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There are two purposes to this list: (1) to suggest a few exceptionally useful works among all the clutter—works that mightily influenced our understanding of learning theory and instructional design; and (2) to provide the exact citation for authors and works which we might refer to entirely too casually elsewhere on the site. In every case, we have cited the most recent editions that we are familiar with.

Bloom, Benjamin. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman, 1956

Bransford, John D., Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking (eds.), How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. http://books.nap.edu/html/.

Brown, John Seely & Paul Duguid. The Social Life of Information. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000

Bruner, Jerome. Beyond the Information Given: Studies in the Psychology of Knowing. New York: W.W. Norton, 1973

____. In Search of Mind. New York: Harper & Row, 1983.

Gagne, Robert, L. Briggs & W.W. Wagner. Principles of Instructional Design. (Fourth edition). Orlando: Harcourt Brace, 1992

Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books, 1983

____. Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice. New York: Basic Books, 1993

____. The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach. New York: Basic Books, 1991.

Holt, John. How Children Learn. New York: Dell, 1967

Kirkpatrick, Donald L. Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels. (Second edition) Berrett-Koehler, 1998

Lave, Jean & Etienne Wegner. Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.1991

Mager, Robert. Preparing Instructional Objectives. (Third edition) The Center for Effective Performance, 1997

Merriam, Sharan & Rosemary Caffarella. Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide. (Second Edition). New York: Jossy-Bass, 1999

Postman, Neil. Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century. New York: Knopf, 2000

Powazek, Derek. Design for Community; the Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2002

Rheingold, Howard. The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993

Wenger, Etienne. Communities of Practice; Learning, Meaning and Identity. New York: Cambridge University Press.1998

Zemke, Ronald & S. Zemke. "30 Things we Know for Sure About Adult Learning." Training, 1995, 18,45-49.