Resources on Distance Learning
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Resources for Distance Teaching & Learning
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FOTTC: Faculty Online Technology Training Consortium:
http://www.mdfaconline.org
The web site of the MHEC-funded faculty training and development project. The grant involoves partnership of 20 Maryland institutions representing the members of the Maryland Community College Teleconsortium and MarylandOnline. Its goal is to increase instructional technology training opportunities for faculty in the state. Cable's On-Line Pedagogy Distance Learning Portal:
Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation
Distance Education and Instructional Support (University of South
Carolina) http://www.sc.edu/deis/
Faculty-resources page lets visitors view instructional media and gather
course-development material.
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| Online Faculty Handbook
http://online.parkland.cc.il.us/ofh/ Developed by Robert Ramage, head of the Department of Distance Education and Virtual Learning at Parkland College (Illinois) |
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| Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html Originally developed by Art Chickering and Zelda Gamson (1987), these "Principles of Good Practice for Undergraduate Education" were updated by Chickering and Stephen C. Ehrmann of the TLT Group, the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education. The principles provide a solid basis for good pedagogy in a traditional as well as a technology-enriched learning environment. |
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| Distance Education at a Glance
http://www.uidaho.edu/evo/distglan.html An excellent series of guides that highlight information about distance education. They're part of a study entitled Strategies and Tools and Distance Education by Barry Willis of the University of Idaho. |
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| Technology Tools for Today's Campuses
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/monograph/CD/ A collection of articles compiled in 1997 by James Morrison, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The articles are by educators who have integrated various forms of educational technology into their instruction. The articles are arranged by subject area and type of information technology tool used. |
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| TeleCampus Online Course Directory:
http://courses.telecampus.edu/ A searchable directory of over 17,000 courses from around the world, available over the Internet. Compiled by TeleEducation NB, New Brunswick, Canada |
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| Richard Rose's Working Home Page
http://www.rrose.usmh.usmd.edu/ This web page, compiled by Richard Rose, Director of the University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS), contains valuable links that focus on the technical infrastructure needed to develop distance learning programs and courses. |
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| Video Teletraining: A Guide to Design, Development,
and Use http://www.frc.csmd.edu/training/gaovideo.pdf
This detailed and fully-illustrated PDF-readable manual was published by the United States Government Accounting Office as a service to educators and trainers who present and teach at a distance using video telecommunication technology. It can be read if your computer has Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on it (available from Adobe.com as a free download). |
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| World Wide Web Virtual Library: Distance Education
http://www.cisnet.com/~cattales/Deducation.html A list of resources about distance education, compiled by Dr. Renee M. Eggers. |
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Comments or questions? Contact Richard J. Siciliano: richs@csmd.edu
Last updated: March 20, 2001