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Virtual Center for Technology in Education (VCTE)

Making Technology Accessible

The center aims to popularize integration of technology in education. This is one place where you will find all the information required for the successful integration of technology in education. Conceived and developed with an intention of helping every educator and the learner find the required information with ease. As a center of learning it helps to enhance the knowledge of emerging technologies and its applications in education to create a better world.

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Introduction to information and communication technology in education

A free online book from Moursund, D.G. (2005). You may download the pdf version here and document version here


Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW worldwide web

An online book editted by Teddy Freedman to demystify "Web 2" and terms like blogging, wikis, and social bookmarking for teachers who aren’t at present too sure of what it’s all about. You may download the pdf version here


Information Technology: High School Manual

A high school training manual on ICT from the government of Kerala, India, with a strong emphasis on open source software.


Free Materials from Dave Moursund

Dave Moursund's Writings on Information and Communication Technology for Preservice and Inservice K-12 Teachers and Other Educators.The resource include free downloadable ICT books


heory and Practice of Online Learning

Edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in an easily readable form, the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and delivering learning online. The book can be downloaded as single pdf document or browsed  chapter-wise. The table of content is given below:

Part 1 Role and Function of Theory in Online Education Development and Delivery

    1    Foundations of Educational Theory for Online Learning
          Mohamed Ally

    2    Toward a Theory of Online Learning
          Terry Anderson

    3    Value Chain Analysis: A Strategic Approach to Online Learning
          Fathi Elloumi

Part 2 Infrastructure and Support for Content Development

    4    Developing an Infrastructure for Online Learning
           Alan Davis

    5    Technologies of Online Learning (e-Learning)
          Rory McGreal & Michael Elliott

    6    Media Characteristics and Online Learning Technology
          Patrick J. Fahy

Part 3 Design and Development of Online Courses

    7    The Development of Online Courses
          Dean Caplan

    8    Developing Team Skills and Accomplishing Team Projects Online
          Deborah C. Hurst & Janice Thomas

    9    Copyright Issues in Online Courses: A Moment in Time
          Lori-Ann Claerhout

   10   Value Added—The Editor in Design and Development
          of Online Courses
         Jan Thiessen & Vince Ambrock

Part 4 Delivery, Quality Control, and Student Support of Online Courses

   11  Teaching in an Online Learning Context
          Terry Anderson

   12   Call Centers in Distance Education
          Andrew Woudstra, Colleen Huber, & Kerri Michalczuk

   13   Supporting Asynchronous Discussions among Online Learners
          Joram Ngwenya, David Annand & Eric Wang

   14   Library Support for Online Learners: e-Resources, e-Services,
          and the Human Factors
          Kay Johnson, Houda Trabelsi, & Tony Tin

   15  Supporting the Online Learner
         Judith A. Hughes

   16  The Quality Dilemma in Online Education
         Nancy K. Parker


The eLearning Guild's Handbook on Synchronous e-Learning

This FREE Digital Handbook on Synchronous e-Learning is intended for anyone and everyone who wants to produce, lead, or promote live, interactive learning events on the Web. It's packed with job aids, references, examples, and information to significantly reduce the amount of time required to produce online learning events.


E-learning A Guidebook of Principles, Procedures and Practices - Som Naidu

This guidebook will help readers to systematically approach their engagement with e-learning, irrespective of the educational sector or level within which they may be working. The content of this guidebook has been carefully selected to enable readers to consider all the issues in relation to e-learning.Divided into nine chapters, this guidebook discuss issues related to attributes of e-learning, Contemporary trends and practices, e-learning management systems, collaborative designs for e-learning, assessing learning outcomes, e-moderation, and evaluation of e-learning environments.

E-Learning Concepts and Techniques

E-Learning Concepts and Techniques is a collaborative e-book project by Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Department of Instructional Technology  students and guest authors. It was a project-based assignment for the online class, E-Learning Concepts and Techniques Spring 2006  and is dedicated in memory of Justin Bennett (1989-2006). It is also dedicated to those who love to learn as well as to those who inspire that love in others.