HTW Berlin Fachbereich 4 Internationaler Studiengang Internationale Medieninformatik (Master) DIDACTM : The Didactics of Media Winter Term 2009/10

Books

• M. Kerres. Multimediale und telemediale Lernumgebungen. Konzeption und Entwicklung. 2. Auflage. Oldenbourg Verlag, München, Wien. 2001.
• R. Schulmeister. Grundlagen hypermedialer Lernsysteme. Theorie - Didaktik - Design. Oldenbourg Verlag, München, Wien. 1997. (English version is available online)
• R. Schulmeister. Lernplattformen für das virtuelle Lernen. Evaluation und Didaktik. Oldenbourg Verlag, München, Wien. 2003.

Sites / Blogs

• Beats Bibliothek: http://beat.doebe.li/bibliothek/
• Beat Döbeli Honegger's blog: Beat blog
• Michael Kerres' blog: learninglab
• James Clay's blog: Elearning stuff

Didaktics with a "k"

• Starting a Dialogue: A Beginning Conversation Between Didaktik and the Curriculum Traditions. Stefan Hopmann and Kurt Riquarts. in: Teaching as a Reflective Practice. The German Didaktik Tradition Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2000. ISBN 0-8058-2920-2
• The Significance of Classical Theories of Bildung for a Contemporary Concept of Allgemeinbildung. Wolfgang Klafki in: Teaching as a Reflective Practice.

Collaborative learning

• http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/innovations/
• CSCW Link collection of the TU Munich. This is a very comprehensive list.

Behaviorism

• http://www.stangl-taller.at/ARBEITSBLAETTER/LERNEN/KonditionierungKlassisch.shtml - A very good hypertext about learning in German.
• B. F. Skinner Foundation

Constructivism

• Lernen als „konstruktiver“ Prozess: Trugbild oder Wirklichkeit? von Werner Brandl M.A.
  Aktualisierte Fassung eines Artikels, der in schulmagazin 5 bis 10, Heft 5/1997 erschienen ist.
• Wikipedia entry on "Logo"
• Beats Biblionetz Begriffe: Konstruktivismus

Cognitivism

• Cognitivism - Cindy Buell, Central Oregon Community College

On-line Curriculum and Pedagogy Questions

• David Jones, Colin McCormack: Pedagogy for Web-based Education
• Resources for Teaching and Learning with Technology , Compiled by the Pedagogy Task Force Faculty Information Technology Advisory Committee (FITAC) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Inquiry Based Learning: Inquiry Based Learning is a practical pedagogy for teachers who want their students to work in projects and to explore their own world.
• Distributed Course Delivery for Problem Based Learning : San Diego State University
• Web-based Pedagogy and Teaching Strategies
• Web Based Learning Resources Library , Hosted by Robert H. Jackson
• e-teaching.org: Extremely comprehensive German-language resource for eLearning

On-line Evaluation

• Douglas Eder: Classroom Assessment Techniques
• Designing and Managing Multiple Choice Questions: John Carneson, Georges Delpierre and Ken Masters
  The examples are in in Appendix C: http://web.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html

On-line Educational Institutions

• Ralf Schulmeister: Virtuelle Universität. Virtuelles Lernen. (2001) - Oldenbourg, Mchn.; ISBN: 3486257420
• Phoenix University : This is an on-line university in the USA. There is, however, some concern that this school and others are just diploma mills. (Fake Online College Diplomas and Degrees, UoP ad, degree.net)
• Virtuelle Fachhochschule , This is an on-line University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
• Studieren im Netz , Germany. (closed down in 2008)
• Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern
• VIROR: Virtuellen Hochschule Oberrhein (closed down in 2003)
• ULI: Universitäre Lehrverbund Informatik
• MuSOFT: Multimedia in der Softwaretechnik (no new material here for many years)
• BMBF: www.medien-bildung.net (closed down in 2009, history is documented on this page), www.bmbf.de/pub/nmb_kursbuch.pdf (2004)
• Open University, London
• Kaplan University (YouTube video, Onlinedegree review)
• Manchester College of Professional Studies
• List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning

Mindmaps

• www.mind-map.com
• http://java.cs.vt.edu/Public/View/CHCISoftware/cjhotdraw.txt

(e)Learning Communities

• FAQ Learning Communities
• The journal Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts publishes papers reporting original research and other issues relating to the learning of individuals, groups, communities and organizations. The emphasis is on the socio-cultural dimensions of learning in these different contexts and configurations.
• Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace. Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom
  von Rena M. Palloff , Keith Pratt. Jossey-Bass, 1999 (An oldie but goodie)
• Design for Community. The Art Of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places.
  von Derek M. Powazek. New Riders, 2002. (Dated technical how-to with some great ideas)
• The Turing Game: Exploring Identity in an Online Environment
  Berman, Joshua and Amy Bruckman. "The Turing Game: Exploring Identity in an Online Environment." Convergence , 7(3), 83-102, 2001. (Many papers by the research group at http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/elc/papers.html)
• Harvard Networked Learning Community