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What is the RDN?

The Resource Discovery Network is the UK’s free national gateway to Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community. The service currently links to more than 80,000 resources via a series of subject-based information gateways (or hubs). The RDN is primarily aimed at Internet users in UK further and higher education but is freely available to all.

In contrast to search engines, the RDN gathers resources which are carefully selected by subject specialists in our partner institutions. You can search and browse through the resources, and be confident that your results will connect you to Web sites relevant to learning, teaching and research in your subject area.

The RDN is a collaboration of over seventy educational and research organisations, including the Natural History Museum and the British Library, and builds upon the foundations of the subject gateway activity carried out under the JISC's (Joint Information Systems Committee) eLib Programme.

Organization - The National Center for Online Learning Research (NCOLR)

National Center for Online Learning Research

The National Center for Online Learning Research (NCOLR) is a consortium of partners focusing on the research and development of best practices in online education, particularly higher education. NCOLR is most directly concerned with the delivery of improvement of online education coursework over the Internet, and determining what practices may be involved in making online learning more effective for students.

In December 2000, the Web-Based Education Commission completed and submitted their report titled, "The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice" to the President, to Congress, and to the nation. The commission noted that the Internet "is making it possible for more individuals than ever to access knowledge and to learn in new and different ways." They also observed that the Internet "is allowing for the creation of learning communities that defy the constraints of time and distance". Their investigation resulted in a number of recommendations that represent a call to action on the part of educators and others to work together to realize the full potential of the Internet as an effective tool for learning.

To meet this need NCOLR is pioneering the development of new online learning environments based on learning theories that go beyond direct instruction and presentation of information. These new Interactive Learning Environments (ILE) are being incorporated into course builder technology and tested at the Idaho Virtual Campus through University of Idaho and the the Alabama Virtual Campus through the University of Alabama.

Database - Australian Digital Theses Program

	Australian Digital Theses Program
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Information on this website is copyright. Apart from fair dealing as permitted under the copyright law of your country, no material may be copied or further disseminated without the written permission of the legal holder of that copyright Council of Australian University Librarians. Authors own the copyright of the theses and the relevant institutions should be contacted for special permissions.
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The aim of the ADT project is to create a national collaborative distributed database of digitised theses produced at Australian Universities. The ADT database provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only.

Database - Theses and Dissertations

	Association of African Universities Database of African Theses and Dissertations DATAD
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Welcome to the Database of African Theses and Dissertations Login Page....

Introduction The DATAD database contains citations and abstracts for theses and dissertations completed in African universities. The launching database includes works from all subject areas in ten leading universities and include abstracts written by the authors. In order to search, you must register and then login before you will be able to access brief citations in the DATAD database. To search the entire database you will need to subscribe or connect from a subscribing institution.