A diversity in education project by Spokane area digital youth project TinCan - a group who I'm looking to collaborate with through CATE when i make the jump to eastern Washington in 2010.
Questia School has over 15,000 full text online resources enhanced by research and productivity tools, lesson plans, staff training, 24 / 7 access. Possible exploration for CATE as a delivery partner
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:
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By year, through the left navigation menu;
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Through a simple keyword search, available at the top right of each page; or
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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.
FutureLab: Innovation in Education - based in the U.K., this consortium works to "transform the way people learn through innovative technology and practice"
Organizational dataflow management software - a bit like Endnote- archive email, digitize papers, & share our data. Research Specific (DEVONagent) - recommended that CATE check this out.
Open Thinking Wiki: begun by Alec Couros, ICT Coordinator of the Faculty of Education, University of Regina - as a resource for courses he teaches in education and media studies. Great example of well framed edtech site.
Nice article on building communities in virtual worlds. Some very real insights there that were new to me. I was hoping to add a comment on the importance of providing community members with a "place to call their own" but could not figure out how to do that.