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3. Teaching with Technology
3.2. Related Resources
Selcted Resources on Distance Education
The Ask ERIC Virtual Library: Distance Education
- http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Educational_
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is a federally-funded national information system that provides a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. AskERIC encompasses the resources of the entire ERIC system and beyond, using the subject expertise of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses to respond to your education requests.
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Designing Instruction for Web-Based Distance Learning
- http://www.dlrn.org/educ/course/index.html
- This online resource helps you identify and work out instructional design issues that apply to Web delivery. The site includes links to numerous examples of Web-based instructional resources.
- Produced by WGBH Interactive for DLRN, the Distance Learning Resource Network. DLRN, located at WestEd, is the dissemination project for the U.S. Department of Education Star Schools Program.
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Design Principles For Online Instruction
- http://www.fgcu.edu/onlinedesign/index.html
- The purpose of this site is to provide a resource to faculty who are designing online instructional materials. Topics covered include: instructional design, interaction and feedback, incorporating media, course management, and support services. Created by Florida Gulf Coast University, Office of Instructional Technology.
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Distance Education Clearinghouse
- http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
- Provides links to a wide range of online learning and distance education resources, including courses, articles, best-practices information, technology reports, and other materials related to teaching at a distance. Provided by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
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Distance Education at a Glance
- http://www.uidaho.edu/evo/distglan.html
- Contains series of guides to help teachers, administrators, facilitators, and students understand distance education. Presented by the Engineering Outreach at the University of Idaho.
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Distance-Educator.com
- http://www.distance-educator.com/
- A hub of educational information, tools, and products focusing on distance education. The Daily News features headlines about distance education published each weekday from around the world.
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Instructional Design for Online Course Development
- http://www.ion.illinois.edu/IONresources/instructionalDesign/index.htm
- Offers articles and presentations related to online course development. Developed by the Illinois Online Network (ION).
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American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
- http://www.adec.edu/
- An international consortium of state universities and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies. Their site has a very large collection of distance education resources.
Adapted from the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence at Carnegie Mellon University
