Central to the research is the model of a community of inquiry that was developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer in 2000. The model has three elements: social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence. These three elements are essential to an educational experience and must be considered when planning and delivering an online learning experience.

Cognitive presence is the extent to which the participants in any particular configuration of a community of inquiry are able to construct meaning through sustained communication.

Social presence is the ability of learners to project their personal characteristics into the community of inquiry, thereby presenting themselves as ‘real people.’

Teaching presence is defined as the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing personally meaningful and educational worthwhile learning outcomes.

(1) Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Brief description: It is a refereed journal publishing research and review articles in educational technology, instructional design, educational applications of computer technologies, educational telecommunications and related areas.

Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Others: Submission Guidelines ::Quick link to a sample paper

(2) Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology

Brief description: It is a peer-reviewed journal that welcomes papers on all aspects of educational technology and learning. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and technology, cognition and technology, instructional design theory and application, online learning, computer applications in education, simulations and gaming, and other aspects of the use of technology in the learning process.

Publisher: Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada

Others: Information for authors :: Quick link to a sample paper

(3) Educational Technology & Society

Brief description: It is a quarterly journal that seeks academic articles on the issues affecting the developers of educational systems and educators who implement and manage such systems. The articles should discuss the perspectives of both communities and their relation to each other.

Publisher: Published By International Forum of Educational Technology & Society; Endorsed By IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology (IEEE Computer Society)

Others: Authors Guidelines :: Quick link to a sample paper

(4) Journal of Interactive Media in Education

Brief description: It is an interactive journal for interactive media. One of its aim is to foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education.

Publisher: Open University, Knowledge Media Institute, UK.

Others: Submission Guidelilnes :: Quick link to a sample paper

(5) e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology

Brief description: It is an International peer-reviewed electronic journal. The Journal is an multi-faceted publication with content likely to be of interest to policy makers, managers, investors, professional staff, technical staff, and academics within education and training.

Publisher: University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Others: Submission Guidelines ::Quick link to a sample paper

(6) Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Brief description: Articles should address educational technology and may address assessment, attitudes, beliefs, curriculum, equity, research, translating research into practice, learning theory, alternative conceptions, sociocultural issues, special populations, and integration of subjects.

Publisher: Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

Others: Submission Guidelines :: Quick link to a sample paper

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Do you know some open-access refereed journals on educational technology that I do not list here? I appreciate it if you also let me know.

Via my colleague Jason, I learnt this website. It provides comprehensive information and reviews on a lot of existing Course Management Systems. It can also let you compare products by product name, by features, and by preselected group.

The most recent product reviews is about Moodle 1.5.2.

Stephen’s Web by Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes is a leading voice in the areas of learning objects and metadata as well as the emerging fields of weblogs in education and content syndication. He is perhaps best known for his daily research newsletter, OLDaily (short for Online Learning Daily), which reaches thousands of readers across Canada and around the world.

EdTechPost

It is about technologies for learning, thinking and collaborating. EdTechPost is maintained by Scott Leslie, an educational technology researcher and emerging technology analyst.

Weblogg-ed

The Read/Write Web in the Classroom. This weblog is maintained by Will Richardson, blogvangelist and Supervisor of Instructional Technology and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ. This site is dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 realm, technologies that are transforming classrooms around the world.

XplanaZine

It is about Instruction, Innovation, and Immersion. Topics of interests include online learning, literacy, technology, arts, ideascape, and students.

Teaching and Developing Online

Author: Darren Cannell, Location: Canada

Education/Technology - Tim Lauer

I am the principal at Lewis Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. I use this site mainly to make notes to myself about technology and how it can be used by teachers and students to gain a greater understanding of their world, and as a means to tell their stories…

Abject Learning

Reusable media, personal publishing, and petty battles with rivals over power and money…
Person: Brian Lamb, Office of Learning Technology, The University of British Columbia, Canada.

Couros Blog

Alec Couros is Coordinator of Instructional Technologies, Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Canada.

EduResources Weblog

Higher Education Resources Online. This weblog focuses on locating, evaluating, discussing, and providing guidelines to instructional resources for faculty in higher education. …

elearningpost

elearningpost is an intelligent digest of daily links to articles and news stories about Corporate Learning, Community Building, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management, Personalization and more. …

elearnspace

This site and blog explore elearning, knowledge management, networks, technology, and community.

Incorporated Subversion

Social software, online education and james farmer

Learning for 2020

Albert Ip’s Journey to understand what life will be in year 2020 and how we should prepare our next generation to cope with life at 2020. Location: Australia

Teach and Learn Online

Leigh Blackall: Things to do with network learning, flexible learning, and online teaching and learning.

I will continue to add more when I get time.

This article was originally published in Innovate (http://www.innovateonline.info/) as: Glogoff, S. 2005. Instructional blogging: Promoting interactivity, student-centered learning, and peer input. Innovate 1 (5).

This presentation discusses the development and potential for always-on intelligent agent applications that function as virtual assistants. Interacting in a conversational manner, these agents supply information immediately to students and faculty. Over time, the agents become incrementally “smarter” and more capable of providing better information.

To konw more: click here.

The presentation in PDF

iPeer is a new open source web application developed at the Faculty of Applied Science, UBC. iPeer allows instructors to easily develop and deliver peer evaluations to their students. Instructors can compile evaluation results by student or group.

Download at http://sourceaforge.net/projects/ipeer.

Details and demo at http://ipeer.apsc.ubc.ca/ipeer_site/.

A brief overview is also available here (ppt file).

Turnitin is a company located in Oakland, California that offers online tools and services for educators and students in higher schools dealing with submission, reviewing and grading of research paper coursework. The company’s products include Plagiarism Prevention, Peer Review, Grade Mark, Grade Book, and Digital Portfolio.

Recognized worldwide as the standard in online plagiarism prevention, Turnitin helps educators and students take full advantage of the internet’s educational potential. Used by thousands of institutions in over fifty countries, Turnitin’s products promote originality in student work, improve student writing and research skills, encourage collaborative learning, and save valuable instructor time.

The IHMC CmapTools software empowers users to construct, navigate, share, and criticize knowledge models represented as Concepts Maps.

The following may be useful to know more about concept mapping.

• First International Conference on Concept Mapping

It is a very informative post about the topic. I’m considering trying some tools the author suggested.

The post is from XplanaZine, a very good weblog with audio about online learning, technology, students, and many other interesting topics.

Stagecast Creator is a unique product that kids love to use. It bridges two important categories of software, creativity and thinking skill development. It is used in computer labs, classrooms, technology camps, after school programs, and homes.

With Stagecast Creator, girls and boys alike use the computer mouse to create simulations and games completely visually, without a programming language. The only limit is their imagination.

NTU stands for Nanyang Technological University.

“Learning Sciences and Technologies” is an interdisciplinary academic group which focuses on understanding learning in social-cultural contexts with the goal of designing and integrating learning environments and technologies.