Information & Research Support

Internet Resources for Education
Distance Education and Online Education

• AADES
  The Australasian Association of Distance Education is a professional association for people involved
  in distance and open learning.
• Chronicle of Higher Education Distance Education page
• Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
  International organization created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development
  and sharing of open learning/distance education resources and technologies
• Distance Education at a Glance
  Designed to "help teachers, administrators, facilitators, and students understand distance education."
• Distance Education Clearinghouse
  Based at the University of Wisconsin
• Distance Learner's Guide Free online e-book from Prentice Hall
• eLERN Network: Distance Education Portal U.S. portal which provides information resources and tracks the literature of the field.
• Flexible Learning Australasia (NCODE) Peak Australian organisation for institutions engaged in or interested in open, distance and flexible education.
• Globewide Network Academy
  Gateway to net-based courses
• Information Retrieval Skills for Distance Learners
  This tutorial provides a step by step guide through the basic knowledge needed to be able to retrieve information from a variety of sources.
• International Centre for Distance Learning
  UK site which serves as an international repository of information on distance education.
• International Distance Learning Course Finder
  Information on courses, learning exchanges and conferences
• Open Learning Australia
• RIDE: Resources In Distance Education
• TeleCampus Virtual forum for online teaching and learning for both learners and developers. Includes links to other distance education resources.
• WAOE: World Association for Online Education
• The Wired Professor Book Companion Web Site
• World Lecture Hall Publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Distance Education

Electronic Journals

• Chronicle of Higher Education: Distance Education
• Distance Education on ProQuest
• Distance Education: an International Journal Homepage provides abstracts and authors' email addresses
• International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
  Refereed, interactive, online journal hosted by ICAAP
• Journal of Online Education Journal of the World Association for Online Education
• Online Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication
• Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Free, peer-reviewed ejournal which began in January 2000
• USDLA Journal Online refereed journal of the United States Distance Learning Association. Issues go back to 1998.

Education Resources

 

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Links checked and Updated 2004 by lbcy,
Information and Research Support, James Cook University.