Learning Technology Research Course Website

External resources

These links have been selected as being of possible interest to participants in the programme.

Special Issue of CSCW: Activity Theory and the Practice of Design
http://www1.ics.uci.edu/~redmiles/activity/final-issue.html

A journal special issue linking software design practice with Activity Theory. This may be of interest to students who have encountered Activity Theory in the Introductory module.

Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research
http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/

Gender Differences in CMC: Findings and Implications
http://www.cpsr.org/publications/newsletters/issues/2000/Winter2000/herring.html

Herring, S. (2000). "Gender Differences in CMC: Findings and Implications." Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Newsletter 18(1).
An interesting piece that touches on issues raised in the theory & philosophy module.

Theoretical Sources

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/theory.html

A list of theoretical perspectives relating to the use of technology in education, each linking out to selected web-based resources. Useful as a crash-course in particular perspectives.

Instructional Design Models

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/idmodels.html

An index page that lists a number of different theories and perspectives (e.g. Activity Theory, Behaviourism, Andragogy) that can be drawn upon to inform the practice of Instructional Design, as well as offering definitions for terms like Instructional Design, Technology, Educational Technology, and so on. This might be useful as a general point for reference. (This page is a sub-section of the Theoretical Perspectives site.)

Education-line

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/

A freely accessible database of the full text of conference papers, working papers and electronic literature.

EdResearch Online

http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/sample/edresearch.htm

An online database, in much the same style as ERIC or InternationalERIC, but linking to full-text articles.

Teaching and Learning Technology Group
http://www.tltgroup.org/

The website of the US-based Teaching and Learning Technology Group, developers of the Roundtable and Flashlight methodologies. The site also contains details of how to join their moderated discussion lists, which cover issues in learning, teaching, technology and change.

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