February, 2002

Editor's Corner 

More URLs from the evolving web.

Cheers,

Bruce

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.  Send them to blbird@mail.aacc.cc.md.us

Faculty View

  **Lessons from the Physics Education Reform Effort

Is George Mason a Learning-Centered University?

The Reflective Institution-Assuring and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning

Student View

The Ontario Community College Student Parliamentary Association

Higher Education

Learning Productivity Network

• Time on Task as an Indicator of Learning Productivity

• Other On-Line Resources for Higher Education Research

Assessment

American Evaluation Association

• Links and Lists

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE)

• Using Electronic Surveys: Advice from Survey Professionals
• An Overview of Three Approaches to Scoring Written Essays by Computer
  

WebSurveyor

• Higher Education 

IntelliMetric

Faculty Resources

National Skills Standard Board

• Related Links

• State Skill Standards Initiatives  (None for Maryland?)

• Standards Developed from Initiatives

*Learning and Teaching Support Network

• Subject Centres

• Subject Benchmarking Resource Area

  • Working paper 1 'Implications of benchmarking for curriculum
    design and the assessment of student learning.' Dr Norman Jackson

**Center for the Advancement of Teaching - Illinois State

• Teaching Tips

• Teaching-Related Centers, Discussion Lists, & Organizations

• The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

tutorialfind.com

Microsoft Outlook -Tips For Versions 97, 98 & 2000

Flash 5 Tutorial- Cursors, and Text, and HTML.... Oh My!

K-12  

Sites for Teachers

Teachnet.com

The UC Berkeley Interactive University Project

Virtual Education Space  See how they do it in Massachusetts

Distributed Education

Courselets

• Stanford Online Courselets- Leveling the Learning Field, On- and Off-Campus, January 16, 2002

Campus Pipeline

• Campus Pipeline Enters 2002 Running — Delivers New Web Platform and Six New Products

Teaching with Technology 

Information Technology Goals for Liberal Arts Students

QuickTopic

QuickTopic Document Review

Learning Objects

A Primer on Learning Objects

*Most Learning Objects Aren't 

Web Page Design

Gettingstarted.net

iBoost.com  

• Build

*W3Schools.com - free tutorials and more

The Poor Company's Guide to Better Web Sites  

e-Books

E-Book Battles Brewing

e-Learning 

Duke Corporate Education

• *Relative strengths of face to face and internet mediated learning

AOL's Online Campus

Trends?  

Software

Salon.com Leans On Open Source

Microsoft's security push lacks oomph

Sun Rallies Vendors for J2EE 1.2 Support

Hardware

National Semiconductor Develops Optimized Reference Design for Microsoft's "Mira" Software to Enable Smart Display Devices for the Home

*"Mira", Code Name for Windows CE .NET-Based Smart Display Device Technology

Preview "Freestyle": New interface for extended PC media experiences

Internet  

The Internet Under Siege

Browser war II: Netscape sues Microsoft

TechNet

• National Broadband Policy

• TechNet CEO's Support Intro of Tech Talent Bill

Access- A Conversation with Internet2's Ted Hanss

internet.com

Media 

Flash: The next generation

Flash 'Em (PC Mag, 1/29/02)

Moxi Digital and Macromedia Partner to Embed Macromedia Flash Player into Next Generation Home Entertainment Platform

Flash Sites

 ***Guggenheim.com  (wideband so view on campus network)

Does Your Site Need Streaming Media?

United Virtualities

shoshkeles 

Enliven

Wireless 

Using Xircom Wireless on a College Campus

Handhelds

Two new, wireless Palm OS handhelds