online education
Distance learning is a phrase that describes everything from traditional
correspondence courses to videotapes and courses broadcast over cable. Students say the
big advantage to online schooling is the "anytime, anywhere" convenience that
allows them to fit classes into busy schedules. Parents can enter the virtual classroom
after the kids are in bed at night or before they wake up in the morning. And with a
laptop and modem, business travelers don't need to skip a class. (See the article, I Got My Degree
Through E-Mail)
Teachers and students connect to the internet to post and receive
assignments, share feedback and discuss topics. Typically a teacher might post a class
assignment on a Sunday evening, along with a reading list and a "lecture" for
students to respond to. As the week progresses, various students log on to the system,
download the material and add responses to the teacher's comments and those of other
students. Although online students get more than additional responsibility; they also get
more access to teachers and classmates than traditional students have, as well as a more
democratic "classroom." Students can respond to questions and discussions as
fully as they want, not pressured by the time constraints they'd face at a traditional
college. Some virtual schools even boast a more diverse student body and smaller classes
than regular schools. We strongly encourage all visitors and students of all ages to
explore lifelong learning through online education.
K-12
- Class.com
- ADOL- Adolescence Directory On-Line
- Athena Academy
- AN ASTRONOMY
COURSE FOR MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Cyberkids Contests, games, stories, discussions,
interviews and reviews - all for kids!
- Cyber High School Describes the first online
high school, which opened in the fall of 1995. Curriculum, philosophy, and admissions
information are here, plus a helpful FAQ and some good education links in the Library.
- Discovery Channel Online
- Early Childhood Education
On Line
- Gridlink Online Education
System UK - for out-of-school pupils
- onlineschoolyard
- Online Learning Project
semester-long activity linking kids from around the world.
- OSCAR
- PLATO a computer-based instructional system
- NovaNET Campus Free unlimited access to the
Campus' 1,200 proven lessons
- Technology and Distance Education Branch Learn about
Distance Learning on the secondary school level as it applies in British Columbia.
Includes course offerings, planning help, and other Open School information from this
province.
- www.TIMEFORKIDS.com
- Web66
College
- Class.com
- OnLine Education
The first education organisation in Hong Kong to offer degree courses on-line
- Athena University
- California Virtual University This site makes
available information from all the California colleges and universities offering distance
learning opportunities. There’s a great alphabetical list by school with good, brief
summaries of course offerings. You can link to the schools, register for catalogs, and
read news articles on distance learning.
- DIAL: The New School's Cyberspace Campus Explains
how you would go about completing course work from anywhere in the world as part of the
Distance Instruction for Adult Learning program at The New School in New York. Also
onsite: public events, sample classes, an art gallery, and more.
- Diotima: Materials for the
Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
- Medical Education Online
- Online Education at Golden Gate University
CyberCampus
- On-line Books Page Links to hundreds of
books online. Searchable and browseable
- College Board Online
- GRE OnLine
- petersons Information for students and
professionals: publications, guides to colleges, summer programs, and more
- Princeton Review Information about college and
graduate school admission tests - PSAT, SAT, SAT II, ACT, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, GRE and TOEFL.
Career advice. Financial aid page.
- THEN: The Home Education Network Handles UCLA’s
online learning program, and this site explains how it works. One of the best things about
the site is the reprint of a Los Angeles Times article which deals with this
program in particular and the distance learning explosion in general.
Adult Education
- Adult Distance Education Internet
Surf Shack Provides great starting point information for those interested in Distance
Learning. Link to virtual colleges and high schools, course offerings, and other Distance
Learning resources available on the Web.
- Adult Education & Distance
Learner’s Resource Center Lifelong Learning, consultants in education and
training, have put together a terrific site for those thinking about or getting started in
distance education. The site includes basic and historical information, financial aid
facts, success stories, a fine directory of online colleges, and more.
- ACE's Center for Adult Learning and
Educational Credentials
- Buddhist Meditation
- GlobaLearn This non-profit company sends adult
explorers out into the world to be hosted by school children who will assist them in
meeting people and learning about areas all over the globe. Their discoveries are put onto
the Web and shared, interactively, with children in K-12 classrooms around the world.
- GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR
TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION
- Jones University
- Knowledge Online
Computers
Saxakali Computer Careers
CASO's Internet University Offered as a
service of Cape Software, CASO's Internet University offers Distance Learning articles,
courses, and providers, plus online study resources. Included are descriptions, tuition,
and contact information for more than 700 courses, plus profiles of more than 30 schools
offering online instruction.
McGraw-Hill Online Learning
McGraw-Hill’s online computer sciences and corporate training classes are described
here, and you can register and take opening lessons free. There’s also a
career planning section and a quiz to see how much you know about the Internet.
