Distance Education "Supersites"

• The American Center for the Study of Distance Education
  
  Based at Penn State University, this organization disseminates information and scholarly literature on distance education.  Their site includes an Internet-based distance education bibliography that covers works published from 1997-1999.
  
  
• American Distance Education Consortium
  
  This site, maintained by a consortium of state and land grant institutions offering distance education, includes information on technologies, accessibility issues, grants, conferences, and workshops in distance education.
  
  
• Current Research in Distance Education

Based at Bowling Green State University, Bruce Klopfenstein's and Patricia Erickson's supersite  contains numerous links to relevant conference proceedings.  Unfortunately, the most recent conferences listed occurred in 1998.

• Distance Education Clearinghouse
  
  This award winning site, created by the University of Wisconsin - Extension, covers recent literature and news in distance education course design, technology, and funding.  It also offers a glossary for those new to distance education issues. 
  
  
• The Distance Education Consultant
  
  In addition to helpful links to sites dealing with copyright issues and faculty preparation, this site occasionally provides access to a Web-based course in progress.
  
  
• Distance Education Web Sites
  
  Emporia State University produced this extensive list of links to e-journals, discussion lists, and Web-based tutorials for distance learning.
  
  
• Web-based and Distance Education

Maintained by iberry.com, the producers of the "Academic Porthole," this site provides links to numerous educational and commercial sites dealing with web-based education and educational technology.

• WebED

In conjunction with the Ohio Learning Network, WebED provides information on distance learning tools for teachers, students, support technicians, and administrators.  At this site, educators can "test drive" a variety of web-based education tools.   

Electronic Journals and Newsletters

• D.E.S.E.I.N

This site contains archived issues of the newsletter of the University of Wisconsin - Extension.  Instructions for subscribing to current issues are provided.

• Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
  
  Two recent issues of this journal deal with computer mediated communication and higher education.
  
  
• Networking

A biweekly newsletter based in Canada, Networking covers issues important to the world's "e-learning community."

• Technical Horizons in Education (T.H.E.) Journal Online

This site contains the contents of THE Journal Magazine (1994-present), as well as additional online features.

• The Technology Source

This bimonthly periodical focuses on the integration of IT into all levels of education.

Web Sites for Print Periodicals

• Academe This Week

This site provides summaries of articles that appear in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

• College & University Media Review: A Look at Practices, Trends & Research

The contents of this periodical, which deals with instructional media and technology and their concomitant research questions, may be viewed at this site.

• The Internet and Higher Education

This quarterly periodical is intended for faculty, staff, and administrators responsible for improving education through information technology.

• Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS)

Contents and article abstracts from current issues may be obtained at this site.

Individual Articles on Web-based Education

•  Accessible Web-based Distance Education:  Principles and Best Practices by Laurie Harrison and Katharyn Foster

Harrison and Foster discuss Web-based course design for the disabled.

• Students' Frustration with a Web-based Distance Education Course by Noriko Hara and Rob Kling

Hara and Kling's qualitative study of Web-based distance education emphasizes students' anxiety of and frustration with computer-based education.

• Experiences with a Web-Based Distance Learn Graduate Program: A Review of Two Pilot Courses by Annie Moore-Cox and Deborah Sopczyk

Moore-Cox and Sopczyk address methods of "fostering collaborative learning" in Web-based distance education courses.

• Distance Learning Resource Network's Links to Articles
  
  This site contains links to current online articles dealing with distance education.
  

Web-based Course Tools

• Blackboard
  
• eCourse
  
• Learnlinc
  
• Prometheus
  
• TopClass
  
• Virtual-U
  
• Web CT
  
• WebMentor
  

NASA Images (used on this site)

• JSC Imagery Services: Digital Images Collection
  
• NASA Image eXchange (NIX)
  
• Planetary Photojournal:  NASA's Image Access Home Page