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Center for Community College Policy
Center for Community College Policy
| A web-based electronic database on issues of community college policy for state officials, college leaders and the media on issues of community college policy at the state level. |
Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project
| Managed and/or created by the faculty of Longview Community College (Missouri) for use in integrating Critical Thinking into all areas of the college curriculum. Resources are categorized by discipline with an additional category for the core resources which are applicable to all the disciplines. |
| Information on critical thinking seminars, inservices, and conferences for professional development, a collection of published and unpublished writings focused on the background and theory of critical thinking, and curriculum guidelines and lesson plans for developing critical thinking skills in students. |
| Originally published in 1996, this article is still relevant for librarians and others interested in critical thinking. |
| A directory of quality online resources for critical thinking from the University of Melbourne (Australia). |
American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
| An international consortium of state universities and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies. Provides information and links to resources including courseware tools, online resources, satellite resources, federal programs & grants, standards, accessibility issues, and trends. |
| A comprehensive and widely recognized Web site managed and maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, in cooperation with its partners and other University of Wisconsin institutions. Brings together distance education information from Wisconsin, national, and international sources. New information and resources are being added on a continual basis. |
| Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. |
| A collection of peer reviewed, higher education online learning materials, assignments, reviews, and people. |
| A project to assess what combination of technology, pedagogy and learner characteristics best enhances student satisfaction with distance education courses. |
| Contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses in any language. |
Diversity Web
| Recommended resources designed for campus practitioners, from faculty members and administrators to student leaders and graduate students. Recommended resources include syllabi, models for faculty development and other materials to help campus practitioners create an environment where diversity is considered part of an on-going commitment to excellence. |
| Collects, analyzes, and disseminates information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S. resources available include an online library and language & education links to national, regional, and state educational policies & resources. |
Community College Web
| Contains a searchable database to community college web sites and resources related to community colleges. |
Big 6 Skills: Information Problem Solving
| Provides overview and in-depth information about the Big6â„¢ approach to teaching information and technology skills. |
| Well-designed course-related library assignments are an effective way to introduce students to library research. These guidelines from California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction, Southern Section are meant to ensure students a positive library experience, and reinforce library use as a means of learning. |
| IQ test from the Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) designed to help you determine the readiness of your institution in integrating information literacy into your curriculum. |
| A general listing of information literacy web sites and resources from Florida International University Libraries. Includes links to associations, higher education programs, standards, papers, presentations, research and accreditation. |
| Advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education. |
Learning Community Commons
| Contains a searchable learning communities directory, news postings, an online Learning Communities Journal, a calendar listing conferences and other learning community opportunities, and a bibliography of resource materials. |
Learning Strategies Database
| The Learning Strategies Database represents a computerized version of information on learning strategies compiled by personnel of the PLUS Program and Center for Advancement of Learning (CAL) at Muskingum College over a ten-year period. The strategies information derives from a number of sources, including books, professional journals, and presentations from professional meetings. |
| A questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their preferences about the ways that \ they want to take-in and give-out information while learning. |
| A tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts. |
Digital Librarian: Education
| A librarian's choice of the best of the web. |
| Information from the Center for Policy Analysis of the American Council on Education on higher education and general education policy, research, and organizations. |
| A well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources. |
Washington Online (WAOL)
| A cooperative effort by the Washington State Community and Technical Colleges to develop and deliver online, asynchronous courses to students at participating colleges in the system. |
Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) Infobits
| Monthly online journal monitors and selects from a number of information technology and instruction technology sources and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators. |
| Online review articles of recently published books in education. ER contains sixteen departments covering the range of educational scholarship. |
| An e-zine covering emerging issues in student affairs and technology. |
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
| A national, voluntary association of colleges and universities with undergraduate or graduate programs to prepare professional educators. |
| Nonprofit, voluntary, professional association whose mission is to provide leadership in developing and implementing policy in the global educational community with a focus on the identification and promotion of standards and best practices in enrollment management, information technology, instructional management, and student services. |
| Higher education association involved with civic engagement, faculty development, assessment and quality. Publishes CHANGE magazine. |
| National umbrella association for higher education. Current information on higher education policy, legislation, and national developments. |
| Works with other higher education associations, the federal government, Congress, and other national associations that represent the public and private sectors to promote the goals of community colleges and higher education. Includes AACCPosition Statement on Library & Learning Resource Center Programs. |
| International association for administrators and researchers in higher education. |
| Scholarly society dedicated to higher education as a field of study. |
| International, nonprofit association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management. |
| Non-profit educational consortium of leading community colleges organized to stimulate innovation and experimentation in all areas of community college development. |
About Community Colleges
| National trends and statistics from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). |
| Conducts research on the major issues affecting community colleges in the United States and to contribute to the development of practice and policy that expands access to higher education and ensures success for all students. |
| NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. |
| A diversity of information about Washington, its people, economy, and government. |
| Economic and revenue forecast publications for the State of Washington. |
State Board of Community & Technical Colleges
Academic.writing
| Interdisciplinary perspectives on communication across the curriculum. Materials currently available include an extensive guide to key issues; dissertations and masters theses ; studies, interviews, and other research material; web sites and other resources including announcements and/or reporting on WAC and CAC conferences. |
| Includes writing center resources, links to writing centers online, resource for writers, email discussion groups for writing centers and writing related issues, electronic and print journals, and a writing center startup kit. |
| Information, resources and links from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). |
Guide to the Open Access Movement
| A guide to the terminology, acronyms, initiatives, standards, technologies, and players in the free online scholarship (FOS) movement " the movement to publish scholarly literature on the internet and make it available to readers free of charge. The guide is a product of the Free Online Scholarship Newsletter. |