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:
• academic advising
• academic resources - business,
humanities, math, sciences,
social science
• accessibility issues
• accreditation
• best practices
• blended/hybrid learning
• broadband
• career and technical education
• case studies
• cheating and plagiarism
• computer software
• copyright and fair use
• corporate e-learning
• costs for distance learning
• course management
• the digital divide
• digital libraries and learning object repositories• effectiveness of e-learning
• e-books
• e-portfolios
• faculty compensation and support
• faculty training and education
• gaming and simulations
• Higher Education OpportunitiesAct (HEOA Authentication)
• instructional design
• intellectual property issues
• interactivity and teaching online
• K-12 technology
• marketing
• national data and statistics
• online student orientation
• open source
• quality assessment
• rural distance education• science labs/courses
• second life
• security
• social networking
• statewide virtual colleges
• strategic and policy plans
• student retention
• student services
• students and technology
• technologies
• testing and assessment
• Twitter
• videoconferencing/ITFS
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E-Books in Higher Education: Nearing the End of the Era of Hype?:(March/April 2008) by Mark R. Nelson for Educause Review. What is the reality with respect to e-books? Will e-books finally take off? After nearly two decades of talking about how e-books are right around the corner, have we finally reached the corner? Web site | |
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e-Learning Book Summaries from the e-Learning Guru:The following summaries are on the site: | |
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E-Learning in the 21st Century: A Framework for Research and Practice:(2003) by Randy Garrison and Terry Anderson. (Amazon, $38.03) | |
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E-Learning On a Shoestring: Resource Kit for Creative Community Engagement:Australian Flexible Learning Network Stephen Downes writes, “This doesn't look like much at first glance but if you keep following the links you'll find a wealth of practical information. I really like the idea of e-learning advice that doesn't begin, buy an LMS. "You'll find guidance on low cost tools and technologies, as well as ideas and stories to help you get started." There's a menu bar across the mid-top of the page that aids navigation (it's a bit difficult to spot). It would be nice if it were licensed as open content, as the authors no doubt availed themselves of a lot of freely shared material in order to create this resource.” Website | |
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E-learning: A Progress Report:(Aug. 29, 2005) Judi Hasson. Experts identify the peculiarities and pitfalls of online training. Web Site | |
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e-Learning: The Best Road to Adulthood?:by Linda Chisholm. The author discusses the potential of ee-learning to address some of the endemic problems of college campuses. In an era of large campuses and large classes, students are removed from the positive examples once provided by faculty who lived in the campus community. The result is as evident in the woeful skills of some college graduates as in the pervasive stories about binge drinking. By putting students in contact with positive adult role models in professional settings, Chisholm argues that ee-learning can counteract these detrimental developments, giving students the flexibility to continue their studies as they pursue the professional, social, and ethical development the college experience should provide. Web site | |
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E-mail Access: From The Perspective Of An Individual With Visual Impairment:By Sachin Dev Pavithran (December 2004). The author shares his perspective on using e-mail with assistive technology and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of HTML, plain text format and the obstacles he faces using e-mail. Web Site | |
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E-mail Alerts and RSS Feeds for Distance Learning Administrators: | |
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E-Moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online:(2000) by Gilly Salmon. Offers descriptions, a research-based model, the roles and competencies of e-moderators, key issues in training e-moderators, learners’ experiences, a peek at the future, practical resources. (Amazon, $17.99) Web Site | |
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E-Textbooks - for Real This Time?:(January 2008) by Andy Guess for Inside Higher Ed. “It’s the central paradox of 21st-century college students: Despite embracing radically new ways of communicating with each other and learning about the world, they still remain wedded to the old-fashioned, paper-bound textbook.” Web site | |
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Early Patterns of Faculty Compensation for Developing and Teaching Distance Learning Courses:(2000) by Gary Berg. An investigation of compensation practices for developing and teaching distance learning courses. The research divides itself into two categories: direct and indirect compensation, including royalties, training, and professional recognition. Web Site | |
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Economics Lesson Plans:Lesson plans and other activities divided into thematic areas, such as economic decision-making, goods and services, savings, along with 15 other headings. The resources are culled from a variety of sources, including the National Council of Economic Education, community college professors, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. First-time visitors should take a look at the “Money Math: Lessons for Life” section created by the Bureau of Public Debt and “Climbing the Savings Mountain,” created by the National Council on Economic Education. [The Scout Report] Web site | |
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Educating the Net Generation:(2005) edited by Diana Oblinger and James Oblinger. Published by Educause. Web Site | |
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Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A First Look at the Initial Postsecondary Experiences of the High School Sophomore Class of 2002:(October 2007) National Center for Education Statistics. This First Look report provides selected, nationally representative information about the about the transition of 2002 high school sophomores to college, the selectivity and other characteristics of the institutions in which they enrolled, their choice of major, and other characteristics of their enrollment to illustrate the wealth of data that is available from the from the Second Follow-up of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002. Web site | |
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Education Should Be More Like World of Warcraft.... I Mean The iPad... or Facebook. The Quest for Silver Bullets through New Popular Media/Technology:(April 28, 2010) by Clark Aldrich, On Simulations and Serious Games “Here's the best way to establish some cred as an education visionary: Take the newest example of consumer media/technology and argue that education should be more like it. I'll even help you write your presentation. First, show some glossy pictures of the new media/ technology, preferably being used by children. Second, show some graphs displaying its rapid adoption. Third, show a few tentative examples of quasi-educational uses. Then slam schools. Finally, present a giant and impassioned call to action. Cut to applause. You are a visionary. You ‘get it.’ Plus the stuff already exists - you just have to figure out how to pay for it.” “The critical flaw in all of this thinking is, let's call, The Disneyland Effect. It is education based on consumerism. In all of these uses of new media, the participants are very carefully and successfully being managed to feel like they have control and relevancy, while in reality they are simply gobbling up more stuff. (Being in a flow state is important, but it also may be more addictive than crack.)” . . . Web site |
