Distance Learning

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OCC Links

• Distance Learning at OCC
• OCC Libraries > For Online Classes
• OCC Teaching Learning and Technology Center - for Faculty

Subject Directories

• BUBL Link > Distance Education
• Distance Education Clearinghouse - from the University of Wisconsin Extension
• University of North Carolina > Center for Instructional Technology > Resource Guides

Internet Sites

• Virtual Learning Collaborative - from the Michigan Virtual University and Michigan Community College Association
• Distance Education at a Glance - Introductory information from University of Idaho.
• Peterson's Distance Learning - Directory to distance learning programs.
• TLT Group: Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Professional Associations

• EDUCAUSE - Mission "is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology."
• League for Innovation in the Community College
• Higher Learning Commission > Evaluation of Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs 

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• ERIC (EBSCOhost)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• ERIC (FirstSearch)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• Chronicle of Higher Education
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Selected Ebooks

Read books at your computer! But first: Read some FAQs about ebooks and how to set up your account in netLibrary. After you set up your account, you can return here to link to the books below. You may also search for books directly in netLibrary.

• Belanger, France. Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools, and Techniques. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2000.
• Lau, Linda. Distance Learning Technologies: Issues, Trends, and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2000.

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • computer-assisted instruction
  • distance education
  • educational technology
  • Websites -- authoring programs

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