The SPICE Resources on Online Education

This collection of resources is compiled for the Specialization Program in International Online Education (SPICE). The program comprises five three-credit courses about online education delivered internationally via online education. Successful completion of all five courses and exams qualifies for the SPICE Certificate (SPICE) which is awarded by NKI. The resources are organized according to the five courses in the program.

NOTE: These and other web sites may or may not be accessible when you attempt to access them. Occasionally, sites are discontinued or moved. Occasionally, the servers hosting sites are busy or otherwise unavailable. The reason we include such references is twofold: (1) they contain relevant and useful information or examples; and, (2) there is an abundance of material already available online on any given subject, and much of what is now available is quite good. We actively seek your feedback on the usefulness and accessibility of these sites as well as references to other sites that you have found interesting and worthwhile on topics related to online education.

SPICE 601: Introduction to International Online Education

Paperbased books

• Web-Based Instruction, Badrul Huda Khan,(http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Building a Web-Based Education System, Colin McCormack, David Jones,(http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Web-Based Training Cookbook, Brandon Hall,(http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Web-Teaching, A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web. David W. Brooks,(http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Web-Based Training : Using Technology to Design Adult Learning Experiences, Margaret Driscoll, Larry Alexander (http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace : Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series), Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt (http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Virtual Learning : A Revolutionary Approach to Building a Highly Skilled Workforce, Roger C. Schank (http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase
• Creating the Virtual Classroom : Distance Learning With the Internet, Lynnette R. Porter, (http://www.Amazon.com) for further information/purchase

General Resources

• The Global Distance EducationNet (DistEdNet) is a knowledge guide to distance education designed to help clients of the World Bank and others interested in using distance education for human development. The Network consists of a core site located at the World Bank and regional sites in all parts of the world. (http://wbweb4.worldbank.org/DistEd/home.html).
• The Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) (http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/). As a partner in building a culture of lifelong learning, the federal government established the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) within Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), in 1996. The OLT's job is to raise awareness about the opportunities, challenges and benefits of technology-based learning and act as a catalyst for innovation in the area of learning and skills development enabled by technologies.
• The International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL) (http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk/icdl/index.htm) is an international centre for research, teaching, consultancy, information and publishing activities based in the Institute of Educational Technology at the British Open University.
• Resources in Distance Education provided by Athabasca University. (http://ccism.pc.athabascau.ca/html/ccism/deresrce/de.htm)
• TeleEducation NB has provided a number of distance education resources online at (http://teleeducation.nb.ca/distanceed).
• The Information Technology & Pedagogy Resources Site (http://it-resources.icsa.ch/Introduction/NFIndexE.html)
• Yahoo's list on Online Teaching and Learning (http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Instructional_Technology/Online_Teaching_and_Learning/)

Journals

• The Journal of Distance Learning Administration is a peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free each quarter over the World Wide Web. The journal welcomes manuscripts based on original work of practitioners and researchers with specific focus on implications for the management of distance education programs. (http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmission.html)
• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication: (http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/)
• Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine, which ran issues from May 1994 to January 1999, reported about people, events, technology, public policy, culture, practices, study, and applications related to human communication and interaction in online environments. (http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/)
• The Online Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication (http://fcae.nova.edu/disted/) is the electronic source for information about distance education produced by Nova Southeastern University.
• The European Journal of Open and Distance Learning (http://www.eurodl.org/) is a European online journal for discussion of ODL issues at all educational levels and in all training cont
• IMEJ is an interactive multimedia electronic journal dedicated to publishing ideas and innovations in educational technology (http://imej.wfu.edu/)
• New Horizons in Adult education (http://www.nova.edu/~aed/newhorizons.html) is a scholarly electronic journal
• La Revista Electrónica de Tecnología Educativa (http://edutec.rediris.es/) is an electronic journal that gathers articles and reflections generated relating educational technology in Spanish.
• The Technology Source (http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp) is a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical published by the Michigan Virtual University.
• The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/) is a peer-reviewed e-journal. International in scope, this scholarly e-journal will publish refereed articles focusing on the issues and challenges of providing theory, research/ information services to students enrolled in any level of distance education on open learning applications.
• Malaysian Journal of Distance Education (http://www.usm.my/Journal/jpjjm/) is available in an English and Malaysian version.
• The American Journal of Distance Education (http://www.ajde.com/) is the internationally recognized journal of research and scholarship in the field of American distance education.

