LEARN

Learning Environments And Research Network

Useful Resources

• Computer-Mediated Communication Centre website. A site with a lot of general information on CMC
• Think-of-it website. A guide to CMC software
• Online Tutoring Skills website. Resources and support for online tutors

• Computer Assisted Assessment Centre website. Information and guidance on the use of CAA in higher education.
• The Castle Toolkit website. Free computer-assisted teaching and learning tools.
• Scottish Computer Assisted Assessment Networks. Scottish Universities computer-based assessment project.
• TRIADS assessment delivery system. Computer delivered assessment in higher education.
• Hot Potatoes software. Six applications enabling you to create interactive exercises for the World Wide Web. Free to non-profit institutions.
• Questionmark. The leading commercial provider of Web-based testing and assessment software.

• JISC VLE site. The principal requirements for VLE to be used in the FE sector within the UK.
• WebCT. The leading commercial provider of e-learning solutions to the HE market.
• Blackboard. Another commercial e-learning solution provider.
• TopClass. Yet another commercial e-learning solution provider.
• Centre for Curriculum, Transfer & Technology. Site designed to help educators evaluate VLE software.
• Webclass site. Results of surveys of VLE users.

• JISC MLE report site. Report on a JISC workshop discussing MLE in early 2000.

• PROACTe: Promoting European Education and Training Research and Development.
• UK Learning Technology Support Network. LTSN website - support for development and transfer of good practices in all subject disciplines
• National Learning Network. Technical and strategic support for HE and FE ILT teaching.
• Online Course Models. An article on types of on-line course by an OU guru.
• DIY online courses. Examples of do-it-yourself on-line courses.
• Radical Constructivism. Site on constructivist theories of learning.
• Theory into Practice (TIP) website. Learning theories database.
• Kansas State EdTech site. Guides on on-line teaching from Kansas.
• JISC site. JISC fund UK HE and FE learning technology.
• The Node. A well respected Canadian learning technology portal.
• Educause. USA learning technology association
• CAP-ET. Warwick University unit provides advice and support service for technology-based teaching and learning
• Robert Gordon University Virtual Campus.
• Online biochemistry course. Award winning on-line course at Birkbeck College.
• Jakob Nielsen's site. Website usability guru - best practice guide.
• University of Maryland Virtual Teaching site. Resources (free) for teaching with technology.
• LTDI site. Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative from Heriot Watt University
• Electronic Libraries Programme. A body of electronic resources and services for UK HE institutions.
• The Open University IET. It is worth noting that there are few open source resources - the majority being accessible only to members of the OU and the IET.
• The Learning Technology Research Institute at the University of North London . The LTRI site has a learning technology focus rather than a focus on actual student evaluation, but is very well designed and can provide some very useful information on current developments in the field of e-learning.
• Ariadne. Online magazine on current digital library initiatives.
• Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards. CETIS represents UK HE and FE on international learning technology standards initiatives.
• Accessibility and disability