WEB 101: Education and Teaching Web sites

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The Urban Thirteen Universities.

The Urban Thirteen is a national organization of urban universities. Wayne State University is a member. Here are links to their Web sites. In some cases there are two links; one to the University Web Site and one to the Continuing Education unit's Web Site. [If you count, you will notice that there are fourteen institutions here.]

• Cleveland State University (Ohio)
  Continuing Education (continuing education unit, not a link)
• University of Illinois at Chicago
  Continuing Education and Public Service (continuing education unit, not a link)
• Wayne State University (you are already on the CLL Web Site. CLL is Wayne's continuing education unit. This link is to the University Web Site.)
• University of New Orleans
  Metropolitan College (continuing education unit)
• Temple University (Philadelphia)
  Center City Campus
• University of Pittsburgh
  College of General Studies (continuing education unit, not a link)
• University of Massachusetts at Boston
  Harbor Campus, Continuing Education and Extended Day (continuing education unit, not a link)
• University of Houston
  Division of Continuing Education and Off-Campus Institutes (continuing education unit, not a link)
• City College of New York
  School of General Studies and Continuing Education (continuing education unit)
• University of Alabama-Birmingham
  (continuing education unit)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Division of Outreach and Continuing Education (continuing education unit, not a link)
• University of Missouri-St. Louis
  Continuing Education-Extension (continuing education unit)
• University of Missouri-Kansas City
  Continuing Education and Extension (continuing education unit, not a link)
• University of Cincinnati
  College of Evening and Continuing Education (continuing education unit)

Educational Theory and Practice on the Web

• World Lecture Hall at University of Texas -- directory of Web-based courses -- add your own to the list
• Faculty Computer Camp, University of Illinois at Chicago (Class Notes from "Introduction to Using the Web in the Classroom" 1996 Spring Workshop)
• ACT-R at U Pittsburgh, including PAT (Practial Algebra Tutor)
• Peterson's Guide to Distance Education
• The Virtual University
• ERIC, Educational Resources Information Center (a nationwide information service designed to make education literature readily accessible)

Customized Web Servers

These are total systems that attempt to solve all teaching and learning issues, and to make developing courses on the World Wide Web possible for faculty without programming backgrounds.

• CyberProf from University of Illinois.
• WebCT from University of British Columbia.
• FLS doesn't do all that the above systems do, but we are working on it.

Web Operations

• Using the World Wide Web as a Teaching Tool (WebMaster is Dan Snyder at Wayne State University)
• Web Server Evaluation Page (WebMaster is Paul E. Hoffman)
• World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (WebMaster is Thomas Boutell)
• Web Security FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) (WebMaster is Lincoln D. Stein)
• Yahoo! search site (search all of The Web)
• W3C. (Another list of Web Servers, with assessments)