Glossary/FAQ

The Distance Learning Glossary
This site at Simon & Schuster presents a glossary of important terms for distance learning and the internet.

Distance Learning Frequently Asked Questions
An FAQ about distance learning.

alt.education.distance
This FAQ is from the alt.education.distance newsgoup.

Yahoo
The section on DL contains thousands of sites.  There is a conference listing, online courses,
and colleges and universities involve with DL.

Open and Distance Learning
This site, located at Oxford, is a jump point to many sites on distance learning.

United States Distance Learning Association
A non-profit orginization that promote the development and app of distance learning.  This site is pretty general.

Distance Education Clearinghouse
There are links involving: different foundations that gives grant for research in DL, a list of legislations involving DL,
and new technologies for DL.

Distance Learning Resource Network
This site contains many articles and examples of web-based instruction.  This site also publishes a electronic
journal as well as a technology resource guide.
 

Cornell DL resource Directory
This site also acts as a clearinghouse for info on Distance Learning

ADEC
A national consortium of state univ and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic
distance eduction programs.

Education/ DL on the internet
A list of sites and articles on the net about DL.

NASA Research Center
A presentation by NASA on its research into DL and its applications.

Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia
This site has links to online journal, books, and other organizations that are involve in DL.

Buffalo State University Distance Learning Site
This site contains some good information on technology in education as well as information on
DL.

California Virtual University
A listing of universities in California that offers degrees through DL.

Florida Distance Learning Network
Another large list of orginizations involve with DL.

Indiana Univeristy Distance Learning
A Compensive site on how DL is setup and used.

Distance Learning in Nebraska
This site contains pictures and diagram on how to setup a effective DL classroom.

Spanning the Distance: A paper presented by Lucent Technologies, Indiana Univ,
Penn State, and Univ of Wisconsin Extension
An interesting presentation on issues involve with distance learning.

University of Tennessee
Another useful site on DL.  THis site includes information on different delivery methods and
software tools, and other issues involving DL.

 Washington State Distance Learning Home Page
Another large site on DL.  This site has extensive information on professional organizations
and conferences, instructional development.

WebWisdom
A web site on DL maintained by Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University.

Lucent Technologies Center for Excellence in Distance Learning
A coporate look at the usefulness of distance learning.

Forbes magazine
An interesting article on the impact of distance learning, including a list of univ that grant degrees through DL.

A Ph.D Dissertation
A dissertation entitled: "Virtual Science and Mathematics Fair: Innovative Educational Uses
Of The Internet And Their Impact On The Culture Of Education."

A report entitled: "LEARNING ON AND OVER THE INTERNET: Dynamics and Limitations."

Extending the Classroom Wall Electronically
A lengthy discussion on the usage and advantage of electronic communication in education.

Web Tool Comparsion
A side-sy-side comparsion of ten different DL applications.

Distance Education Report
An online journal on DL.
 

 alt.education.distance

A list of books at Amazon.com.