EDL325 --Instructional technology
Course Specific Resources
Research Databases
Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs.
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Educational Administration Abstracts
Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 190,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
Samples article and book searches
Best Practices in Educational Technology
Digital Tools and Personalized Learning
Educational Technology and STEM
Emerging Technologies in Education
Copyright--Fair Use--Education
Sample eBooks
How to Create a Podcasts for Education
Audio Online Resources-- (copyright friendly)
"The Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Music Loops, Royalty Free Beats, Royalty Free Bumpers and Stingers, and Royalty Free Sound Effects, posted on this page may be used, in Educational, student and personal, not-for-profit projects, free of charge."
"Jamendo is the world's #1 platform for free and legal music downloads. Jamendo can be free and legal thanks to Creative Commons licenses. They grant the right to download and share music for free and legally. Artists choose to use these licenses, and to use Jamendo as a means to share and promote their music."
"The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet."
"NoiseTrade is a platform designed to help artists build their audiences by distributing free music in exchange for fan data (email & postal code)."
"Musopen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on increasing access to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free."
Contains video and audio resources. Courtesy of BadgerLink, Wisconsin's Online Library.
Images Online Resources-- (copyright friendly)
Unsplash-- extraordinary resource with extraordinary photos. All photos have Creative Commons Zero license, which means they have no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Government Photos and Images | USA.gov
13 No Attribution Required Stock Image Sites
List of Free Stock Images Resources
Google Images (once you've searched, press the 'search tools' tab, then press the 'usage rights' tab)
Creative Commons Explained: