Distance Learning
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- Subject Directories
- Internet Sites
- Professional Associations
- Articles: Indexes and Full Text
- Selected Ebooks
- Print Sources
- OCC Departmental Web Pages
- 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
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- Chronicle of Higher Education 1995 - present. Online counterpart to the print publication; covers current developments and trends in higher education.
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) 1960s - present. The Educational Resource Information Center contains citations and abstracts for journal articles and digests for non-journal materials in education and related fields. Some recent items in full-text.
- Educator's Reference Complete (InfoTrac) 1980s - present. A complement to ERIC, contains many full-text education periodical articles and government reports.
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Selected Ebooks
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- 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.
- Online assessment, measurement, and evaluation: emerging practices. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing, 2006.
- Online assessments and measurement: foundations and challenges. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing, 2006.
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
OCC Departmental Web Pages
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This page is maintained by
Ann Walaskay and was last updated on
3/24/10.
