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Resources in Swinburne Library

The Library has books, videos and other resources about Flexible Learning

Some useful headings you can use to Search the Library include:

• Open learning; Distance education; Computer assisted instruction; Interactive multimedia; Video conferencing

You can find more by browsing along the shelves around these call numbers:

• 006.6
• 371.35
• 374.0 to 374.4
• 378.173

Databases

• Academic One File (Infotrac)
• A+ Education (Informit) - an online collection of articles from more than 130 Australian journals indexed in AEI, the Australian Education Index, produced by the Cunningham Library at ACER.
• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
• Education Research Complete (EBSCOhost)
• ERIC the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center
  • ERIC database on EBSCOhost (contains references, abstracts and some fulltext)
• Educator's Reference Desk (Web version)
• informaworld (Taylor & Francis)

Electronic Journals

• Australian Educational Computing Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE)
• Australian Journal of Education Technology
• EDUCAUSE Quarterly
• International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
• Journal of Interactive Media in Education Free electronic journal by Open University (UK)
• Journal of Online Learning and Technology (JOLT)
• Learning Circuits An online magazine examining new technologies being applied to learning

Discussion groups and mailing lists

• DeLiberations on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• EDTECH Archive site for the EDTECH discussion list, EDTECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU
• International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, Germany
  

Conferences

Australia

• NCVER news & events
• Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) has annual conferences

International

• International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) lists upcoming regional and world conferences
• EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) events page

Funding, grants and scholarships

• Swinburne Research Funding
• AUDF - Apple University Development Fund
• AUSTAFE / AVETRA Research Scholarships
• LearnScope
• Worldskills Australia

Links to Organisations and Associations

Australian

• Australian Flexible Learning Framework (previously Education Network Australia EdNA Online)
• Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee (AICTEC)
• Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA)
• The Centre for Learning Innovation (NSW Dept of Education & Training)
• Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
• National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER)
• National Training Information Service (NTIS)
• Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)
• Open Universities Australia (was Open Learning Australia)
• Skills Victoria
• TAFE Virtual Campus
• Training Products Australia is the national publisher & distributor of Training Packages and VET support materials.

International

• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
• Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE)
• Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• European Council of International Schools
• International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
• World Association for Online Education (WAOE)

Links to other useful sites

Australian sites

• Australian Flexible Learning Framework has Flexible Learning Toolboxes and a page on Designing and Implementing E- Learning which provides information on how to design e- learning , from crosswords to role plays, quizzes to project work, debates & digital stories. Also look for their a Gallery of Strategies and a section on Assessing Online.
• FUSE access to 1000's of Australian and International educational resources
• Reframing the Future
• Resource Generator A support resource for national Training Packages
• TAFE Virtual Campus Online Courseware Select "Online Teaching Resources" under the Teachers area
• WestOne (Western Australia)

International sites

• EDUCAUSE World Wide Web Server
• NODE Distance Learning Technologies Network site for Distance Education, Network and Learning Technologies
• The Open University
• Open University Press
• World Lecture Hall (pages by educators worldwide who deliver class materials on the web)

Links to University and TAFE Sites

Australian

• Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods (CEDAM)
• Curtin eLearn Distance Education
• Institute for Interactive Multimedia & Learning (UTS)
• Learning & Teaching at UNSW
• Centre for Learning and Professional Development (University of Adelaide)
• TAFE VC Virtual Campus
• The Teaching and Education Development Institute

How to cite the publications you have used

• Ask your teacher what style you should use. Swinburne Library's Harvard style guide is a useful guide.