Educational Technology

• AECT
  Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
• Doctoral Research in Educational Technology: A Directory of Dissertations, 1977-2004
  Compiled by Edward P. Caffarella, Ph.D. Professor of Educational Technology University of Northern Colorado
• EDUCAUSE
  Formed by the consolidation of Educom and CAUSE. Focus on the management and use of computational, network and information resources in support of higher education.
• ISTE
  International society for Technology in Education.
• Telelearning
  Check the Telelearning-Centres of Excellence home page. The Centre was founded in 1995 to research, develop, demonstrate and evaluate new learning models through the use of technology.

Curriculum Materials Projects and Resources

The sites below provide lesson plans, educational projects for K-12 students and much more... The list is far from exhaustive, but a good starting point for students and educators wishing to take advantage of the many resources available on the World Wide Web. Some sites are organized around themes such as Multiculturalism or Special Education.

General K-12 sites

• Annenberg/CPB Projects
• AstroEd: Astronomy Education Resources
• Blue Web'n
• Curriculum Links for Science Teachers
• Discovery Channel Canada
• Discovery Channel Online
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  Provides access to lesson plans.
• Exploratorium
• Gateway
• Global SchoolHouse
• HowStuffWorks
• Jason Project
• Kodak Enhancing Learning through Imaging
• Learners Online
• Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Online Projects
• NASA's Space Place
• New York Times Learning Network
• PBS Online
• QUIA. Create your own learning activity
• Scholastic - Online Activities
• Science Learning Network
• Skewl Sites
• Virtual Planetarium

Multicultural sites

• Canadian Museum of Civilization
  Visit the virtual museum or go directly to the Children's Museum for a passport to a Great Adventure multicultural trip around the world.
• Center for Multicultural Education
  University of Washington. Links to resources, and K-12 programs.
• Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE)
  Purpose is to identify and develop effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, and those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location.
• K-5 CyberTrail: Multicultural Curriculum Resources
• Multicultural Pavillion
  A collection of links to multicultural resources.
• United Nations Cyber School Bus

Special Education

• Center for Applied Special Technology
  Using technology to expand opportunities for all
• Council for Exceptional Children
  International, professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
• Famous people with disabilities
  ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
• INDIE
  The Integrated Network of Disability Information & Education
• LDOnline
  Guide to learning disabilities for parents teachers and children
• Mindplay
  Publisher of learning tools, software, etc.
• NCIP
  National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology Media and Materials. Includes links to Special Ed. resources

Canadian Education Sites

• Canada's Schoolnet
  Provides information on all aspects of K-12 education in Canada, plus lesson plans and school based projects.
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
  Visit the virtual museum or go directly to the Children's Museum for a passport to a Great Adventure multicultural trip around the world.
• Canadian Oral History Association
  Links to many oral history sites and projects.
• Canadiana. The Canadian Resource page
  The Science and Education link at this site leads to educational organizations and many Canadian education related WWW sites. Information covers primary, secondary and higher education.

Distance Education

• American Center for the study of Distance Education (ACSDE)
  Sponsors Distance Education Online Symposium (DEOS). Links to American Journal of Distance Education, Documentation Center and information on ACSDE.
• Distance Education Clearinghouse
  A comprehensive web site managed by the University of Wisconsin-Extension. It brings together distance education information and resources from Wisconsin, national and international sources.
• ICDE
  The International Council for Open and Distance Education is the global membership organisation of educational institutions, national and regional associations, corporations, educational authorities and agencies in the fields of open learning, distance education, and flexible, lifelong learning.
• ICDL
  The International Centre for Distance Learning  is an international centre for research, teaching, consultancy, information and publishing activities.
• Teaching and Learning on the Web
  Provides links to sites using the web as a medium for learning or for class assignments or resources.
• THOT: Nouvelles de la formation à distance

Adult Education and Literacy

• ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation
  A national charitable organization committed to promoting literacy to the general public and to the private sector.
• American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)
  Association news, links to other sources.
• Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE)
  Association news, conference proceedings, links to other sources.
• Direction de la formation générale des adultes (MEQ)
  An English language Quebec Government site directed towards adult learners.
• The National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD)
  A federally incorporated, non-profit service organization providing a comprehensive site for information on adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada.
• National Institute for Literacy (NIFL's)
  A comprehensive gateway to the world of adult education and literacy resources on the Internet.

Government Sites

• Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training
  This site also includes links to other Canadian Education sites including TV Ontario.
• Quebec. Ministere De L'education
  Includes press releases, statistics, legislation, network projects, grants, a pointer to the Quebec English school network  and other provincial WWW sites.
• Statistics Canada
  Click on "Free" under Browse our Internet Publications for a list of Education related reports; search the Online Catalogue for additional publications.
• UNESCO
  The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization covers International Education issues.
• United States. Department of Education
  Statistics, directories, general information about the U.S. Department of Education. Provides links to curricular resources and networking projects plus US educational organizations and associations.

Education Databases

• Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
  Covers topics related to the social and emotional development of young children, from conception to five years of age.
• ERIC
  Free access to ERIC database via the U.S. Department of Education; updated weekly
• Edu.com
  Searches exclusively university and academic web sites for education related materials.
• ICDL
  International Centre for Distance Education Library
• TestLink
  Produced by ETS (Educational Testing Service), search the collection of over 20,000 tests; includes both commercially published tests as well as over 1,000 unpublished tests. Tests may be available in the Tests in Microfiche collection at the Webster Library, as ERIC Documents available on ERIC, or they may be included in journal articles or books. For more information, see the handout Sources in Tests & Measurements.

Free Electronic Journals

• Canadian Education Journals
  Covers fulltext journals and newsletters; K-12 and Higher Education.
• Directory of Open Access Journals
  Covers free, full text quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Education journals are listed under the subject: Social Sciences.
• Electronic Journals in the Field Of Education
  Compiled by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), provides links to over 100 internationally published, scholarly, peer-reviewed, fulltext journals in Education.
• Education Review
  Publishes review articles of recently published books in education.