Schools offering distance learning
From A to L M to T U to Z

Al Lepine,. Editor's Note:
Due to the current explosion of new courses and degrees online, this list is constantly changing. The list contains some of the most popular DE schools. Check back often, as this list expands to include the major fields of study and the level of the degrees offered. Changes or recommendations should be directed to: lepine1@banet.net
This site was last updated 03/06/99

The Distance Education and training Council's (DETC) list of accreditated schools
These schools are approved the US Department of Education and the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Accreditation come from DETC, not one of the six regional accreditation agencies. These correspondence schools are less expensive alternatives to the regional schools. Be sure that DETC accreditation will meets your long term goals prior to enrollment.

The Distance Education Clearinghouse. This comprehensive web site brings together distance education information and resources from Wisconsin, national and international sources.

CASO's Internet University. The Internet's largest index of: College Courses by Computer. This site has more than 1,130 pages of ONLINE ED information, provided to the Educational and Internet communities as a service of CASO (Cape Software).

Lifelong Learning's Directory of Online Colleges, Internet Universities, and Training Institutes.

The International Centre of Distance Learning This site, managed by the Open University, list over 10,000 distance learning courses and degrees by Country.

Al's Higher Education and DL Site
Al's list of short residence, accredited doctorate programs
CHEA, Regional and Professional Accreditation Agencies
The Distance Education and Training Council (DETC)
The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
E-mail list for American College and University Admin Offices
ESL Resources National Clearing House for Bilingual Edu
Language.Education.English - ESL/EFL/ESOL FAQ By: Kristina Harris
College Press Network
International Videoconferencing List
Listing of the World's Colleges and Universities Web Pages
Educom Through direct services and cooperative efforts, Educom offers leadership and assistance to its member institutions in order to address critical issues surrounding the role of information technology in higher education.
Community Learning Network CLN is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. This excellent site provide links to curricular content, instructional materials (e.g., lesson plans), background information on technology integration, practical help for teachers looking for keypals/projects, internet guidebooks, software repositories, listservs and school pages.
Distance Education Resources for Instructors and Students This collection of distance education and mediated instruction development resources is intended for Indiana higher education staff, faculty, and administrators and others with professional interests in distance learning. Information here is regularly updated, most recently on April 16, 1998. The page is on the Web site of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS). IHETS staff welcome comments and suggestions. Write webmaster@ihets.org.
The European Telematics Horizontal Observatory Service ETHOS will provide a horizontal observatory service to the Telematics Applications Programme. It monitors and assesses the deployment of applications of information and communication technologies, developments in market trends, state of deployment of telematics applications and user needs in Europe and other countries and regions and developments in both computer and/or telecommunications technologies.
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The Finnish Association for Distance Education (FADE) An association for distance education institutions or organisations which offer higher education at a distance. Includes 10 universities and university colleges.
The International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL) A documentation centre specialising in collecting and disseminating information on distance education worldwide.
International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (IMTC) A non-profit corporation composed of members and affiliates from all over the world to promote, encourage, and facilitate the development and implementation of interoperable multimedia teleconferencing solutions based on open international standards.
International Teleconferencing Association ITCA, the forum where dialogue leads to solutions, is a professional association linking users, providers, strategists, educators, learners, managers and employees that use teleconferencing, telecollaborative and distance education technologies.
Norwegian Association for Distance Education (NADE) NADE is a membership organization. It's members are institutions from within the private, other independent non-public and the public sector.

Projects:
Education First A Pacific Bell project aimed at providing technology resources to the 9,000 California schools and libraries in the company's service territory.

VIDEOCONFERENCING Sites:
Bill Buxton's papers Papers on teleconferencing, mediaspaces and videoconferencing.
Bill Buxton
Educational Videoconferencing: Critical Success Factors A very good paper providing insights into the critical success factors that influence the implementation of videoconferencing.
John Mitchell & Associates
Video Conferencing and Learning in Higher Education Dr. Lynne Coventry, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

DL Software
Web-4M an innovative distance learning tool kit
WebCT is an easy-to-use environment for creating sophisticated WWW-based courses that are otherwise beyond the ability of the non computer programmer.
Blackboard.Com A great teaching tool