<>  S I T E F I N D E R <> Vol 2 Issue 10 <> ISSN 1465-8224   SiteFinder Adventure and Experiential Education Directory Ezine   Your free monthly newsletter associated with the SiteFinder Directory: http://reviewing.co.uk/sitefinder/index.htm edited by Roger Greenaway roger@reviewing.co.uk   YOU control your free subscription. Details are at the end.   <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <>   CONTENTS > 1 < Using the Internet for Research in Outdoor Learning   .......... A UK and Global Perspective   This issue of SiteFinder is simply a handy list of links for learning about outdoor learning using the internet. Whether you are a researcher or a practitioner (or both) I hope you will find these links helpful - and easy to find   OLD HAND? If you are a regular SiteFinder reader you will have seen most of these links before. This issue brings together some of the best links into one handy issue.   NEW SUBSCRIBER? You will find reviews of many of these links in earlier issues of SiteFinder - from the SiteFinder archives link at: http://reviewing.co.uk/archives/index.htm   ALL READERS: This list is growing and changing all the time. Please write to roger@reviewing.co.uk to suggest improvements or additions.   Roger Greenaway, Editor of SiteFinder   <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <>   CONTENTS <> 2 <> GENERAL SEARCHING   Help http://www.windweaver.com/searchlinks.htm http://www.searchenginewatch.com http://www.searchiq.com   Worldwide http://www.savvysearch.com http://www.metacrawler.com http://www.dogpile.com   Librarians' Favourites http://www.infind.com [since disappeared] http://www.nlsearch.com http://www.google.com   UK http://www.mirago.co.uk   Automated Searching (global) http://www.tracerlock.com   CONTENTS <> 3 <> RESEARCH SITES  - ac.uk   SOSIG: Social Sciences Information Gateway http://sosig.ac.uk   BERA: British Educational Research Association http://www.bera.ac.uk   CRN: Countryside Recreation Network Research Directory http://sosig.ac.uk/crn/rd/   CONTENTS <> 4 <> THESES AND JOURNALS - global   Thesis abstracts. Fee needed to get beyond the free sample. http://www.theses.com   Library containing 174 Academic Press journals. Fees charged. http://www.idealibrary.com [dead link?]   Experiential Education articles and a chance to 'chat' with authors. http://www.ael.org/eric/chat.htm   CONTENTS <> 5 <> WEBSITES ORGANISED BY TOPIC   DIRECTORIES http://dmoz.org - the Open Directory edited by volunteers http://www.yahoo.com (or co.uk) http://www.looksmart.com (or co.uk)   WEB RINGS Websites grouped by subject and linked via their home pages. http://www.webring.com   OUTDOOR LEARNING RESEARCH WEBSITES http://www.tarrak.com http://www.outwardbound.com.au   DIRECTORIES, DATABASES AND LINKS PAGES   Experiential Education and Youth Work: an excellent gateway to USA and UK resources. http://www.youthwork.com   Christian Itin's huge site is full of links for experiential education, social work and for every kind of therapy. http://www.geocities.com/dr_adventure/links.html   Baobab's Natural Philosophy Center - lots of environmental topics and a free ezine baobabcomputing.com/naturalphilosophy [dead link?]     CONTENTS <> 6 <> FINDING HELPFUL PEOPLE   ASK AN EXPERT     Training http://www.trainingzone.co.uk   or find discussion lists that attract topic experts ...   OUTDOOR LEARNING DISCUSSION LISTS   How to join (or leave) these 7 outdoor discussion lists Adventure Therapy, Association for Experiential Education, Outdoor Curriculum, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Research, Ropes, and Wilderness Orientation: http://reviewing.co.uk/outdoor/discussion-lists.htm   Rob Benson (Crossroads Experiential Learning) has links to 25 experiential education discussion lists: http://www.magnolia.net/~xroads [URL may have changed]   Of special interest to researchers is 'Scisco Conscientia' where each month's discussion centres around a new research article Note added since publication: Scisco was shut down in 2001, but you can find some of the articles by doing a web search for 'Scisco Conscientia'   CONTENTS <> 7 <> OUTDOOR LEARNING DISCUSSION LIST ARCHIVES   'OUTRES' outdoor research list has a web-based archive at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/outres.html   On lists without archives you may find that some list members have created their own archives that they will kindly search for you.   