ResourceGuide
Books
Richard N. Katz
et al., Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New
Competition in Higher Education (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999)
-- examination of campus IT challenges including meeting for-profit
competition, building organizational infrastructures for managing technological
innovation, and finding needed funding
Anne B. Keating
and Joseph Hargitai, The Wired Professor: A Guide to Incorporating
the World Wide Web in College Instruction (New York: New York University
Press, 1999) -- hands-on guide to aid college teachers in maximizing
the Internet as a creative medium, a research resource, and a community-building
tool
Rafa Kouki and
David Wright, Telelearning Via the Internet (Hershey, Pa.: Idea
Group Publishers, 1999) -- copyright, security, accreditation, and cost-effectiveness
of telelearning and distance education via the Internet
David H. Jonassen
et al., Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective
(Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill, 1999) -- how technology such as
video theater, cybermentoring, and hypermedia can be used as thinking
tools to engage meaningful learning
Richard C. Forcier,
The Computer as an Educational Tool: Productivity and Problem-Solving,
2nd ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill, 1999) -- the role of the
computer in education and problem-solving, presenting theory, strategies,
and applications
Rena M. Palloff
and Keith Pratt, Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective
Strategies for the Online Classroom (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1999) -- proven strategies for taking learning beyond the
classroom and into the online environment
Richard C. Richardson
Jr. et al., Designing State Higher Education Systems for a New Century
(Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999) -- how various state governance structures
influence the way priorities for higher education are established
Randy Martin, ed.,
Chalk Lines: The Politics of Work in the Managed University (Durham,
N.C.: Duke University Press, 1999) -- challenges facing the academic
work force as universities move to a corporate model
Greg M. Smith,
ed., On a Silver Platter: CD-ROMs and the Promises of a New Technology
(New York: New York University Press, 1999) -- the potential of
CD-ROMs in education and entertainment
Bonnie A. Nardi
and Vicki L. O'Day, Information Ecologies: Using Technology with
Heart (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999) -- discussion, drawing on research
in offices, libraries, schools, and hospitals, of how people can engage
their own values while using new information technologies in local settings
Katherine Hayles,
How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature,
and Informatics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999) --
how information has become an entity in itself and how computers have
inspired a shift in the way we define ourselves as individuals and as
a species
Seth Shulman, Owning
the Future (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999) -- discussion of the
"knowledge monopolies" arising in high-tech fields such as computers,
pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering, and university research
Web
Sites & Internet Lists
http://sloan.stanford.edu
-- site for the Science and Technology in the Making project, using
the Web and network technology to develop innovative approaches for
investigating and documenting recent events in science and technology
http://www.cast.org
-- site maintained by the Center for Applied Special Technology, using
technology to expand learning opportunities for all people, including
those with disabilities
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
-- sources of information about scholarly electronic-publishing efforts
on the Internet and other networks
http://www.pkal.org
-- site for Project Kaleidoscope, an informal national alliance of individuals,
institutions, and organizations committed to strengthening undergraduate
science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education
"net-alert" --
newsletter reporting on issues concerning Internet security and privacy
([email protected])
"buildinfocomm"
-- discussion list on creating information services for communities,
addressing issues such as community networking, distance learning, and
telecommunications services (sponsored by the Docking Institute of Public
Affairs at Fort Hays State University, [email protected])
To suggest books,
Web sites, Internet lists, or other resources for information technology
and higher education, write to [email protected].
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