Distance Learning Webliography
17 Elements of Good Online Courses
Honolulu Community College's Faculty Development site offers resources for online instruction such as "17 Elements of Good Online Courses." It also provides links to general online help and information, community college distance education consortium, and links to discipline related sites.
http://tinyurl.com/yzcqov
Active Learning
The article "Active Learning" by Gachuhi and Matiru discusses ways to use active learning techniques in distance learning.
http://tinyurl.com/kl3p8u
Annenberg/CPB
Annenberg/CPB supports a variety of research activities and demonstration projects that examine and illustrate the effective use of educational technology for distance learning.
http://www.learner.org/telecourses/index.html
Bare-Bones Guide to HTML
Bare-Bones Guide to HTML
http://werbach.com/barebones/download.html
Bog Jensen's Video and Other Tutorials
Online video tutorial on using Camtasia
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/HelpersVideosSummary.htm
Center for Democracy and Technology's Privacy Quiz
Center for Democracy and Technology's Privacy Quiz: Do you know your privacy rights?
http://www.cdt.org/privacy/quiz/
Distance Education Links and Resources
Instructional Technology Council's Distance Education Links and Resources
http://www.itcnetwork.org/mod/glossary/view.php?id=88
Educause Quarterly
Educause Quarterly houses articles on myriad topics related to technology use and management in higher education.
http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.epic.org/
Managing and Motivating Distance Learning Group Activities
"Managing and Motivating Distance Learning Group Activities" by Barbara Millis explains how the key principles that foster in-class learning can also promote learning at a distance. Highly recommended.
http://www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/millis.htm
On Implementing Web-based Electronic Portfolios
"On Implementing Web-based Electronic Portfolios" discusses how a "webfolio" program can help instructors improve the quality of teaching and learning. The article includes a checklist of critical factors for successful implementation and a bibliography for further reading.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0224.pdf
Online Courses That Work . . . and Some That Don't
"Online Courses That Work...and Some That Don't" Sarah Haavind of The Concord Consortium describes the best kind of e-learning or webcourse as having many of the same qualities as "a well-run seminar."
http://www.concord.org/newsletter/2002winter/online_courses.html
Online Versus Traditionally-delivered Instruction: A Descriptive Study of Learner Characteristics in a Community College Setting
The article "Online Versus Traditionally-delivered Instruction: A Descriptive Study of Learner Characteristics in a Community College Setting" describes the research of Alana M. Halsne and Louis A. Gatta. They concluded that the online learners were predominately visual learners and the traditional learners at this community college in suburban Chicago were primarily auditory or kinesthetic learners.
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring51/halsne51.html
Speaking in Voices: Effective Techniques for Keeping Web Discussions Running Smoothly
"Speaking in Voices: Effective Techniques for Keeping Web Discussions Running Smoothly" by Sarah Haavind, Concord Consortium, discusses helpful techniques for effective facilitation of online, discussion-based courses.
http://www.concord.org/library/1999winter/speakingvoices.html
Student Distress in Web-Based Distance Education
"Student Distress in Web-Based Distance Education" a two-page summary of a study conducted at Indiana University.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm01312.pdf
Teaching Excellence in Distance Education
Teaching Excellence in Distance Education includes links related to effective technology use, course development and implementation strategies.
http://www.alamo.edu/spc/admin/iic/distancelearning.aspx
Teaching with Technology
Teaching with Technology, from the University of Oregon's Teacher Effectiveness Program; contains links to information about the pedagogy of distance education, online assessment, and models of distance education courses.
http://tep.uoregon.edu/technology/index.html
The Technology Source
Archives of The Technology Source, a peer reviewed, bimonthly periodical formerly published by Michigan Virtual University. Great articles!
http://technologysource.org/
The Virtual Community
Howard Rheingold's seminal work The Virtual Community addresses the implementation of electronic learning communities.
http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/
University of Wisconsin's Distance Education Clearinghouse
University of Wisconsin's Distance Education Clearinghouse includes definitions, policy, research, strategies, online universities, etc.
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/
Web-Based Training and Constructivism in Brief: Fast Facts for Policy and Practice (No. 2)
"Web-Based Training and Constructivism in Brief: Fast Facts for Policy and Practice (No. 2)" by Michael Wonacott, explores whether online instruction can successfully use constructivist strategies such as self-directed inquiry, collaborative learning, and active learning.
http://tinyurl.com/nl92so
Why Don't Face-to-Face Teaching Strategies Work in the Virtual Classroom?
"Why Don't Face-to-Face Teaching Strategies Work in the Virtual Classroom?" How to Avoid the Question Mill" An article by Sarah Haavind of the Concord Consortium.
http://www.concord.org/library/2000fall/face2face.html
World Lecture Hall
World Lecture Hall is a site maintained by the University of Texas at Austin that publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language.
http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/about/index.cfm