CONTENTS <> 8 <> OUTDOOR INFORMATION, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS   The Outdoor Noticeboard at: http://reviewing.co.uk/outdoor/notices.htm   Where Can I Find ...? http://reviewing.co.uk/directory/where.htm   CONTENTS <> 9 <> BULLETIN BOARDS   Lots of very quiet ones around. The ones most likely to succeed notify people when someone responds to their posting. They are effectively short term single topic discussion lists. Good examples are...   the Freepint Bar where you will find lots of information professionals hanging out: http://www.freepint.co.uk   and TrainingZone where helpful trainers are at hand: http://www.trainingzone.co.uk   CONTENTS <> 10 <> E-NEWSLETTERS ABOUT OUTDOOR LEARNING   Intercom is about Experiential Learning and Adventure Programming. Co-editors: Sandra Hernandes Simon Priest     SiteFinder helps you find internet resources about outdoor learning: http://reviewing.co.uk (join or view archives) sitefinder-subscribe@topica.com (to subscribe)   CONTENTS <> 11 <> OUTDOOR LEARNING ORGANISATIONS   AfOL: The Association for Outdoor Learning http://www.outdoor-learning.org http://www.outdoor-learning.org   AEE: The Association for Experiential Education http://www.aee.org   AEE Europe - includes English language bibliographies, newsletter and links and brief descriptions of research sites. http://www.erlebnispaedagogik.de   EIOAEE: European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning - includes research articles http://www.eoe-network.org   CONTENTS <> 12 <> LEARNING THEORIES   50+ training and learning theories http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/educ/tip/1.htm [URL may have changed]   CONTENTS <> 13 <> FINDING OUTDOOR [ACTIVITY] INFORMATION ON THE WEB   Article by Richard Nelsson for FreePint April 1999 #37 http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/290499.htm   World Outdoor Web (UK based) http://www.w-o-w.com   Adventure Activities Portal Sites A-Z http://reviewing.co.uk/outdoors/links.htm   CONTENTS <> 14 <> QUESTIONS   ??????????????????????????????????????????? CHALLENGING QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCHERS ???????????????????????????????????????????   The internet is an amazing gift to researchers.   Are old habits holding us back?   What new habits will help us to exploit these opportunities to the full?   In this electronic free-for-all of endless opportunities, what can we do to make it work for us?   How is the internet likely to influence research in our field?   How has the internet already influenced the way we do research?   Will research become more homogenous or more diversified as a result of this global sharing of research and our ideas about research?   Will researchers need to acquire internet skills and cultivate electronic relationships to complement traditional research skills?   Will the internet help us to close the gap between research and practice?   Will our adventures in cyberspace really help to enrich the quality and effectiveness of adventures in the outdoors?   Guess the answers if you like - or take action to bring about the answers you want.   Why not take take the initiative? For example, try setting up a closed or open research community around your interests at http://www.vicinities.com [link not working 01/10/2001] or at http://www.egroups.com   Most of the information above is drawn from past issues of SiteFinder ezine. If you find innaccuracies or know of other good ways of using the internet for research (especially in outdoor learning) please contact me at roger@reviewing.co.uk so that I can improve this resource - for you and others.   As I learn more about ways of using this vast living library to assist the quality of research in our field, I will be pleased to share your discoveries and mine through SiteFinder and through the outres discussion list - both of which have searchable web-based archives at: http://reviewing.co.uk/archives/index.htm http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/outres   SiteFinder Directory and SiteFinder Ezine are both dedicated to helping you to explore this question:   ''HOW and WHY are people are using outdoor adventure for learning, growth, development, empowerment, education, training, therapy, reflection or inspiration?''   <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <>   <> TRACKERS' TIPS, SITEOWNERS' TIPS, SITE REVIEWS AND AWARDS, NEW DIRECTORY ENTRIES, READERS COMMENTS and DID YOU KNOW THAT...? will feature in most issues of SiteFinder. This issue is a special issue providing links for researchers. Your comments and contributions are always welcome.