Learning and Learners

Adult

• How Adults Learn - Marcia L. Conner

  Overview of adult learning theory, list of books about how adults learn, links to other websites on adult learning, and links to some interesting and relevant sites.

  http://marciaconner.com/resources/adult-learning

• Principles of Adult Learning - Stephen Lieb, Faculty Development, Honolulu Community College

  Describes characteristics of adult learners, sources of motivation for the adult learning (and barriers to motivation), and instructional tips for educators who work with adults.

  http://www.floridahealth.gov/AlternateSites/CMS-Kids/providers/early_steps/training/documents/principles_adult_learning.pdf

Diversity

• Diversity Equity & Inclusive Excellence - Association of American Colleges and Universities

  Comprehensive compendium of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education.

  http://www.aacu.org/resources/diversity-equity-and-inclusive-excellence

• Resources on Race and Racism - American Psychological Association

  Provides a list of resources that address diversity, race and ethnicity issues both inside and beyond institutions of higher education.

  http://www.apa.org/topics/race/index.aspx

• Equity Resources - UBC Equity and Inclusion Office

  Extensive list of web links and local resources concerning equity.

  http://equity.ubc.ca/resources

• Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity - Duke University

  Links to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies and resources.

  http://studentaffairs.duke.edu/csgd

• Inclusive Teaching - Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington

  Collection of resources, examples, insights from faculty, and stories from students that can help members of the teaching communities accomplish their goal of teaching more inclusively.

  http://www.washington.edu/teaching/files/2012/12/Inclusive.pdf

Evaluating Websites

• Evaluating Information Sources - UBC Library

  Provides clearly laid-out criteria for evaluating resources.

  http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/evaluating-information-sources

• Evaluation of Information Sources - World-Wide Web Virtual Library

  Numerous links to articles and resources that provide criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.

  http://personal.victoria.ac.nz/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm

• Teaching Undergrads WEB Evaluation - American Library Association

  Report about trying to provide accurate ways for undergraduate students to evaluate web resources for their research.

  http://www.ala.org/cfapps/archive.cfm?path=acrl/undwebev.html

• WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation - Cyberbee

  A form for rating the curriculum content on websites.

  http://www.cyberbee.com/guides_sites.html

Glossaries

• Learning, Performance and Training Acronyms

  Acronyms organized alphabetically.

  http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/acron.html

• Acronym Finder

  Allows you to enter in the exact acronym or the first few letters of the acronym to learn its expanded form or to enter keywords for the equivalent acronym.

  http://www.acronymfinder.com

Learning Communities

• Communities of Practice: Learning as a Social System - Etienne Wenger

  Paper by Etienne Wenger – one of the founding fathers of Social Learning Theory and the concept of “Practiced Communities.”

  http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/cop/lss.shtml

• Online Learning Communities: If You Build Them, Will They Stay? - Janette R. Hill, University of Georgia and Arjan Raven, Georgia State University

  Report on a study that explored best practices for community building in Web-based instruction.

  http://itforum.coe.uga.edu/paper46/paper46.htm

• Professional Learning Communities: What are They and Why are They Important? - Issues... about Change, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1997)

  “This paper focuses on what Astuto and colleagues (1993) label the professional community of learners, in which the teachers in a school and its administrators continuously seek and share learning and then act on what they learn. The goal of their actions is to enhance their effectiveness as professionals so that students benefit.”

  http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues61.html

Learning Disabilities

• LD Resources - LD Online

  Online resources and a specific section devoted to listing of helpful organizations and other resources available in Canada.

  http://www.ldonline.org/ldresources/help.html

• National Educational Association of Disabled Students

  Some online publications available.

  http://www.neads.ca/en/about/publications

• ldresources.org

  Resources, links, recommended readings and more.

  http://www.ldresources.org

• Disability Resource Center - University of Florida

  A wide range of overview articles.

  http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/faculty.php

Learning Styles

• Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire

  A list of 44 questions that can be submitted and automatically scored on the Web. One can find out whether one is an active or reflective, sensing or intuitive, visual or verbal, and sequential or global learner.

  http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

• Learning Styles - Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

  Overview article with links.

  http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html

Learning Theories

• Summaries of Learning Theories and Models

  Learning theories and models relevant for cognitive science, psychology, education, HCI, and instructional design:

  • Descriptive theories
  • Design theories & models
  • Learning theories & models
  • Perspectives
  • Social learning theories

  http://www.learning-theories.com

• Learning - Funderstanding

  Includes information about the brain, choice theory, creativity, curriculum, social emotional learning, and theory. Content comes from leading educators as well as experts in their respective fields.

  http://www.funderstanding.com/learning

• Learning Theory: Models, Product and Process - infed

  “What is learning? Is it a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process? Here we survey some common models.”

  http://infed.org/mobi/learning-theory-models-product-and-process

• Learning Theories - Instructional Design

  Links to no less than 30 theories. Basic overview and examples provided at each link.

  http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/index.html

Multiple Intelligences

• Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education - infed

  Explores the theory of multiple intelligences; why it has found a ready audience amongst educationalists; and some of the issues around its conceptualization and realization.

  http://infed.org/mobi/howard-gardner-multiple-intelligences-and-education

• Multiple Intelligences for Education - Walter L. McKenzie Jr.

  Provides information about various aspects of MI, including a host of “immersion experiences”, examples and other links.

  http://www.surfaquarium.com/MI

• Tapping Into Multiple Intelligences - Concept to Classroom

  Provides information about various aspects of MI, such as “What do MI have to do with my classroom?”, “Who are the critics of this theory and what do they say?” and more…Readers can also see demonstrations of MI, and get help implementing MI.

  http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html

Plagiarism

• Avoiding Plagiarism - Purdue Online Writing Lab

  Tips for writers who wish to avoid plagiarism.

  https://www.purdueglobal.edu/blog/online-learning/plagiarism-and-paraphrasing/

• Plagiarism Prevention Resources - Teaching and Learning with Technology, Pennsylvania State University

  Combination of information and further links about the topic of cyberplagiarism.

  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism

• Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington

  Explains what plagiarism is and how to recognize it.

  http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml