Distance Education Resources, Links and Contacts


This page will host a growing number of links, resources and contacts relevant to distance learning from around the world. If you have a contribution, or a useful link to recommend, please e-mail us.

Contents of this Page

Distance Education Resources
Distance Education Related Journals
Distance Education Institutions

Distance Education Associations
Personal Home Pages
Distance Education Projects
Distance Education Related Conferences

Distance Education Resources

American Center for the Study of Distance Education
Citedra UNESCO de Educacion a Distancia (In Spanish)
Distance Education Primer - University of Texas
Distance Learning Literature Links
Distance Learning FAQs
Distance Learning Literature Links
Distance Learning Coursefinder
E-Moderating (Website of Dr Gilly Salmon)
English Language Centre
E-Learning
ETHOS - European Telematics Observatory
Global Communications Group
Resources for Distance Education (List by Prof. Charles Darling)
Extending the Classroom Walls Electronically (Prof. Tom Creed Article)
Innovations in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
CITAL Distance Learning Weblinks
Horizon
Hull University Telematics Glossary
Issues in Distance learning
Public Searchable Video Conference Directory
Telematicall - Newsletter on forthcoming EU project calls
The 'No Significant Difference' Phenomenon
The 'Significant Difference' Phenomenon
TEN Telecom Contacts Database (Belgium)
Using the Web for Teaching/Learning (University of Plymouth, UK)
Virtual Library (Oxford University, UK)
Web Studies (Ferris State University, USA)


Distance Education Related Journals

Active Learning
Academy Online
American Journal of Distance Education
Asynchronous Learning Networks
Australian Journal of Educational Technology
Computer Mediated Communications Magazine
COMPUT-ED Journal
Connections and Educational Technology News
Converge Magazine
Desktop Ednet
Distance Education Report
Distance Education Research Update Newsletter
Distance Education Systemwide Interactive Electronic Newsletter
Distance Education (Journal of ODLAA)
Distance Learning Resource Network
Education and Information Technologies
Educational Technology and Society
Educational Technology Abstracts
European Journal of Open & Distance Learning
ICT in Education
The Information Society
Interactions Online
Interactive Teacher
International Journal of Instructional Media
International Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Journal of Distance Education
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Malaysian Journal of Distance Education
Occasional Papers in Open & Distance Learning
On-line Chronicle of Distance Education and Communication
On-line Journal of Distance Learning Administration
Online Journal of Distance Education and Communication
The Quarterly Review of Distance Education
ReCALL On-Line Journal
T.H.E. Journal On-line
TechLearn Trends On-line Newsletter
Technology and Learning On-line
Turkish On-line Journal of Distance Education
Virtual University Journal
WebNet Journal


 

Distance Education Institutions

Australia

Charles Sturt University (Australia)
Curtin University of Technology (Australia)
Deakin University (Australia)
Griffiths University (Australia)
Monash University (Australia)
Murdoch University (Australia)
Massey University (New Zealand)
Northern Territories University (Australia)
Open University of Israel
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Southern Cross University (Australia)
University of Adelaide (Australia)
University of Melbourne (Australia)
University of New South Wales (Australia)
University of Otago (New Zealand)
University of Queensland (Australia)
University of South Australia (Australia)
University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Tasmania (Australia)

North America

Athabasca University(Canada)
Howard University (USA)
Mind Extension University (USA)
On-Line Education (USA)
Nova South Eastern University (USA)
Pennsylvania State University (USA)
Tele Education (Canada)
University of Phoenix (USA)
University of British Columbia(Canada)
University of Maryland (USA)
University of Minnesota(USA)
Iowa State University (USA)

South America

Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina)
Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (Argentina)
Universidad Tecnologica Nacional (Argentina)
Universidad NUR (Bolivia)
Centro de Ensino Tecnologico de Brasilia (Brazil)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Columbia)
Universidad Estatel a Distancia (Costa Rica)

Asia

Anadolu University (Turkey)
Central Radio & TV University (China)
University of the Air (Japan)
Universitas Terbuka(Indonesian Open Learning University)
Korea National Open University (Korea)
Open University of Hong Kong (China)
Open University of the Phillipines (Phillipines)
Indira Gandhi Open University (India)
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand)

Europe

Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (Holland)
CNED (France)
FernUniversiteit (Germany)
Institute of Telematics (Germany)
NKI (Norway)
NKS Ernst Mortensen Foundation (Norway)
Open University (United Kingdom)
Open University of The Netherlands (Holland)
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain)
UNED (Spain)
University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland)

Africa

Technikon South Africa
University of South Africa
Vista University (South Africa)
Institute of Distance Education (University of Swaziland)


Distance Education Associations and Agencies

AACE - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
AECT - Association for Education Communications & Technology
Asian Association of Open Universities
British Educational Communication and Technology Agency
Canadian Association for Distance Education
Confederation of Open Learning Institutes of South Africa
Danish Association of Open Universities
Deutches Institut fur Fernstudienforshung
EADTU - European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
EARLI - European Association for Research on Learning & Instruction
EDEN - European Distance Education Network
EUROCALL - European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning
ICDL - International Centre for Distance Learning
ICDE - International Council for Open & Distance Education
ODLAA - Open Distance Learning Association of Australia
Open Distance Learning Quality Council
The Open Learning Company (UK)
The Open Learning Foundation (UK)
The Commonwealth of Learning
Schoolnet Canada
South African Branch of ICDE
United States Distance Learning Association


Personal Home Pages

Tony Bates University of British Columbia, Canada
John Burns De Montfort University, UK
Betty Collis University of Twente, Holland
Peter Goodyear Lancaster University, UK
Charlotte Gunawardena University of New Mexico, USA
Starr Roxanne Hiltz New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
David Jonassen Penn State University, USA
Desmond Keegan University College Dublin, Ireland
Stewart Marshall
Marina Stock McIsaac Arizona State University, USA
Hugh Miller Nottingham Trent University, UK
Michael Moore Penn State University, USA
Morten Flate Paulsen NKI Internet College, Norway
Otto Peters Fernuniversitat Hagen, Germany
Margaret Riel University of California, Irvine, USA
Gilly Salmon Open University Business School, UK
Mike Simonson Nova South Eastern University, USA
Murray Turoff New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Barry Willis University of Idaho, USA


Distance Education Related Projects

ADAPT through RATIO (UK)
Annenburg Project for Learners & Educators (USA)
BIC - Blueprint for Interactive Classrooms (Europe)
CSILE - Computer Supported Intentional Learning (Canada)
EUROPACE 2000
Flashlight Project
Flexible Delivery Toolbox Development Project (Australia)
ICT4LT - Information & Communication Technology for Language Teachers
Innovations in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (UK)
LocalNet
Project Teleform (France)
Queensland Open Learning Network (Australia)
RATIO - Rural Area Training & Information Opportunities (UK)
Saxaphone Project (UK)
Sustain Project (Socrates ODL)
Telematics in Education Research Centre (United Kingdom)
T3 - Telematics for Teacher Training (Europe)
TEN Telecom (Belgium)
Terena Telematics for Research - Projects Overseas (Holland)
TRENDS Project (Greece)