Resources for "Beyond the Book" by Parker Rossman
The following Internet sites offer background and more detail on
projects and concepts discussed in this article.
On the use of video and other games in
education, see "The Next Generation of Educational Engagement," an article by
Diana G. Oblinger in the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME),
available online at: http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2004/8/oblinger-2004-8-disc-01.html.
Parker Rossman's own experiments in regularly
updating an online textbook, see: http://ecolecon.missouri.edu/globalresearch/index.html.
For more on William J. Mitchell's City of
Bits see: http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-books/City_of_Bits.
Other e-book experiments are discussed at: http://www.planum.net/topics/main/m-bit-links-books.htm.
Many of the problems involved in online
publishing are discussed in Geneva Henry's essay "Online Publishing in the 21st
Century" (D-Lib Magazine, October 2003), text available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october03/henry/10henry.html
On the approaches of textbook publishers to
digital and online editions see: www.distanceeducator.com/dnews/?name=News&file=article&sid=8590
www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/he/digital_solutions/ebooks/ www.atomicdogpublishing.com/home.asp
Information on Microsoft's e-reader and
e-books can be found at: www.microsoft.com/reader/default.asp
On avatars as educational agents, see: www.isi.edu/isd/ADE/ade.html
Alfred Bork's automatic tutor is described
at: www.ics.uci.edu/~bork/iCS.htm
For Rekimoto's research on a
"communication book" of the future, see: www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/rekimoto/
On the future role of picture language: www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol7/issue3/gammack.html#Conclusions
On e-paper technology including i-ink see: www.planetebook.com
On how live musicians might teach online and
ELTIS music learning modules, see: www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/arts/music/23MIDG.html
On Larry Press's call for a "grand
project" to complete global interconnectivity, see: www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue9_4/press/
The IEEE Research Center for Use of
Technology in Education is described at: http://lttf.ieee.org/links.htm
HEKATE (the Higher Education Knowledge and
Technology Exchange) lists various projects in such areas as research skills, learning
more effectively; enhancing teamwork, learning in communities and organizations, building
skills in design, composition, and creativity, etc., at: www.hekate.org
On existing instructional materials and tools
that teachers can quickly and easily create, adapt and share, see:
http://lttf.ieee.org/links.htm http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_4_2002/editorial.html
For more on "Moodle," an open
source learning appliance for teachers, see: http://moodle.org
http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=390675
Also see conferences discussing Moodle at: www.learningtimes.org/
A global network-devoted exclusively to
education, with related satellites offers infrastructure options at: www.aed.org/publications/TechnologiesForEducation/TechEdChapters/06.pdf
(www.aed.org)
On a matrix of cross-indexed curricula and
other resources, including e-textbooks and videos of lectures and other educational
experiences, such as field trips, see:
www.aed.org/publications/TechnologiesForEducation/TechEdChapters/03.pdfpdf
(www.aed.org)
For examples of available multimedia teaching
aids see: www.aed.org/publications/TechnologiesForEducation/TechEdChapters/07.pdf
(www.aed.org)
http://opencontent.org/
http://creativecommons.org/learn/technology/
http://rclt.usu.edu/research.html#areas
www.wired.com/news/politic s/0,1283,20276,00.html
On semantic Web software designed to
establish "universally shared meanings" for words, see: www.w3.org
www.SemanticWeb.org/knowmarkup.html
www.cs.umd.edu/projects/plus/SHOE/faq.html
Pearson publishers now markets some 300
digital Web Books online, see: www.safarix.com
These same texts are offered in print editions.
An overview of the aims and history of MIT's
Project Oxygen is available at:
http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/Overview.html
For a discussion on how current technologies
could transform teaching and learning, see "The Future of Learning Technologies: An
Interview with Chris Dede" by James L. Morrison in the inaugural edition of the
online journal Innovate (October-November 2004):
http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=1
The main Web site for Innovate is: http://www.innovateonline.info/
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