Books

Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt, Josey-Bass Publishers, 1999.

Cyberspace Textuality: Computer Technology and Literary Theory Edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Indiana University Press, 1999.

Learning Networks : A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning Online. Linda Harasim, MIT Press, 1995.

Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet. Sherry Turkle, Simon & Schuster, 1995

The Online Teaching Guide: A Handbook of Attitudes, Strategies, and Techniques for the Virtual Classroom. Editors, Ken White and Bob Weight, Allyn and Bacon, 1999.