Scholars.com the world's
largest selection of online IT courses. Try out their Free Trial courses
Superhighway Online School learn
and then become a Web consultant.
ZDNet University (ZDU) All the computer classes you
want for only $4.95 a month.
Introduction to Java
IBM's free online education program--requires that you download the Bamba plug-in.
Course directories
Institutions offering online courses
- Alliance for Computers and Writing, support
network and mailgroup for teachers of writing who are using technology in their writing
classrooms.
- Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University offers an Art Appreciation course.
- Crystallography at
Birkbeck Principles of Protein Structure taught using WWW. PPS2 began in January 1996
- Chatanooga State Technical College in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, offers over 60 courses to more than 3000 students each year via
television broadcast, videocassette mailout, and computer modum. There is a demo version
of their virtual classroom online chat software and course catalog available at this
website.
- The Nechako Electronic busing
programme (tm). An innovative program designed by School District #56 (British
Columbia, Canada) to support distance learning through technology.
- Epiphany project, research
and training for teachers of writing in online environments. [Another page], Epiphany is
described in detail in an article by Judy
Williamson, Epiphany
project to provide teacher training in digital technologies. Kairos Vol.1, Iss.1, Spring 1996.
- European Schools Project, Interschool
conferencing projects, including "teletrips" engaging students in computer and
foreign langusge skills. Based at the University of Amsterdam, Centre for Tele-Learning
- Global SchoolNet Foundation. Telecommunications techniques
applied to K-12 Education, plenty of imaginative projects, videoconferencing, email
reports from around the world.
- Collaborative
learning project based at Lancaster University.
- Monash University, Distance
education centre, Australia
- Open University (UK) courses available over the
Internet
- Open University of the Netherlands, (OTIC) has some
information available in English.
- National Teachers' Enhancement Network
(NTEN) offers graduate-credit science and mathematics courses to teachers. Some of the
tuition uses telecomputing as a medium.
- The Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning
Environments (SCALE) is participating in a three-year project of restructuring
undergraduate courses to integrate various techniques associated with asynchronous
learning networks (ALN).
- Southampton Institute of Higher Education,
MBA course
- Spectrum Virtual University at Pacificnet.
This is offering over a dozen free online courses on topics ranging from web page design
to dream interpretation, including fire safety and creative writing on the way. There is
an opportunity to teach your own courses if you are so inclined.
- State University of New York. Report
on the project "New Directions in Teaching, Learning and Technology".
- TECFA, University of Geneva, (Technologies de
Formacion et Apprentissage) has taken a leading role in exploring educational technology.
Hypermedia tutorials
Resources
- ADCE American
Distance Education Consortium
- EdWeb
Hyperbook that explores the worlds of educational reform and information technology
- Education World Articles, news, lesson
plans, contests, links. Designed for K-12 educators and administrators.
- Certificate in Online Education
London University
- The Digital Education Network- A resource for teachers
and students
- Distance Education Clearinghouse From
the University of Wisconsin-Extension
- CEDL Published Articles The Center for
Excellence in Distance Learning offers this list of more than a dozen articles with
cutting edge news and methods in distance education, teleconferencing, and teletraining.
- Distance Education
Resource Sites (WWW and Gopher) A listing of sites related to distance education and
educational telecommunications topic areas or providers.
- Distance Education Resources A
compendium of Distance Education sites, including institutions, courses, papers, journals,
and conference proceedings, along with interactive computer simulations and other helpful
Web sites.
- Distance Education and Training Council The
accrediting agency for distance education institutions. Good source of information on
Distance Learning options, accreditation, publications, meetings, and subjects. A good Q
& A section.
- E-Journal List
- Ed Tech Tools If you are part of an educational
institution (and especially if you’re involved in distance learning), you can
register here and use the QuizCenter to make Web pages with quizzes. No downloading or
installation required, and no knowledge of HTML necessary. Examples and directions
provided.
- Heritage Online Internet-assisted distance education
for teachers.
- Online Education- A Study of
Emerging Pedagogy
- The Interactive MBA
Revolution
- National Teachers Enhancement Network
Offers graduate level science and math courses to teachers online, providing
"unparalleled educational opportunities for working professionals and place-bound
individuals around the world." The site has a newsletter, course descriptions, and
tips for teaching and telecomputing.
- Technological Horizons in Education (T.H.E.)
Journal
- TESOL Online
- World Association for Online Education
- World Lecture Hall The World Lecture
Hall at the University of Texas offers you access to "pages created by faculty
worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials." Resources are arranged
by subject and you can look at course contents, assignments, multimedia textbooks, and
more.
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