Resources
T & L bibliography
| Site Name | Description |
| NMU Related Links | |
| Course Technology Alliance | CTA is a group of NMU departments / units with the mission of supporting technology at NMU. There are links to guidelines for online courses, lists of successful online courses, and technology integration into traditional and blended courses. |
| Academic Information Services Advisory Council (AISAC) | AISAC makes recommendations regarding library collections and policies and services of AIS; supports and fosters faculty and student research, especially the use of library resources in the library, archives, and academic computing. |
| Information Technology | The mission of Instructional Technology is to provide faculty development for the utilization of technology in the classroom and to enhance teacher/student communication. Instructional Technology oversees the operation of the CITE, The Center for Instructional Technology in Education, a resource center for the NMU faculty. |
| Teaching & Learning Web Sites | |
| National Institute for Science Education - College Level One | Innovations in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics learning experiences for all college students. Under "Related Links" there is a very useful series of web pages on collaborative learning (CL). |
| Virtual Center Mission | The mission of the Virtual Teaching and Technology Center is to provide a place and means for the 33 member colleges to share knowledge in order to constantly improve the education offered to their students. |
| Center for Postsecondary Research & Planning | National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and AAHE are launching the Document Effective Educational Practicies (DEEP) project to promote student success. NSSE is a national survey conducted annually to measure student to gather benchmarking data on student attitudes and behaviors in higher education. |
| Center for Research on Learning and Teaching | The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) is dedicated to the support and advancement of learning and teaching at the University of Michigan to develop a University culture that values and rewards teaching, respects and supports individual differences among learners, and encourages the creation of learning environments in which diverse students can learn and excel. The site offers a wide range of resources and references. |
| Guide to Developing Online Student Services | The "Guide to Developing Online Student Services" is the final product of a three-year project of the Western Cooperative of Educational Telecommunications, a program at WICHE, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). |
| Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota | Definitions, theory and research, meta-analyses, and practical procedures and references are all available at the center's website. |
| Active Learning Site | This site, mentored by Chuck Bonwwll, supports the scholarship of teaching by providing research-based resources designed to help faculty use active learning successfully in college and university classrooms. |
| Online Journals/Newsletters | |
| Technology in Course Redesign from NCAT | A list of over a hundred courses from different universities and how they were redesigned to include technology. |
| EDUCAUSE Review and Educause Quarterly | This issue includes an interview with Ira Fuchs, winner of the 2000 EDUCAUSE Excellence in Leadership award, and a feature in which David L. Smallen, Jerry Niebaum, and Jeffrey I. Schiller, winners of EDUCAUSE Special Focus Leadership awards, talk about their experiences in the field. |
| Technology-Oriented Web Sites | |
| Center for Academic Transformation | The mission of the Center for Academic Transformation is to serve as a source of expertise and support for those in higher education who wish to take advantage of the capabilities of information technology to transform their academic practices. Consists of a leadership forum and links to reading materials. |
| Computer Ergonomics Workbook and Information/Resource Guide | Published by Environmental Health & Safety, University of California-Davis. Also available as PDF document. |
| EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE sponsors an annual conference and regional meetings regarding technology's role in higher education. Their site sponsors a searchable forum in which faculty contribute practices that have worked for them. |
| Conferences | |
| Lilly Conferences | Lilly Institutes and Conferences are offered at various locations and times within the U.S. |
| TechED | Held annually in southern California, the TechEd conferences weave technology innovation into all academic disciplines. Attendance is approximately 3000 faculty, technical support, and administrators. |
