INFORMATIK
INFORMATIQUE

Zeitschrift der schweizerischen Informatikorganisationen
Revue des organisations suisses d'informatique
Journal of the Swiss information processing societies

Learning via Internet: Pointers

Jacques Monnard

On-line courses and teaching materials

The World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html
The World Lecture Hall contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc.
Teaching and Learning on the WWW
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/
A list of several hundreds examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning.
Computer Science Education Links
http://www.cacs.usl.edu/~mccauley/edlinks/
A collection of links to materials that support the teaching of Computer Science courses and to other education-related resources.
Virtuelle Fernuniversität Hagen
http://vu.fernuni-hagen.de/feuvus_f.html
The project "Virtuelle Universität - Fern Universität Online" integrates all functions of a traditional university into a homogeneous system. These include not only the teaching materials, but also extended communication facilities and access to administrative functions.
UOL Publishing
http://www.uol.com/
An example of a publisher of on-demand and interactive web-based courseware. UOL serves the academic and the corporate education market through the World Wide Web or corporate intranets.

Organizations and service centers

Edutech: Higher Education and New Technologies in Switzerland
http://www.edutech.ch
The edutech site registers applications of new information technologies in teaching at Swiss universities and other institutions of higher education. It also serves as a meeting point for all persons and groups working in this field.
The NODE Learning Technologies Network
http://node.on.ca/
The NODE is a not-for-profit electronic network facilitating information and resource-sharing, collaboration and research in the field of learning technologies for postsecondary education and training.
EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu/
EDUCAUSE is an international organization with the mission of enabling the transformational changes occurring in higher education through the use of information resources and technologies in teaching and learning.
EDEN &endash; European Distance Education Network
http://www.eden.bme.hu/
EDEN's aim is to foster developments in distance education through the provision of a platform for co-operation and collaboration between a wide range of institutions, networks and individuals concerned with distance education in Europe.

Resource directories

Educational technologies@TECFA
http://agora.unige.ch/tecfa/edutech/welcome_frame.html
The educational technology page of the World Wide Web Virtual Library.
Distance Education Clearinghouse
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
This page gives access to a wide range of information about distance education. New information and resources are being added on a continuing basis.
Yahoo - Education
http://www.yahoo.com/Education/
Good starting point for all kinds of education related information, including distance education and online teaching and learning.

Journals

Educom Review
http://www.educom.edu/web/pubs/edreview.html
Educom Review explores the changing ways we will work, learn, and communicate in the digital world of the 21st century.
First Monday
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
First Monday is a peer-reviewed journal on the Internet. Its aim is to publish original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure.
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/
The aim of this journal is to foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education, through an innovative use of interactive Net-based media.
Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/index.html
Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine reports about people, events, technology, public policy, culture, practices, study, and applications related to human communication and interaction in online environments.
Online Journals
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/lobline.htm
A list of on-line journals dealing with distance education and related themes.

Integrated learning packages

An overview of integrated learning packages
http://node.on.ca/tfl/integrated/
Integrated learning packages are software programs that provide a range of tools for web-based course development and delivery. This page contains information, evaluations and reviews of available tools.
Lotus Learning Space
http://www2.lotus.com/home.nsf/tabs/learnspace
Learning Space is a tool for creating and delivering education and training. It combines the convenience of distance learning with the face-to-face classroom benefits of a collaborative, instructor-facilitated environment.
Top Class
http://www.wbtsystems.com/
Top Class is a tool for web based training, combining an integrated virtual classroom, content creation and management capabilities, and people management abilities.
WebCT
http://homebrew1.cs.ubc.ca/webct/
WebCT is a tool that facilitates the creation of Web-based educational environments by non-technical users. It can be used to create entire on-line courses, or to simply publish materials that supplement existing courses.