Here is an extensive list of resources on various aspects of distance learning.The best way to find information on these or any other topics is to conduct a search using the search tool below. You should also visit our site Journals, Links and Resources for more resources. Categories include:
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Design of the Learning Space: Learning and Design Principles:by Chris Johnson and Cyprien Lomas. By focusing on design principles grounded in deeper learning principles, in what makes successful teaching and learning, a campus can revolutionize the design process to create learning spaces that meet the needs of both faculty and students. Web Site | |
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Designing ee-Learning Environments: Lessons from an Online Workshop:(April/May 2008) by Lindsey Godwin and Soren Kaplan for Innovate. Based on their work leading three experiential, online workshops with over 180 participants from around the world, Lindsey Godwin and Soren Kaplan share reflections on designing and conducting successful ee-learning courses. The workshops sought to translate a popular face-to-face seminar in appreciative inquiry, an increasingly popular organizational development approach, into a meaningful online experience for participants across the globe. Using specific examples from the workshop, Godwin and Kaplan illustrate how learning opportunities that support all aspects of the experiential learning process are the key to creating a vibrant ee-learning environment. Specifically, they discuss experiential learning theory and how technology features, online experiences, and offline applications can be leveraged to deliver a variety of learning opportunities for participants. Web site | |
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Designing Web Pages for People with Disabilities:A compilation of links from the Valle Verde Library at El Paso Community College. Web Site | |
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Designing Web Sites for Older Users: Comparing AARP's Studies to Earlier Findings:By Dana Chisnell, Amy Lee, and Janice (Ginny) Reddish (January 2005). The AARP gives tips on how to design Web sites with the senior population in mind. Web Site | |
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Desire2Learn CEO Makes Case Against Blackboard Patent, Court Ruling: A conversation with Desire2Learn's John Baker and Diane Lank:(March 17, 2008) by David Nagel for Campus Technology. “Desire2Learn recently became the first education technology provider to fall victim to litigation stemming from Blackboard's patent covering learning management systems. In February, the company lost a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Blackboard and in March was enjoined by the court from selling any versions of its learning management system containing the "infringing" code. In this exclusive interview, John Baker, Desire2Learn's president and CEO, discusses the case with us, its impact on the company and its customers, and the implications for education technology as a whole.” Web site | |
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Desired Versus Actual Training for Online Instructors in Community Colleges:(Winter 2009-2010) by Leslie Pagliari, Ph.D., David Batts, Ed.D., and Cheryl McFadden, Ed.D., East Carolina University The growth of distance education and the demand for instructors has developed over the past ten to fifteen years. There is a perception that the type and amount of instructor preparation is highly variable between institutions. Of the faculty members at two year institutions surveyed, nearly half did not attend training over the previous year. With technology changing rapidly, there is a need for training annually to assure faculty members who teach online are prepared. Distance education administrators need to evaluate their distance education programs and develop a consistent and current infrastructure to assure that their faculty members are being properly trained to teach online. Web site |
Determining the Costs of Online Courses:(2000) Brian Morgan developed this online calculator to help colleges gage all of the costs needed to develop an online program at their institution. The Web site includes a paper Morgan wrote to explain all of the elements he considered when he created the calculator. Web Site | |
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Developing a Collaborative Multidisciplinary Online Design Course:(2005) Dr. Diane M. Bender. Bender charts a five-university commitment to deliver online multidisciplinary collaboration and solid pedagogy in architecture and design. She describes various solutions used to mimic key in-class parameters such as high levels of discussion and a studio environment. Web Site | |
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Developing a Community of Learners: Potentials and Possibilities in Web Mediated Discourse:(2002) by Rose M. Pringle for Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. Describes how instructors integrated asynchronous learning into a traditional science education course for pre-service teachers. Web Site | |
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Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System: A Handbook for College Faculty and Administrators on Designing and Operating a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System:(2000) by Raoul A. Arreola. Practical, proven models for developing and using a comprehensive faculty evaluation system. Includes an eight-step evaluation process, research in the field, legal issues, samples of commercially-available student rating forms, a section on post-tenure review and how it relates to the evaluation of faculty performance, and two detailed case studies. (Anker Publishing Company, Inc. Amazon.com, $32.25) | |
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Developing a Survey to Measure Best Practices of K-12 Online Instructors:Limited data exists related to teaching and learning in K-12 virtual schools. This paper builds upon a recent study related to successful practices of K-12 online instructors. The paper describes the utilization of a survey built upon qualitatively derived best practices of K-12 online instructors and provides the opportunity to relate these practices to teacher’s perceived professional development needs. Outcomes indicate that virtual school instructors identify online presence, diligent student monitoring and an enjoyment of technology among factors that contribute to virtual school instructor success. Instructors also identified face-to-face student mentors as a key component for success. Respondents felt that they would benefit from professional development focused on technological skills, content-based technological integration and evaluative resources for online learners. The paper concludes with a call for additional research to refine and implement the assessment. Website | |
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Developing an Infrastructure for Online Learning:(2004) by Alan Davis. Details an online learning system framework and its components. Web Site | |
