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No Significant Difference Phenomenon This website has been designed to serve as a companion piece to Thomas L. Russell's book, "The No Significant Difference Phenomenon" (2001, IDECC, fifth edition). Mr. Russell's book is a fully indexed, comprehensive research bibliography of 355 research reports, summaries and papers that document no significant differences (NSD) in student outcomes between alternate modes of education delivery, with a foreword by Dr. Richard E. Clark. Previous editions of the book were provided electronically; the fifth edition is the first to be made available in print from IDECC (The International Distance Education Certification Center). The primary purpose of the NSD website is to expand on the offerings from the book by providing access to appropriate studies published or discovered after the release of the book. In addition to studies that document no significant difference (NSD), the website includes studies which do document significant differences (SD) in student outcomes based on the mode of education delivery. Both types of entries may be searched: * By year, through the left navigation menu; * Through a simple keyword search, available at the top right of each page; or * Through an advanced search. This site is intended to function as an ever-growing repository of comparative media studies in education research. Both no significant differences (NSD) and significant differences (SD) studies are constantly being solicited for inclusion in the website. Please feel free to submit an entry.

good reference for project studies at CATE

The Book Oven: helps teams of people turn manuscripts into finished books and then publish them. Built for writers, editors, proofreaders, designers, and small presses -- invite colleagues, editors, or friends to work on a private or public project

National Writing Project - look! -

"For those who are blind, dyslexic or have diseases like multiple sclerosis and have difficulty turning book pages, reading the latest best seller just got easier. Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian and founder of a virtual library called the Internet Archive, has launched a worldwide campaign to double the number of books available for print-disabled people."

teachers as "defenders of the book" are some of the last citizens to use digital media

teachers as "defenders of the book" are some of the last citizens to use digital media

Bookshare (free): memberships funded by OSEP - increases accessibility of books

Bookshare (free): memberships funded by OSEP - increases accessibility of books

the three criteria for evaluating the Common Core standards

Connexions: view & share educational materials made of modules for organization into courses, books, books, reports, etc.

The Institute for the Future of the Book: investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens

Games as eText support: the future of the book is here

On Research and Measurement (book): "The Concept of Validity: Revisions, new directions, and applications"; edited by Robert W. Lissitz

On Research and Measurement (book): "The Concept of Validity: Revisions, new directions, and applications"; edited by Robert W. Lissitz

California State University system lessons on using e-books

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING: Incomplete draft of book prospectus that build on earlier work on John Locke's theory of property as forming the basis for distinguishing the intellectual properties of learning from other proprietary knowledge economies.

Incomplete draft of book prospectus that build on earlier work on John Locke's theory of property as forming the basis for distinguishing the intellectual properties of learning from other proprietary knowledge economies.

AudioOwl: free audio books. Download mp3, iPod and iTunes formats - for use in writing / literature projects, perhaps supported text?

Storyjumper: Publish your own children's books - create and discover stories for kids. Great tool for the classroom.

50 banned books that everyone should read

podcasts introducing kids to books they'll love

podcasts introducing kids to books they'll love

Educational Research (2008). Quantitative, Qualitative, & Mixed method approaches; Burke Johnson & Larry Christensen

Educational Research (2008). Quantitative, Qualitative, & Mixed method approaches; Burke Johnson & Larry Christensen

Borgman's great book!