• Journal of Distance Education/Revue de l'enseignement à distance (http://cade.icaap.org/) is an international publication of the Canadian Association for Distance Education (http://www.cade-aced.ca/).

• T.H.E. Journal (http://www.thejournal.com/)
• Best Educational E-practices (http://www.spjc.edu/eagle/BEEP/issues.htm)
• E-learning Magazine (http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/)
• eLearning Journal (http://www.elearningjournal.com/)

Catalogues of Course Providers

• The CISAER Catalogue: (http://home.nettskolen.nki.no/~morten/cisaer/catalogue.html)
• The World Lecture Hall: (http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/)
• TeleCampus online course directory: (http://database.telecampus.com)
• Beta Online Course Database: (http://www.pbnet.com/external/disted.nsf/)

Glossaries

• Glossaries of Learning Technologies Terms (http://olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/info/glosse.html)

SPICE 602: Design of Online Courses

Developing a Course Proposal and an Initial Course Plan

• Step by Step: Planning a College Course, Teaching & Learning at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, http://www.unl.edu/teaching/PlanningCourse.html
• Guidelines for Proposals for New Instructional Programs, University of Nebrask-Lincoln, http://www.unl.edu/svcaa/Policies/CCPENew.html
• Teaching Course Planning, by M. Bradshaw, http://users.netmatters.co.uk/pmb/TE1.html
• WWW – based distance course on the Communication and Information Technologies (CIT course), by Alexei Dovgiallo et al., http://www.dlab.kiev.ua/paper/cit_p.htm
• Web Design for Instruction, University of Saskatchewan, http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/
• Issues to Consider When Developing a Proposal, Texas Womens University, http://www.dl.twu.edu/DLGuidelines/issues.HTM
• Planning Online Courses, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, http://cde.sshe.edu/cde/training/webpearls/ped&techhtm.htm
• So you Want to Teach Online, by Karla Frizler, http://www.ccsf.cc.ca.us/Resources/Title3/intech/fall98/story/so_you.htm
• Innovative Educational Technologies, by Edward Thorpe, http://www.in-ed-tech.com/t&l/fr-def.html
• Web-Based Instruction, Oklahoma State University, http://online.okstate.edu/webbased.htm
• Instructional Design Resources, University of Wisconsin, http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/grp/id.htm
• Artifacts theories: convergence through user-centered design, by Andrew Dillon, http://www.slis.indiana.edu/adillon/adillon-artifacts.html

Designing Course Content

• http://depts.washington.edu/catalyst/planning/class_web.html – Catalyst; Planning considerations for building a class Web site,
• http://teleeducation.nb.ca/eastwest/ – EastWest Project; Gives you an example of an Online Course Template,
• http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/teach/guide/res/examples/course-servers.html – Murdoch University, Australia; Course server software for online teaching,
• http://www.irn.pdx.edu/~idsc-cae/workshops/syllabi/syllabustemplate.html – Gives an example of a template of a course syllabus,
• http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html – The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses.

Designing course assignments and assessments

• http://www.ulst.ac.uk/cticomp/CAA.html – Computer Assisted Assessment (CAA); provides interesting links to tools, resources, and articles on computer assisted assessment.
• http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Education/saphe/default.htm – Self Assessment in Professional & Higher Education (SAPHE); see especially: Saphe info/Self assessment.
• http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/briteideas/ – Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative (LTDI); BrITe Ideas Online; see especially: Assessment.
• http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cgi-bin/res-links/index.html – Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative (LTDI); Links to Other Web sites; see especially: Assessment.
• http://www.adprima.com/student_portfolios.htm – ADPRIMA, Serious educational tools and information: Student portfolios.