Education, Innovation & The Internet: Nobel Laureates Look To The Future:(2002) The Nobel Foundation partnered with Cisco Systems to examine the use of the Internet for education and innovation. Web Site | |
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Educational Opportunities for Clinical Counseling Simulations in Second Life:Counseling students must learn and practice basic counseling skills, including attending, listening, empathizing, and demonstrating warmth and respect. For online educators, providing opportunities for students to develop these skills in realistic counseling situations can be difficult. Victoria L. Walker and Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw describe how three-dimensional virtual learning environments such as Second Life may provide opportunities for online students to practice counseling skills in a setting that closely mimics the face-to-face counseling setting, allowing educators to help these students develop effective counseling skills. Walker and Rockinson-Szapkiw describe a virtual practice counseling facility created in Second Life by Walker and offer practical recommendations for the use of a virtual world in student skill development. Website | |
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Educational Performance of ALN via Content Analysis:(2000) by Reuven Aviv. The social interdependence theory of cooperative learning led the authors to believe asynchronous learning constitutes cooperative learning enhanced by extended think time. If asynchronous learning is structured for effective cooperation, group dynamics will regulate high level reasoning and interpersonal relationships of the learners towards their highest levels. Web Site | |
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Educational Technology in Public School Districts: Fall 2008:(Dec. 16, 2009) National Center for Education Statistics This report includes information on networks and Internet capacity, technology policies, district-provided resources, teacher professional development, and district-level leadership for technology. Findings include: -- Some 92 percent of districts offered access to online district resources to all elementary or all secondary teachers. About 82 percent of schools offered server space for posting web pages or class materials to all teachers. -- Districts had written policies on acceptable student use of email (84 percent), social networking websites (76 percent), wikis and/or blogs (52 percent), and other Internet use (92 percent). -- Of the districts surveyed, 100 percent kept student data in an electronic data system. The percentage of districts that used an electronic system to keep each type of student data asked about in the survey ranged from 80 percent for transportation data to 100 percent for attendance data. Web site |
Educause Core Data Services Fiscal Year 2004 Summary Report:(September 2005) Web Site | |
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EduTools:(2002) an open resource created to help educators and administrators research and evaluate a wide range of e-learning products, services, and policies. From Wiche’s Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), C2T2 and Bruce Landon. Web Site | |
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Effective Leadership of Online Adjunct Faculty:(Spring 2010) by Robert Tipple, D.M., University of Maryland University College Post secondary education leaders and administrators are currently facing two separate but inter-related trends: the growth in online education, and the significant increase in adjunct (part-time) faculty. In order to maximize the educational quality and institutional effectiveness, education leaders must develop an approach that levers the characteristics of online adjunct faculty. The paper describes the characteristics of online adjunct faculty and their motivation for teaching, explores leadership style approaches to lever this highly motivated workforce, and offers a framework to education leaders that draws from the transformational and situational leadership styles. The framework is made up of two prongs: the effective leadership of the online adjunct faculty workforce throughout their teaching careers, and the management of online organizational systems. Educational leaders who can lead their workforce in embracing educational technologies to provide a superior learning environment for students will lead the way in education. These leaders need to be visionary, motivational and highly supportive of their workforce especially those who are in direct contact with students, the online adjunct faculty Web site |
Effective Online Assessment Strategies for Today's Colleges and Universities:(2002) by Brent Muirhead for International Forum of Educational Technology and Society. Discusses the importance of assessment, student-centered assessment philosophy, alternative assessments, grading rubric, and journal writing as an alternative assessment method. Web Site | |
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Elearning Course Interaction:(2002) by Jennifer Cowley, Sharon Chanley, Stephen Downes, Lisa Holstrom, Dawn Ressel, George Siemens and Mitchell Weisburgh for elearnspace. A “collage of thoughts” on the subject of interaction. Web Site | |
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Electronic Courseware in Higher Education:(2005) Maureen C. Mineielli and S. Pixy Ferris. In this paper we consider electronic course management systems from a pedagogical perspective, with the goal of aiding educators to effectively utilize electronic courseware in the classroom. Web Site | |
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Electronic Discourse: Evolving Conventions in Online Academic Environments:(1999) by Mardziah Hayati Abdullah. Computer networks are redefining the spatial and temporal parameters of the interaction they mediate so that online discourse is taking new directions, particularly in the way people write. (Eric Digests ed422593) Web Site | |
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Electronic Portfolio White Paper:(November 2003) This 68-page report results from a series of meetings with representatives from educational institutions and commercial software companies "that are active in conceptualizing and designing electronic portfolio systems in a cooperative effort to better understand system and functional requirements and identify interoperability concerns.” The table of contents includes the chapters: a conceptual overview, usage scenarios, potential benefits, system infrastructure, interoperability and standards, challenges, vendor activity, project and initiatives. Web Site | |
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Electronic Portfolios American Association of Higher Education:includes the Electronic Portfolio Clearinghouse, a searchable collection of 51 portfolio projects from higher education institutions from around the world, a discussion board, and other resources Web Site | |
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Elements of Quality Online Education: Into the Mainstream:(2003) Edited by John Bourne and Janet C. Moore. Based on a 2003 summer workshop, the papers in this volume address major challenges with respect to student satisfaction and student success, learning effectiveness, blended environments, and course assessment. Volume 5 in the Sloan-C series. (The Sloan Consortium, $19.95 .pdf format). Web Site | |
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