Resources
Relevant Webinars/Workshops
- WCET Webcast featuring Ellen Wagner and Kenneth C. Green.
D3=Data Driven Decisions: It's Trendy
Distance Learning/Education
- Online Learning Trends Study - March 2011
- Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States, 2009 -Sloan-C
- List of International eLearning Conferences
- US Department of Education Study Finds That Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology
- Using LearnerReadiness to Improve Online Student Retention
- PredictingSuccess for Virtual School Students: Putting Research-basedModels into Practice
- Persistence in Online Classes: A Study of Perceptions
among Community College Stakeholders - AStudy of the Influence of Learner Readiness on AcademicSuccess and Student Perceptions of Online Learning
- Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning
(Sloan-C) - Thirty-two Trends Affecting Distance Education: An Informed Foundation for Strategic Planning
- The Future of Online Learning - (EDUCAUSE)
- International Museum of Distance Education and Technology
- NPR "Soundprint" program on the challenges of distance learning administration
- Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
- SACS - Best Practices for Distance Learning
- Higher Learning Commission - Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs
- Distance Education Clearinghouse
- List of journals related to distance learning
- U.S. Distance Learning Assoc (USDLA)
- Guiding Principles for Faculty in Distance Learning
- AcademicInfo.net: Subject Guides & Online Degrees
- Sloan Consortium Community
- Factors Influencing Adult Learner's Decision to Drop Out of Persist in Online Learning
- Factors Influencing Faculty Participation in Distance Education in Postsecondary Education in the United States: An Institutional Study
- Study on the tasks performed by online instructors
- Instructional design models
- ALN Web Center
- Free, downloadable book: Theory and Practice of Online Learning
- International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
- Online References for Distance Education
- Issues in Distance Learning
- Communication Skills for Two-Way Video
- Distance Education Report
- Classroom design (setup including facilities)
- AECT Web Site
- Resources for Department Chairs
- SCIRUS - A scientific search engine
- U.S.Department of Education
- A course about learning about the internet
- The World Lecture Hall
- Peterson's Guide
- MatchCollege.com
- The Distance Education Training Council
- International Center for Distance Learning
- The Five Minute University - Just for laughs
- National Center for Education Statistics - College Navigator
- 37 Great Resources on Instructional Design
- Campus Technology Online Version
- College Results Online
Distance Learning in a K-12 setting
- The Effects of Distance Education on K–12 Student Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
- North American Council for Online Learning
Links Related to Standards in Distance Education
- The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC, 2000).
Statement of the regional accrediting commissions on the evaluation of electronically offered degree and certificate programs - The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP, 2000).
Quality on the line: Benchmarks for success in Internet-based distance education - The American Council on Education (ACE, 1997).
Guiding Principles for Distance Learning in Learning Society - The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC, n.d.a., n.d.b).
Guiding Principles for Distance Learning and Guiding Principles for Distance Teaching and Learning - The American Federation of Teachers (AFT, 2000).
Distance education: Guidelines for good practice - Open and Distance Learning Quality Council (ODLQC, 2001).
Standards in open and distance education - National Education Association (NEA, 2000).
Quality on the Line - Western Governor’s University (WGU, 2001).
WGU Distance Learning Standards - Southern Regional Education Board (SRED,2003).
Principles of Good Practice
Distance Learning Academic Papers
- Academic and Scholarly Search Engines and Sources is a 36 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find academic and scholarly information and knowledge available on the Internet.
- Assessing Quality in Distance Learning Programs: A Review of Exemplary Practices in the Midst of Federal Reconciliation, Tamala Wright
- Student Success in an Online Learning Environment, Jackie L. Long-Goding
- Nursing Distance Education, Gina Reiners
- Leadership at Citrus College and the use of Audio Files, Maia Greenwell Cunningham
- Best Practices for Creating a Community of Learners in a Distance
Learning Environment, Mona Pelkey - In Defense of Uniformity: Can We Bridge the Internal DE Divide? Kimberly Taylor
- Examining the Role of Administrators in Distance Education, Michael A. Caruso
- Developing a Model for More Interesting Distance Education, Lon Smith
- Online University Administration: Impacts on faculty management and course delivery, Jack P. Krichen
- Leading and Administrating a Distance Education Program, Tim Brock
- Developing A Technical Literacy Course For Online Student Success At Roosevelt University, Cheryl Boncuore
- Managing Transitions for Distance Education Students and Distance Education Faculty, Mimi Tschida
- Policy Matters in Distance Learning, Teresa D. Theisen
- Examination of Factors Leading to Student Retention in Online Graduate Education, W. B. Nitsch
- Example of a well-crafted database of resources
- Are Learning Style Preferences of Health Science Students Predictive of Their Attitudes Towards e-Learning?
Copyright Issues
- U.S.Copyright Office Home Page
- U.S. Copyright Office, Distance Education Study
- The Copyright Site
- Center for Intellectual Property
- Reproducing Pictures, Photos, Photographs or Photography
- The Copyright Website
- 10 Big Myths about copyright explained
- SUL:Copyright & Fair Use
- United States Copyright Office
- University of Texas General Counsel
- Copyright Clearance Center Inc.Online
- Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Fair Use
- Fair Use of Copyrighted Works from CETUS
