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This guide is for those interested in the theory and practice of using technology to teach in colleges and universities, including blended learning, distance education, MOOCs, and other forms of online instruction.

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Background information

Handbook of design in educational technology / Edited by Rosemary Luckin, Sadhana Puntambekar, Peter Goodyear, Barbara Grabowski, Joshua Underwood, and Niall Winters.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028.3 .H354 2013
"provides up-to-date, comprehensive summaries and syntheses of recent research pertinent to the design of information and communication technologies to support learning."
Handbook of distance education / edited by Michael Grahame Moore.
3rd ed. New York : Routledge, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5800 .H36 2013
"Comprehensive coverage that includes all aspects of distance education, incluyding design, instruction, management, policy, and a section on different audiences."
Handbook of online learning / editors, Kjell Erik Rudestam, Judith Schoenholtz-Read.
2nd ed. Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .H23 2010
"presents a discussion of the conceptual and theoretical foundations of online learning along with an exploration of practical implementation strategies."

New books

MOOCs in higher education : institutional goals and paths forward / Fiona M. Hollands and Devayani Tirthali.
1st ed.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .H65 2015
Best practices for flipping the college classroom / edited by Julee B. Waldrop and Melody A. Bowdon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .B4698 2016
Globally networked teaching in the humanities : theories and practices / edited by Alexandra Schultheis Moore and Sunka Simon.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .G595 2015
MOOCs and open education around the world / edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .M64 2015
iPads in higher education : proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Use of iPads in Higher Education (ihe2014) / edited by Nicos Souleles and Claire Pillar.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028.43 .I677 2014
Evaluating online teaching : implementing best practices / Thomas J. Tobin, B. Jean Mandernach, Ann H. Taylor.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .T63 2015
Practice-oriented
Teaching online : a guide to theory, research, and practice / Claire Howell Major.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .M245 2015
Practice-oriented
Web writing : why and how for liberal arts teaching and learning / Jack Dougherty and Tennyson O'Donnell, editors.
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PN171 .O55 W43 2015
Practice-oriented.
To MOOC or not to MOOC : how can online learning help to build the future of higher education? / Sarah Porter.
Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing/Elsevier, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .P74 2015
Practice-oriented.
What connected educators do differently / Todd Whitaker, Jeffrey Zoul, Jimmy Casas.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1775 .W437 2015
Practice-oriented.
Academic Bildung in net-based higher education : moving beyond learning / edited by Trine Fossland, Helle Mathiasen and Mariann Solberg.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .A24 2015
Student engagement online : what works and why / Katrina A. Meyer.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 378.08 .E68 V.40:NO.6
Practice oriented.
Best practices in online program development : teaching and learning in higher education / Elliot King, Neil Alperstein.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .K56 2015
Practice-oriented.
Leveraging the ePortfolio for integrative learning : a faculty guide to classroom practices for transforming student learning / Candyce Reynolds and Judith Patton ; forword by Terry Rhodes.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1029 .P67 R46 2014
MOOCS / Jonathan Haber.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .H27 2014
Conquering the content : a blueprint for online course design and development / Robin M. Smith.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .S617 2014
Practice-oriented.
Open education : a study in disruption / Pauline van Mourik Broekman ... [et al.].
London ; New York : Rowman and Littlefield International, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5800 .O635 2015
Minds on fire : how role-immersion games transform college / Mark C. Carnes.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .C38 2014
Culture and online learning : global perspectives and research / edited by Insung Jung and Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena ; series foreword by Michael Grahame Moore.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5803 .C65 C85 2014
Evaluation of online higher education : learning, interaction and technology / Ana Balula, António Moreira.
Cham ; New York : Springer, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2331.62 .B35 2014
Practice-oriented.
The war on learning : gaining ground in the digital university / Elizabeth Losh.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .L67 2014
Postsecondary play : the role of games and social media in higher education / edited by William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin, Tracy Fullerton, and Gisele Ragusa.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .P68 2014
Active learning spaces / Paul Baepler, D. Christopher Brooks, J.D. Walker, editors.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.2 .A285 2014
Assuring quality in online education : practices and processes at the teaching, resource, and program levels / edited by Kay Shattuck, series foreword by Michael Grahame Moore.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028.5 .A745 2014
An education in Facebook? : higher education and the world's largest social network / edited by Mike Kent and Tama Leaver.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2395.7 .E338 2014
Community engagement 2.0? : dialogues on the future of the civic in the disrupted university / edited by Scott L. Crabill (Associate Professor and Interim Vice Provost, Communication and Journalism, Oakland University, USA) and Dan Butin (Founding Dean and Associate Professor, School of Education & Social Policy, Merrimack College, USA).
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC221 .C68 2014
A guide to online course design : strategies for student success / Tina Stavredes and Tiffany Herder.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.87 .S73 2014
Practice-oriented.
Redesigning courses for online delivery : design, interaction, media, & evaluation / by Robyn E. Parker.
First edition. Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028.5 .P327 2013
Re-imagining the creative university for the 21st century / edited by Tina (A.C.) Besley, Michael A. Peters.
Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2325 .R38 2013

Journals

The Chronicle of higher education.
[Washington, etc., Chronicle of higher education, etc.]
Green Library » Current periodicals » LA227.3 .C5
Computers and education.
New York, Pergamon Press.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB2300 .C6 V.53 N.3-4 2009
International journal of mobile and blended learning [electronic resource].
Hershey, PA : IGI Publishing, c2009-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Journal of research on technology in education : JRTE.
Eugene, OR : International Society for Technology in Education, c2001-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Request for use in Green Library » LB1028.5 .A82 V.38 2005/2006
Journal of science education and technology.
New York, NY : Plenum Press,
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB1028.3 .J687 V.17 2008

Databases

IGI Global Portal

IGI Global: Database Search.
Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
IGI Global's portal to ebooks in the field of educational technology allows Stanford patrons to download chapters and/or entire books to read on a variety of computers and mobile devices.

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Websites

EDUCAUSE
"EDUCAUSE® is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education."
NMC (New Media Consortium)
"The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology — from the practitioners who work with new technologies on campuses everyday; to the visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, and research centers; to its staff and board of directors; to the advisory boards and others helping the NMC conduct cutting edge research."