Miscellaneous

• Web-based interactive training systems - tools, techniques, and applications (http://gise.org/web.htm)
• Journal of Courseware Engineering (http://www.ifi.uib.no/cce/jce.html)
• IEEE Computer Society, Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF) (http://lttf.ieee.org/)
• Exercise types on the Web and in CAL (http://it-resources.icsa.ch/Pedagogie/ExsListE.html)
• Good Practice in Test and Question Design (http://www.qmark.com/caa/)
• Quizzes/Tests (http://itc.utk.edu/itc/courses/webit130/quiz.html)
• Exambuilder (http://www.exambuilder.com)

List of references from Chapter 3 in the book Web-Based Education System by McCormack and Jones. The references are cited in the CD-ROM that comes with the book:

• World Lecture Hall http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html
• Yahoo's list on On-line Teaching and Learning http://www.yahoo.com/Education/Instructional_Technology/On_line_Teaching_and_Learning
• World-Wide Web Courseware Developers list http://www.unb.ca/web/wwwdev/
• NAWEB http://www.unb.ca/web/wwwdev/naweb97/
• AusWeb http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/
• Web-based Instruction (book) http://cws1.utb.edu/~khanb/wbitc.html
• World-Wide Web Consortium's Web page http://www.w3.org/
• Best Viewed with any Browser home page http://server.berkeley.edu/~cdaveb/anybrowser.html
• Sun report on the redesign of icons http://www.sun.com/sun-on-net/uidesign/usabilitytest.html
• Creating Killer Websites http://www.killersites.com/
• Web page design resources http://webreference.com/design/
• Web pages that suck http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
• Web pages from a user interface perspective http://www.useit.com/
• Bobby http://www.cast.org/bobby/
• Yahoo Picture resources http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Multimedia/Pictures/
• Yahoo Icons resources http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Page _Design_and_Layout/Graphics/
• Designing Web Graphics http://www.mcp.com/4623134298218/newriders/gm/dwg/index.html
• DrHTML http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/
• WebTechs validation service http://www.webtechs.com/html-val-svc/
• GIMP http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~gimp/gimp.html

SPICE 603: Online Teaching and Learning

• The Moderator's Homepage: Resources for Moderators and Facilitators of Online Discussion (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~mpc3/moderators.html) reflects Mauri Collins' and Zane L. Berge's interest in moderating online discussion groups, in and out of the classroom. It contains links to research and other scholarly sources, plus practical applications and tips for moderating in a computer-mediated communication environment.
• A Moderator's Bibliography compiled by Zane Berge and Mauri Collins (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~mpc3/moderate/modbib.html)
• Teachers Net (http://www.teachers.net/)
• CyberLearners.com, Global Online Education Portal (http://www.cyberlearners.com/)
• Teaching and Learning on the Internet (http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/net_teach.html)
• Online Higher Education Notebook (http://www.uis.edu/~schroede/sources.htm)
• Pedagogical Resources. A collection of links about pedagogy and networked instructional technology compiled by Center for Instructional Technology, (http://www.unc.edu/courses/ssp/ped.html)
• Resources related to-web-based education. (http://webclass.cqu.edu.au/Resources/)
• Online-Ed (http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/online-ed/). Online-Ed has the broad aim of fostering awareness in Online Education with an emphasis of the use of the World Wide Web.
• Facilitating Online Learning, A handbook/resource for instructors wishing to facilitate online courses. (http://access.selkirk.bc.ca/mcecalgary/)
• Home Page for the Learner Support for Online Delivery Project (http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/institutes/para/intech/onlndel/home.html)
• Some Thoughts About How to Offer a Course Over the Internet (http://www.edgorg.com/course.htm)
• Thinking About the Internet Pedagogically (http://camden-www.rutgers.edu/~wood/pedagogy.html)
• Pedagogical uses of the Internet (http://crab.rutgers.edu/~wood/pedagogy.html)

