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Links to Resources

Technology and Pedagogy

• The Milken Exchange on Education Technology
• Educom: Transforming Education Through Information Technology

Scholarship Relating to Virtual Communities

• Communities On-Line: Community-Based Computer Networks (A. Beamish)
• Virtual Communities?: Public Spheres and Public Intellectuals on the Internet (J. Daniel)
• Inhabiting The Virtual City (J. Donath)
• Visualizing Conversations (J. Donath/K. Karahalios/F. Viegas)
• Finding A Public Affairs Voice on the Internet (J. Hughes)
• Designing Online Communities Class Outline (A. Kim)
• Farina-Doheny, The Wired Neighborhood (review by L. Slade)

Virtual Community and the Classroom

• Comparison of Online Learning Environments (Diversity University)
• Internet-Based Tools for Education (Diversity University)
• The Dialogic Learning Network

On-line fora

• WinonaNet (Winona, MN Daily News)
• POSTnet Forums (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Talkback (Kansas City Star)
• JEONET Forum Board (Iowa City, IA)
• ORION Public Square (Springfield, MO)
• Communities Online Forum (UK Communities Online)
• Online NewsHour: Online Forums (Public Broadcasting System)
• FreeRepublic Forum (FreeRepublic.com)

Internet Links

• Netscan Usenet Report (University of California-Los Angeles)
• miningco.com Usenet Report
• Research Center for Cyberculture Studies (University of Maryland)
• The English Server at Carnegie Mellon University
• Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life
• The Journal of Electronic Publishing
• RhetNet, a cyberjournal for rhetoric and writing
• Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
• MOREnet
• The CAUSE Institute
• The Electronic Book Review

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