Resources
There are numerous on-line and
off-line resources available to you to help you become a better
researcher. You will be given a tour of the IT Department so you'll
be able to locate off-line resources such as journals and encyclopedias.
Below are some links to web-based resources. Please recommend
additional resources as you locate them.
| Instructional Technology Research Online (InTRO) | This resource was first developed by four IT doctoral students (John Farquhar, Steve Harmon, Marshall Jones, and Dan Surry), |
| Center for Social Research Methods | This resource is extensive thanks to the long-term contributions of Bill Trochim, a professor at Cornell University. |
| "White Papers" from U.S. Department of Education | These research papers were written for "The Secretary's Conference on the Effectiveness of Educational Technology" in 1999. |
| Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) Research | This Apple Computer site provides information about perhaps the most extensive instructional technology research project ever conducted. |
| Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) | The CRITO site includes excellent research reports produced by Hank Becker and his associates at the University of California, Irvine. |
| ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology | This government-sponsored resource, located at Syracuse University, includes research reports related to educational technology (as well as library and information science.) |
| Instructional Technology Connections | Martin Ryder from the University of Colorado - Denver maintains this site that includes good links to instructional technology research. |
| The Center for the Study of Technology and Society | This site provides information on cutting edge "research" in a wide range of topics related to instructional technology. |
| "The No Significant Differences Phenomenon" Website | This site presents evidence in support of Richard Clark's claim he media make no difference in learning. (Note the link to studies that do claim to have found differences.) |
| West Virginia Story: Achievement Gains from a Statewide Comprehensive Instructional Technology Program | This report from the West Virginia Department of Education and the Milken Family Foundation claims to show the effects of instructional technology on achievement tests. |
| Using the Web to Access Online Education Periodicals | ERIC Digest |
| Philosophy of Science | Online module created by Professor McCleary at the University of California, Irvine. |
| Publishing Educational Research: Guidelines and Tips" | Online module created by Kay Uchiyama & Genet Kozik-Rosabal. |
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