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"The modern workplace and lifestyle demand that students balance cognitive, personal and interpersonal abilities, but current education policy discussions have not defined those abilities well, according to a special report released this afternoon by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington."

Most instructional technology implementation efforts focus their efforts around a few key areas. In our experience, these areas most often are: As a way of establishing what's possible or ideal in each of these areas, we find that it's useful to review how the relevant research describes "best practice".

The NMC Horizon Report series is the most visible outcome of the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research effort established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education around the globe

Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN) - This is the dissemination project for the Star Schools Program, a federally funded distance education program that helps small or isolated schools in rural areas use new technologies to offer courses to students, and professional development to teachers, that they could not otherwise provide. This Web site includes general information about distance education; instructional modules, enrichment activities and courses; summaries of current research; and online course-design tools....

Try this tool, to cast a large net in your searches. It picks up the latest news on whatever topic you are researching.

An interesting search engine. Here is another one that works pretty good InstaGrok http://www.instagrok.com/brochure.pdf

This article examines the Web vs. single-use apps debate in light of survey results.

Looks at the results of the Pew Internet & American Life Project survey on the web and mobile through an educational lens.