Continuing eBook Classroom Studies

Acceptance of eBooks improves at Ball State University. Improvement of visual quality and 'no testing' helps a higher percentage of graduate students recommend eBooks for further classroom use. Many students found reading text material "satisfying & easy." More studies planned for the K-12 population.

Wiggenhorn, Susan. Usability Professionals Association (2003). Articles>Education>Online>eBooks

E-Book Technology and Its Potential Applications in Distance Education    

The potential for distance learning students to use e-books is explored. E-books are gaining wider interest since the introduction of portable electronic reading devices and software-based readers that provide users with more realistic book reading experiences. The paper discusses where to acquire e-book technology, and how to create e-books. It also reports an evaluation to test the usability of different types of e-book compiler software. By using one of the compilers, the use of e-books to improve the interaction between educators and distance learning students in terms of access to teaching and learning materials and submission of assignments is also demonstrated.

Shiratuddin, Norshuhada, Monica Landoni, Forbes Gibb and Shahizan Hassan. Journal of Digital Information (2003). Articles>Education>Online>eBooks

Facilitating Reflection: A Manual for Leaders and Educators

'Reflection' is a vital component of service-learning. This manual was designed for educators and leaders of service groups who have an interest and a commitment to provide reflection opportunities for students and community partners alike. College professors, K-12 teachers, community organization leaders, and leaders of service organizations have all found, 'Facilitating Reflection: A Manual for Leaders and Educators,' a useful supplement to their work.

Reed, Julie and Christopher Koliba. University of Vermont (2005). Books>Education>Service Learning

Power Tools for Technical Communication Instructors Manual  

A PDF version of the instructors manual for Power Tools.

McMurrey, David A. Illuminati Online (2001). Books>Education>Textbooks

Instructional System Design

This process provides a means for sound decision making to determine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of training. The concept of a system approach to training is based on obtaining an overall view of the training process. It is characterized by an orderly process for gathering and analyzing collective and individual performance requirements, and by the ability to respond to identified training needs. The application of a systems approach to training insures that training programs and the required support materials are continually developed in an effective and efficient manner to match the variety of needs in an ever rapidly changing environment.

Clark, Donald. Instructional System Design (1995). Books>Education>Instructional Design>Methods

Online Technical Writing: an Online Textbook

This text is used by students in online technical-communication courses worldwide as well as the online courses below taught by David A. McMurrey, Tim Altanero, and Devorah Feldman at Austin Community College (ACC) in Austin, Texas USA.

McMurrey, David A. Illuminati Online. Books>Education>Textbooks

Strengthening Programs for Writing Across the Curriculum  

This collection of thoughtful, thoroughly grounded essays explores the design of writing-across-the-curriculum programs in new and maturing programs. The collection also contains an appendix listing the results of the first comprehensive survey of writing-across-the-curriculum programs in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.

McLeod, Susan H. Academic.Writing (1988). Books>Education>Writing Across the Curriculum>Writing

Towards Modular Access to Electronic Handbooks    

The paper reports an ongoing project aimed at providing an exemplary architecture for an electronic dissemination environment for scientific handbooks. It focuses on a way of facilitating navigation through and access to electronic handbooks by using a WordNet-like concept hierarchy consisting of synsets (sets of synonyms) that are connected to each other and to external sources by semantic relations for navigational purposes.

Caracciolo, Caterina. Journal of Digital Information (2003). Articles>Education>Instructional Design>eBooks

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach that addresses and redresses the primary barrier to making expert learners of all students: inflexible, one-size-fits-all curricula that raise unintentional barriers to learning. Learners with disabilities are most vulnerable to such barriers, but many students without disabilities also find that curricula are poorly designed to meet their learning needs.

CAST (2008). Books>Education>Accessibility

The Usability of eBook Technology

Although eBooks have not gained the consumer popularity expected by their developers and supporters, they still have a small base. This article explores their use in the education environment.

Bellaver, Richard F. and Jay Gillette. Usability Professionals Association (2003). Articles>Education>Instructional Design>eBooks

Un/Commonplaces: Redirecting Research and Curricula in Rhetoric and Writing Studies   

This project examines commonplace notions of text and intertextuality, the idea that “writing is recursive,” the disciplinary identification and preoccupation with composition rather than writing, and the historical privileging of pedagogy over (and often in lieu of) curriculum development. In tracing these commonplaces, I also work to establish new directions for our research that are sometimes grounded in our own, often overlooked disciplinary theory, while also moving outside of the humanities in search of cross-disciplinary collaboration.

McNely, Brian J. Scribd (2009). Books>Education>Writing>Rhetoric