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Developing Knowledge Through Practical Experience: The Principles of Financial Sustainability for Online Programs:by Katrina A. Meyer, Janis Bruwelheide, and Russell Poulin. Following the theory of situated cognition as proposed by Brown, Collins, and Duguid (1998), this research project tapped into the contextual knowledge of experienced administrators of online programs. Draft principles of financial sustainability for online programs were developed by an initial team of experienced online educators and then critiqued by seven directors of FIPSE-funded online programs. The directors added conditions, situations, and caveats to the principles making the final product a rich and comparatively complete list of issues that are important for administrators to understand. Web site | |
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Developing Online Courses: A College-Sponsored Approach:(Summer 2003) by Lynne Crosby and Maria Schnitzer. Discusses the process and challenges for the support and development of online distance learning courses in a community college environment. Web Site | |
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Developing Sites for Users with Cognitive Disabilities and Learning Difficulties:By Roger Hudson, Rus Weakly, and Peter Firminger (Jan. 30, 2005). The authors examine the types of problems visitors with cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties may encounter when using the Web. Web Site | |
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Development and Evaluation of a Distance Learning Master's Degree in Family Studies:(2005) by Mary Bold. This article describes an online Master's degree in Family Studies and reports on student readiness for distance learning, student satisfaction, and program review. Program evaluations, conducted after course conversion to online delivery, focused on Principles of Good Practice for distance education. Web Site | |
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Development and Evaluation of a Framework for Creating Web-Based Learning Modules: A Pedagogical and Systems Perspective:(2001) by Thomas Janicki and Jens O. Liegle. Researchers have said Web-based training technology has not integrated sound pedagogical practices into the authoring process when developing new tutorials. This research merges theories from the instructional design and Web-based design researchers in a framework for more effective online tutorials. Web Site | |
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Devices to Take Textbooks Beyond Text:(Dec. 5, 2009) by Anne Eisenberg, New York Times “Now there is a new approach that may adapt well to textbook pages: two-screen e-book readers with a traditional e-paper display on one screen and a liquid-crystal display on the other to render graphics like science animations in color. The dual screens are linked by a central processor so that, for example, a link on the e-paper display can open on the color screen. A two-screen device called the eDGe will be released by enTourage Systems in February for $490, said Doug Atkinson, vice president of marketing and business development for the company, based in McLean, Va.” . . . “The e-reader screen is used with a stylus that can underline or highlight text, take notes in the margin, pull up a blank piece of e-paper for solving math problems, or touch a link for a video of a chemical interaction that is then displayed on the LCD screen.” . . . Web site |
Diagram of Web Trends for 2007:Information Architects Web site | |
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Digest of Education Statistics, 2006:The digest provides “a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.” Data includes the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. Web site | |
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Digital Democracy in Higher Education: Bridging the Digital Divide:(2005) Susana Juniu. Juniu's thought-provoking essay defines the new digital divide in higher education—a division of knowledge, experience, and needs that influence the integration of technology into the classroom. She acknowledges educators' frequently conflicting feelings about technology as well as the lack of communication between IT departments and faculty. Web Site | |
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Digital Divide Network:from the Benton Foundation Web Site | |
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Digital Game-Based Learning: It's Not Just the Digital Natives Who Are Restless:(2006) Richard Van Eck. With the widespread public interest in games as learning tools, DGBL proponents now need to explain why games are engaging and effective and how those principles can be leveraged to best integrate games into the learning process. Web Site | |
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act:Digital Millennium Copyright Act Full Text Signed Oct. 28,1998 Report on Copyright and Digital Distance Education May 1999 Interim Regulations Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement Director of Service Provider Agents for Notification of Claims Infringement | |
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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants:(December 2001) by Marc Prensky, On the Horizon, Part I. “Today’s students - K through college - represent the first generations to grow up with this new technology. They have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, and all the other toys and tools of the digital age. Today’s average college grads have spent less than 5,000 hours of their lives reading, but over 10,000 hours playing video games (not to mention 20,000 hours watching TV). Computer games, email, the Internet, cell phones and instant messaging are integral parts of their lives.” Web site | |
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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap:(May/June 2003) Timothy VanSlyke argues that an overhaul of established pedagogy is not needed to engage today's students. Web Site | |
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Digital Preservation Program Makes Awards to Preserve American Creative Works:(August 2007) The Library of Congress’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program announced eight partnerships as part of its new Preserving Creative America initiative to “address the long-term preservation of creative content in digital form.” The eight partners will “target preservation issues across a broad range of creative works, including digital photographs, cartoons, motion pictures, sound recordings and even video games. The work will be conducted by a combination of industry trade associations, private sector companies and nonprofits, as well as cultural heritage institutions.” Web site | |
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Dimensions and Strategies for Online Success: Voices from Experienced Educators:(2002) by Lynne Schrum and Sunjoo Hong. Many instructors need to learn how to help students succeed in online learning especially when many students are ill-prepared to tackle the new demands it puts on them. This paper identifies dimensions of successful online learners by examining primary screening documents and mapping them to the literature base. Web Site | |
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DisabilityInfo.gov:The federal government's one-stop Web site for people with disabilities, their families, employers, veterans and service members, workforce professionals and many others. Web site | |
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