SPICE 604: Administration of Online Education

• Course Server Software for Online Teaching (http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/teach/guide/res/examples/course-servers.html)
• Thinkofit: Publications (http://thinkofit.com/pubs.htm)
• Learner services online resources (http://node.on.ca/services/online.html)
• Colleges Sort Through Vast Store of Tools for Designing Web Courses (http://chronicle.com/data/internet.dir/itdata/1997/10/t97102101.htm)

Standard Administrative Systems

There are a number of standard systems for administration and development of online courses. Some of them are listed below: 

• FirstClass (http://www.softarc.com)
• Lotus Learning Space (http://www.lotus.com)
• Next Generation Learning (http://www.sybase.com)
• ToppClass (http://www.wbtsystems.com)
• Virtual U (http://www.vlei.com)
• WebCT (http://homebrew.cs.ubc.ca/webct)
• LUVIT (http://www.luvit.com)
• Web Course in a box (http://www.wcbinfo.com/)
• DisCo (http://www.udd.htu.se/dl/)

SPICE 605: International and Comparative Education

Some Providers of International Online Education

• Globewide Network Academy http://www.gnacademy.org/
• Spectrum Virtual University http://horizons.org
• Virtual Online University http://www.athena.edu
• Phoenix University http://www.uophx.edu
• IMLearn http://www.imlearn.com
• McGraw-Hill World University http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
• The Global Telecom Academy http://www3.itu.ch/VTC/gtu_gtti.htm
• Microsoft Online Institute http://www.microsoft.com
• Global Learning http://www.globallearning.de

International Organizations

• ICDE (http://www.icde.org/) The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) is the global membership organization of educational institutions, national and regional associations, corporations, educational authorities and agencies in the fields of open learning, distance education, and flexible, lifelong learning.
• EDEN. European Distance Education Network: (http://www.eden.bme.hu/)
• More organizations available via (http://www.tunet.net/jfset2.htm).

International Organizations

• Adult Learning Information Centre Europe (http://www.vsy.fi/alice/)
• Association of European Correspondence Schools (http://www.xxlink.com/aecs/index.htm)
• European Association for the Education of Adults (http://www.vsy.fi/eaea/)
• European Association for Distance Teaching Universities (http://www.eadtu.nl/)
• European Distance Education Network (EDEN) (http://www.eden.bme.hu/)
• International Centre for Distance Learning (http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk/icdl/index.htm)
• International Council for Adult Education (http://www.web.net/icae/english/eindex.htm)
• International Council for Open and Distance Education (http://www.icde.org/)

Comparative Education

The following resources were found at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) web site (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CIES/):

• Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES)
  http://fehps.une.edu.au/anzcies/welcome.html
• Comparative Education Review
  http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CER/
• Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE)
  http://www.icce.rug.nl/~cese/
• Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC)
  http://www.uwo.ca/edu/ciesc/
• Council of Learned Societies in Education (CLSE)
  http://members.aol.com/caddogap/clsehome.htm
• Institute of International Education
  http://www.iie.org/
• The International Society for Educational Planning
  http://www.coe.memphis.edu/journals/ep/ISEP.html
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  http://www.unesco.org/
• The University of Hong Kong's Comparative Education Research Centre
  http://www.hku.hk/cerc/
• World Congress of Comparative Education Societies 10th World Congress
  http://www.uct.ac.za/education/wcces/index.htm

Indexes of Online Courses

• Arragob, Database of programs (http://www.arragon.com)
• TeleCampus, Listing of classes ( http://telecampus.edu/)
• Globewide Network Academy, Listing of online courses (http://www.gnacademy.org/)
• New Promise Interactive Index of Online Courses and Degrees (http://www.caso.com/index.htm)
• Peterson's Distance Learning Database Site (http://www.petersons.com/dlearn/)
• The World Lecture Hall (http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/)

Directory of Online Colleges, Internet Universities and Training Institutes (http://www.geteducated.com/dlsites.htm)

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