HighWire Stanford University

My Instructor gave this assignment on Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources. I evaluated and identified HighWire which is a division of the Stanford University Libraries that host 1426 Journals, Books, Reference Works & other Scholarly Publications (HighWire, 2010).

HighWire is a valuable resource because it has the ability to locate thousands of articles according to your topic choice is seconds. Example from the HighWire Home page I searched the Information Processing Theory topic and got 84,438 related article results. Once you have selected your article of choice HighWire will provide a free view of the abstract of the article and also give the option of subscribing to the RSS and this can be selected right from the abstract page.

Buzzle.com Intelligent Life on the Web

My Instructor gave this assignment on Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources. I have identified and evaluated Buzzle.com. and find it to be very resourceful.

Buzzle.com is a valuable resource to utilize because it has a simple layout that is organized, and easy to locate information. This web site laid out in an easy read format; it has headings that attract you to click and find more information. You can custom Google search for articles of your choice that are on Buzzle.com. For example, I searched information processing theory and approximately 100 articles related were listed in Buzzle.com within seconds. It lists categories such as Animals & Pets, Education & Higher Learning, Government & Politics, and Food & Drinks to Travel & Tourism and then gives you many articles to select from. Buzzle.com also displays the most recent articles on the main page where you can retrieve, read and or print what you need. I especially like how all the information is right at your fingertips and the web site is not overwhelming to locate information.

T+D Blog: Improv....As a Training Tool

T+D Blog: Improv....As a Training Tool

The Doorway to Professional Learning

The Doorway to Professional Learning

Posted on January 11, 2011 by kdsutherland

This blog was created to seek and learn information on instructional designers on an online environment.  I want to learn how to navigate on this site, learn technical techniques, and establish networking relationships so I can develop future training programs in my workplace.
 The following blog web sites were selected because they were simple and had the information needed to develop instructional materials.

1.  Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT) 

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/   C4LPT is a subscription base online resource focusing on “trends, technologies and tools” for education and training professionals.  This includes instructional articles about eLearning and the tools and technology required to implement it.
2.  International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning (IJITDL)                        
www.itdl.org  The IJITDL is a free academic journal focused on advancing the fields of education and training.  The journal is published monthly and includes documents about instructional design, technology in education distance learning, research, theory and more.
3.   The Learning Circuits Blog           www.learningcircuits.org
  The Learning Circuits Blog is apart of American Society for Training and Developing (ASTD) online tool for publishing topical news, articles, links, useful resources and product demonstrations and reviews. Also Learning Circuits implements several web 2.0 tools including a blog and discussion forum that provide an extensive amount of information and support of the field of Instructional Design and Technology.
References
1. Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. (2008). Retrieved January 10, 2011 from http://c4lpt.co.uk/index html
2. International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning. (2008). Retrieved January 11, 2011 from http://itdl.org/
3.  Learning Circuits. (2008). Retrieved  January 11, 2011 from http://www.learningcircuits.org