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AcademicNet

Provides online information and communication resources for educators interested in technology-based instruction. The site includes updated news and articles about technology, instruction, and learning in higher education. There is a search engine for the site. http://www.academic.com/

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

This group focuses on providing leadership in the area of educational communications and technology. The site provides information on professional development activities, conventions, awards, and employment opportunities. There are links to AECT affiliates and the ECT Foundation. http://www.aect.org/

Center for Educational Leadership and Technology (CELT) Home Page

The primary mission is to integrate current educational reforms and research with effective uses of technology. Offers links to an overview of CELT and information on services, staff, products, and clients. http://www.celtcorp.com/

Educational Technology Resource

Offers web sites on educational technology, including software reviews and online shopping malls for materials on mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, etc.

Educational Technology: World-Wide Virtual Library

Contains journals, conferences, research projects, educational software, and programming information. There is access to publications online and resources for the disabled. http://agora.unige.ch/tecfa/edutech/welcome_frame.html

EDUCAUSE

The focus of the organization is on the transformation of higher education as a result of the impact of information resources and technologies. The site provides access to industry news, conference news, and information on awards and fellowships, current and archival issues of Educom Review, information resources, and the information resources library, as well as the web-based version of "Edupage," a summary of news items on information technology. Educom provides these news summaries three times every week from Edupage¦s most recent issue. http://www.educause.edu/

Impact of Technology

Offered by the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL), the site presents information on the impact of technology on education. There is access to surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, articles, and reports. In addition access is provided to case studies, information on technology trends in U.S. schools, and details of individual projects. The site contains electronic journals, organizations, and research on the topic of technology in education. http://www.mcrel.org/connect/tech/impact.html

Technology and Higher Education Statistics, Surveys, and Reports

Provided by the Center for Instructional Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this site has a bibliography on technology and higher education statistics, surveys, and reports emphasizing the United States. http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-39.html