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Online Journals & Publications

Educause Review, formerly Educom Review -- applicability of articles is not limited to education
U.S. Dept of Education, including education headlines/news
T.H.E. Journal Online, about educational technology uses
- EdTech Conference Planner, a whole passel of education-technology conferences with search options
- Roadmap to the Web for Educators, from T.H.E. Journal - with lists of teaching resources by topic and skill
- T.H.E. Institute "offers educators a range of professional development services"
The Chronicle of Higher Education
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, this week's issue
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, Information Technology
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, Distance Education
SyllabusWeb "useful information on technology used to enhance education" includes Syllabus magazine, trends, product reviews
The Technology Source, journal published by the Michigan Virtual University - scroll all the way to the bottom to see the main menu
TCRecord.org "the voice of scholarship in education"
eLearning Times, quarterly newsletter from Indiana U.
Education Journals online
Issues in Education and Technology, online, publication of the National Academy of Sciences and others
Education Week on the web "American education's online newspaper of record"
The National Teaching & Learning Forum, online supplement to hard copy edition
Teacher Magazine, for K-12, but even if you're not, you might want to look here once in awhile for ideas
EduHound, K-12, online materials for teachers, including thousands of links and sections on making web pages and on buying educational hardware and software
jac "a peer-reviewed journal publishing theoretical articles on a variety of topics related to rhetoric, writing, multiple literacies, and the politics of education"
Virtual Reference Desk, Notre Dame
College Times for Faculty, NY Times
Nutshell Notes, teaching tips online newsletter, U. of Colorado Office of Teaching Effectiveness
Virtual University Gazette, montly newsletter covering the internet university movement
The National Teaching & Learning Forum, online sharing of new teaching methods, some articles free, others by subscription

Conferences

Distance Education Clearinghouse, U. of Wisconsin -- includes news, conferences, etc. having to do with distance education
Civilian Education and Professional Development, Civilian Personnel Management Service (CPMS)
- Conference Summaries
  - Educational Excellence through Teaching, Technology, Transformation, 2003 conference at National Defense University, includes the following
    - What We Know about Learning - Implications for Teaching, by Chickering (local copy)
    - Case Study Teaching Methods, by A'Hearn (local copy)
    - Learning from [student] Feedback, by Clark and Antis (local copy)
    - Shedding the Blinders: Breaking through Roadblocks to Learning, by Severance (local copy)
    - Teaching Excellence: What Do the Best University Teachers Do?, by Dobbins (local copy)
    - 10 Rules for Distance Learning, by Ward and Parkin
Conferences, Seminars, & Institutes posted by EDUCAUSE
Distance Learning On the Net, a portal of DL resources, by Hoyle -- includes conferences and upcoming events
Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT), with publications and annual conferences - focused on education more so than training
American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) "world's premier professional association and leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues" - publications and annual conferences - focused more on training than on education
Conference Alerts, e-mail notification of upcoming conferences in a wide range of academic areas
Collection of upcoming and recent conference proceedings, for a variety of sources, posted by Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Conference page of Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command
Marshall Center's Conference Center, concerned primarily with European security issues
Symposia Directorate, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU -- with four annual symposia, on Europe, Asia-Pacific, Joint Forces, and TBD topic
National Security Institute's (NSI) Security Resource Net, with calendar of events "for the security professional"
Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, with events section
Conference Calendar, by ISN (International Relations and Security Network) and CIAO