N.B. Selection of more specialized and individual subject resources in distance education can be found by following some of the links below or by using Google, for example, and searching using topical keywords.
Directories:
Use Google, www.google.com search engine, or www.google.ca for the Canadian version, either with keywords or using its directory feature to find resources. You may prefer to use another type of directory, such as the Argus Clearinghouse on web resources, http://www.clearinghouse.net, which lists a great number of resources by subject category. Internet Public Library at http://www.ipl.org/ and the WWW Virtual Library at http://www.vlib.org/ are just two more that help users find sites by topic.
The Canada workinfonet Web site at http://www.workinfonet.ca
helps Canadians connect to the resources they need in the areas of jobs, work and recruiting; learning, education and training; occupations and careers; labour market information and outlook; self-employment; workplace issues and supports; and financial help and issues.
TeleCampus Online Course Directory at http://courses.telecampus.edu/subjects/index.cfm - The Telecampus course directory claims to have over 4500 Free Courses and over 1200 complete and fully online programmes available in the Telecampus database.
WebCrawlerYahoo's Education linkage is perhaps the most useful single sources of references for educators. Actually, the entire Yahoo Web Site is very useful for any topic. This one is an absolute MUST link in any list. The links are by subject and the number of sites at each listing are indicated in parenthesis.
Yahoo's
Canadian Education linkage -
offers career specific training at http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Canada/Business_and_Economy/
Business_to_Business/Training_and_Development/Career_Specific
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources, with over 2000 carefully selected, annotated links in 37 international affairs categories, should be of use to travellers, journalists, researchers, businesspersons, teachers, professors, and students, among others.
AskERIC Home Page-Educational Resources. Any resource search in education will yield a mountain of info here.Compilations of Distance Education Resources :
Web-Based Learning Resources Library at http://www.knowledgeability.biz/weblearning/ - This web site attempts to informally catalog (and occasionally compare, contrast and editorialize on) the tools, topics and issues of interest to those developing for web-based learning initiatives aimed at at-distance, adult learners. A wonderful, but very large, site.
Distance Learning links compiled by Ralph H.
Logan at
http://www.members.aol.com/_ht_a/profchm/bm_dl.html?
also contains more than 40 links.
The Argus Clearinghouse on Distance Education
(resources) at
http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Education/instructional_technology_and_tools/distance_education?kywd++
The Global Campus a Collection of Resources for Learning and Teaching
Internet University - a clearinghouse for on-line degree programs
Distance Education Clearing House - large number of excellent links - located at the University of Wisconsin Extension. This Web site links to all levels of distance education.
Colleges & Universities in Distance Education / Distributed Education a list of Distance Learning institutions
Decisive Survey a WEB and email enabled surveying systemEdWeb explore the worlds of educational reform and information technology University of North Texas - Texas Center for Educational Technology On the Horizon A discussion of issues relating to education in the future
Internet Resources for Technology Education
Eastern New Mexico University Virtual Classroom
Vancouver Film School a collection of Multimedia resources
LEARNER ONLINE Home Page for Educators - The Annenberg/CPB Project was created in 1981 with a gift of $10 million per year for nine years from the Annenberg School of Communications to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Boston College Center for International Higher Education ProfNet the Professors Network, is an international service that links the press to the public information officers (PIOs) of universities, medical centers, national laboratories, non-profit organizations, corporations, and government agencies via the Internet. This site provides information for the press, ProfNet members and the interested public
A clickable map of Universities in the United States
Distance Learning Demonstration Projects Curtin University - The Electronic Campus Project
Discover NCSA: National
Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Kansas Institute for the Exploration of Virtual Realities Project EASI (Easy Access for Students and Institutions) initiated by the U.S. Department of Education, to reengineer the country's postsecondary student financial aid delivery system.
International Society for Technology in Education
TECFA Educational Technology Outline ("Training Technologies and Learning"), is a teaching and research unit within the School of Psychology and Education, University of Geneva.Distance Learning on the Net A list of resources from Glen Hoyle.
The National Distance Learning Center is a centralized electronic information source for distance learning programs and resources
Global Network Academy contains free online databases of distance education courses, programs, and other resources.
Distance and correspondence schools in British Columbia, Canada. Provided by the Technology and Distance Education division of the Ministry of Education, Province of British Columbia, Canada George Washington University Television a professional production house and broadcast facility located on the campus of The George Washington University. Like UTK's Telemedia Services Group, they offer diverse services such as Video Production, Distance Education, and Videoconferencing.ZDNet University Learn online, on your time * Computer courses for every level * Expert instructors * Weekly lesson plans * A focused community to help you learn * Get credit if you want * Study at your pace.
The Online Learning Network offers distance learning on-line education through Internet courses in business management, organizational behavior, risk management, accounting, screenwriting, fiction writing, test preparation and teacher certification. On-line courseware is offered in conjunction with the UCLA Extension University. At-home study courses can be completed on-line or through employers and an affiliated Intranet training and distance education network.
Athabascau University is what is referred to as an Open University open to all Canadians and completely on-line.
RIDE RIDE (Resources In Distance Education) is located at Athabasca University and concerns the theory and practice of distance education. It provides a search engine for areas in distant learning topics for which to search the InterNet for further distance learning resources.
Consumer's Guide to Learning
CanLearn Interactive - A
(Canadian) tool designed to help you make informed decisions
about potential training and higher education learning
opportunities. It compares colleges, universities, commercial
trainers, and program delivery at different institutions, in order
to help you choose the one that’s right for you.
Introducing learners to educational resources online
CanLearn Interactive -
The best of the Web for students from grade one to graduate
school. We’ve collected and catalogued the best (Canadian)
learning resources
by subject to help you find everything from cool science experiments
to the complete works of Shakespeare.
Web based learning resources library This web site attempts to informally catalog (and occasionally compare, contrast and editorialize on) the tools, topics and issues of interest to those developing for web-based learning initiatives.
Academic Technologies For LearningUniv of Conneticut Web Development Lab This site takes about 5 minutes to load because of the extensive graphics. However once loaded it has a number of very useful links. It has a WWW Home Page Workshop as well as a Virtual Classroom
CertifyOnline.com provides high end training for the Information Technology industry. All courses are targeted at professionals who are looking for a career change or who wish to enhance their current skill set.
The Continuing Education Network contain over forty classes to choose from with new course offerings and categories being added regularly. These presentations have been specifically designed for your efficient use, allowing you to tailor your "attendance" as you wish for maximal learning. They are self-paced and are comprised of fully synchronized audio, video, and full screen animation.Online Educator
There is an excellent on-line Journal called the Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication. You may subscribe to this Journal by writing to the listserver at mailto:listproc@pulsar.acast.nova.edu