Education > Distance Education > General
Contributor --
This page is up for adoption.
- Baker's Guide
to Christian Distance Education
- Browse through over 150 accredited distance education programs offered
by Christian institutions.
- CyberU
- CyberU provides access to thousands of online corporate education courses
and educational resources.
- eCollege.com
- Comprised of educators and technologists, eCollege partners with colleges,
universities, K-12 school districts and corporate training organizations
to design, build and support eLearning communities.
- EdPath.com: Guide to Lifelong Learning
- This site includes information for individuals in all stages of their
lifelong education from traditional higher education using the World Wide
Web to non-traditional distance learning options.
- Educating.net: Portal to the World
of Knowledge
- Educating.net is a collection of online resources offering a wide array
of online distance education opportunities, including K-12 and home schooling,
college level, continuing education, professional retraining and fun learning.
- eLearners.com
- This site helps online learners find the most appropriate e-learning providers
for their needs.
- Geteducated.com
- This site not only helps individual consumers find out about e-learning
opportunites, it also provides business intelligence to e-learning companies.
- Globewide
Network Academy's Online Distance Education Catalog
- "The Academy is promotes access to online educational learning opportunities
for anybody, anywhere.
- International Distance
Learning Course Finder
- "The International Distance Learning Course Finder is the world's largest
online directory of e-learning courses from 127 countries. This universal
distance education resource has information on over 50,000 distance learning
courses and programs offered from a multitude of universities, colleges
and companies."
- Internet-Based
Distance Education - Bibliography (1997-1999)
- This bibliography of articles and resources on distance education was
created by the American Center for the Study of Distance Education. "On
this site you will find an annotated bibliography of the articles on Internet-based
education and training, published between 1997 and 1999 in refereed international
journals, peer-reviewed online journals, and popular magazines in the fields
of distance education and educational technology. The articles are organized
in themes delineated from an existing distance education theory called the
'transactional distance theory'."
- Kentucky Virtual Campus
- The Kentucky Virtual Campus offers one-stop access to affordable online
college credit courses and professional development programs from colleges,
universities and other institutions.
- MindEdge
- This site provides resources for personal development, distance learning,
continuing education, on campus and corporate training courses.
- Peterson's Distance
Learning Program Search
- This site allows the user to locate distance learning opportunities by
institution, degree program, or courses offered. The site is maintained
by Peterson's, the company that produces the extremely popular Peterson's
Guides to educational resources.
- Sloan-C Catalog of
On-Line Educational Programs
- "This site provides a catalog of high quality on-line degree and certification
programs offered by universities, colleges, and community colleges who are
members of the Sloan Consortium.
- SREB Electronic Campus
- The Southern Regional Education Board's Electronic Campus is a marketplace
for courses, programs and services offered by accredited colleges and universities
in the SREB states that meet the Principles of Good Practice developed by
the Electronic Campus.
- UMass Dartmouth Online
- Formerly CyberEd, UMass Dartmouth Online was one of the first distance
learning programs sponsored by a university. For credit graduate and undergraduate
courses, non-credit courses and continuing education courses are offered.
- Improving Learning & Reducing Costs: Redesigning Large-Enrollment Courses (1999). By Carol A. Twigg
- Explores the theory and practice of redesigning learning environments using technology to enhance learning and reduce costs. The monograph includes case studies illustrating successful practices.
- Increasing Success for Underserved Students: Redesigning Introductory Courses (2005). By Carol A. Twigg
- A report examining the impact of the redesign techniques developed by the Program in Course Redesign on the success of adult students, students of color, and low-income students.
- Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No Significant Difference (2001). By Carol A. Twigg
- Through a series of case studies introduces new approaches to online teaching and learning that build on the strengths of the Internet in order to surpass traditional modes of instruction.
Teach Act Resources
- New Copyright Law for Distance Education
- On November 2, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, commonly known as the TEACH Act.
This law is a complete revision of Section 110(2) of the U.S. Copyright Act governing lawful use of existing copyrighted materials in distance education. The fundamental objective of this Law is to strike a balance between protecting copyrighted works and permitting distance educators to use excerpts of copyrighted materials in instruction.
- Administrators, technology providers, librarians and instructors and should familiarize themselves with the benefits and requirements of this law. The law assigns certain responsibilities and restrictions to each of these four groups.
- Kenneth Crews wrote a detailed interpretation of The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act for the American Library Association .
- Additional information is available from his Copyright Management website at Indiana University.
- Bookmark these websites to study the benefits and responsibilities inherent in this Law:
- http://www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html
- http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/index.htm
Other Useful Resources
- American Federation of Teachers (2000) Distance Education: Guidelines for Good Practice Washington, DC: Higher Education and Policy Council, American Teachers Federation
- Atherton, J.S. (2002) Learning and Teaching: Deep and Surface Learning
- Howell, S., Williams, P. and Lindsay, N. (2003) Thirty-two trends affecting distance education: an informed foundation for strategic planning The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 6. No. 3
(alternative text navigation)
Last Updated: Thursday, 09-Aug-2007 16:07:25 EDT
