Distance Education Professional Development Resources

 

 

ADEC: American Distance Education Consortium is a non-profit distance education consortium composed of approximately 65 state universities and land-grant colleges. The consortium was conceived and developed to promote the creation and provision of high quality, economical distance education programs and services to diverse audiences, by the land grant community of colleges and universities, through the most appropriate information technologies available.

 

EDUCAUSE: is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology.

 

Education Week: A comprehensive 21st century Educator Professional Development Resource Directory

 

Instructional Technology Council: ITC is a leader in advancing distance education. ITC's mission is to provide exceptional leadership and professional development in higher education to its network of eLearning practitioners by advocating, collaborating, researching, and sharing exemplary, innovative practices and potential in educational technologies.

 

NCES: The National Center for Educational Statistics, is a virtual database archive created by The Institute of Educational Sciences, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, and other educational organizations.

 

NEA: The National Education Association, is the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.

 

USDLA: The United States Distance Learning Association, is a non-profit professional development community. Its innovative platform comprises conference announcements, scholarly literature, Blended Media Tutorials, as well as certification, and career resources, as well as blog discussion forums.

 

The Sloan Report: 10th Annual Survey of Online Learning: Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States

 

The Sloan Report: Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States, 2011

 

Teachingonthenet.org: Is a leading online source for faculty  development and recruitment in the field of distance education.

 

Te@chthought: is a comprehensive online digital resource hub, containing innovative technologies, discussion forums, lesson/unit plaanning strategies, as well as trending alerts for 21st century educators.

 

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