Resources

Computer Facilities

Resources at UT-Austin

ACITS (Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Center) - Provides academic computing and networking services in support of teaching, learning and research.

Campus Computer Labs - Lists of labs located within individual schools and departments for faculty, students and staff.

CIT (Center for Instructional Technology) - A division of the University's Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services (ACITS), CIT combines and expands on several existing enterprises to serve advanced technologies to the U.T. Austin campus and component institutions of the UT System.

Student Microcomputer Facility - A computer lab available to all UT Austin faculty, students and staff that has desktop computers and printers.

Resources at College of Education

LTC (Learning Technology Center) - Offers a wide range of computer facilities and services for College of Education students, faculty and staff.

Job Opportunities

The University of Texas at Austin

U.T. Office of Human Resources - Provides details information regarding employment at U.T. Austin.
Utejas: The U.T. Employment Center - Provides centralized recruiting services for all full and part-time regular, non-academic job vacancies at U.T. Austin.

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Departmental Aid - Provides job opportunities for graduate students in the Curriculum and Instruction Department.

Job Search Information on the Internet

Academic Employment Network - Lists available positions in colleges, primary and secondary educational institutions for faculty, staff, and administrative professionals.

AECT Job Center

AACE Career Center

Education Career Services - Provides resources, information, and career opportunities for students and alumni seeking education-related employment.

Higher Education Resource Hub - Provides a comprehensive collection of information resources in the field of higher education throughout the world

Monster - Worldwide online job bank

Multimedia Job Board - Multimedia Job Bank provided by Portland State University

University Job Bank - An online recruiting / career service developed for college students, graduates, alumni, and other job seekers to find the right career whether in academic or other sectors.

International Teaching Information

International Schools Services - An educational staffing service which places K-12 educators in American and international schools worldwide.

UCI International Opportunities Program - Lists teaching opportunities abroad.

Academic Resources

Professional Conferences
(that faculty and students in IT program have presented at or attended)

AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) - A professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed towards improving instruction through technology

AERA (American Educational Research Association) - International professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application

ED-Media - World conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia, and telecommunications, held by Association for the Advancement of Computation in Education

EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) - An organization that helps educators to engage in discussing ideas on instructional and educational research, as well as research on industrial training

ICLS (International Conference of the Learning Sciences) - An organization with the goal of exploring the nature and conditions of learning as it occurs in educational environments

NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) - The education technology conference sponsored by International Society for Technology in Education.

SERA (Southwest Educational Research Association) - A regional educational research association dedicated to furthering the advancement of research in education

TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) - An association dedicated to the improvement of teaching and learning through the use of computer technology

Journals
(that publish technology related research [not an exhaustive list])

Cognitive Science - The official journal of the Cognitive Science Society, Inc

Computers and Education - Journal that published papers on cognition, educational or training systems development using techniques from and applications in any technical knowledge domain

Computers in Human Behavior - A scholarly journal dedicated to examining the use of computers from a psychological perspective

Computers in the Schools - Journal that looks objectively and seriously at the impact of computers upon learning in the schools

Educational Technology - Periodical that publishes articles in the field of technology in education and training

Educational Technology Research & Development - Journal for the field focusing entirely on research and development in educational technology

Journal of Educational Computing Research - Interdisciplinary journal designed to convey the latest in research reports and critical analyses to both theorists and practitioners

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia - Journal designed to provide a multi-disciplinary forum to present and discuss research, development and applications of multimedia and hypermedia in education

Journal of Educational Psychology - Journal that publishes original, primary psychological research pertaining to education at every educational level, from interventions during early childhood to educational efforts directed at elderly adults

Journal of Educational Technology Systems - Journal that offers a forum for publishing papers from both academia and industry concerning applications of technology that enable or improve learning

Journal of Interactive learning Research - Journal that publishes papers related to the underlying theory, design, implementation, effectiveness, and impact on education and training

Journal of Special Education Technology-E Journal - Journal that presents up-to-date information and opinions about issues, research, policy, and practice related to the use of technology in the field of special education

Journal of Research on Technology in Education - Journal that publishes articles that report on original research, system or project descriptions and evaluations, syntheses of the literature, assessments of the state of the art, and theoretical or conceptual positions that relate to the field of educational computing

Journal of the Learning Sciences - Journal that provides a multidisciplinary forum for the presentation of research on teaching and learning

The American Journal of Distance Education - The internationally recognized journal of research and scholarship in the field of American distance education

International Journal on E-Learning - Journal that includes the research, development, and practice of e-learning

Grants

FEDIX - The largest and the most updated database of research and education funding opportunities.

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) - Grants to support innovative educational reform projects that can serve as national models for the improvement of postsecondary education.

National Institutes of Health - Provides information about ongoing grant programs and special initiatives.

National Research Council - Administers the predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowship programs for a variety of foundations.

National Science Foundation - Grants and awards for a variety of projects related to science and education.

Social Sciences Research Council - An independent nongovernmental, not-for-profit international association devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in social science.

U.S. Department of Education - Gives department guidelines, regulations, and Federal Register documents for applying for a grant or contract.