Courseware Ideas and Collections for On-Line Learning
The UWEX-Disted sites are comprehensive collections of distant learning sites and courseware all over the world...
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The Distance Education Clearinghouse is a comprehensive collection of distant learning sites and courseware from all over the world.
Get Educated, a distance learning resource center, serves the population of students, eligible for adult education. They publish a free monthly newsletter - back issues are available at the site.
Distance Learning At A Glance at the University of Idaho describes distributed education and provides a summary for decision-makers. Distance Learning Resource Network at WestEd has received K-12 Star School funding to serve as a clearinghouse for distance learning, including satellites.
Teachscape, with physical offices in New York City, uses case studies, primarily in the form of brief, real classroom videos, of successful practices. Only for professional development, the topics include literacy, math and science and integrated studies, and the course library of teaching vignettes is extensive., Its portal page, my desk, delivers guidance with self-assessment and problem-solving tools, like an opportunity to develop an annual professional development plan. Feedback from and chat with colleagues are available, also. Some special features would help the online offerings to be available from home. The staff and advisors reflect outstanding educational and business experience in multi-media and online learning. One would conclude that the costs are high, because the quality is high. The fees, however, are not accessible to the visitor.
Academy for Teaching Excellence is totally an online opportunity in professional development. Classroom teachers on-the-job can view critiques and protocols for lesson plans from many colleagues by examining actual student work. This site encourages self-reflection with regard to the most important outcome of teaching, i.e. student work.
The NSTA Institute has partnered with professional development providers like the American Museum of Natural History, Jason Academy, and University of Maryland. Today, about 70% of formal and informal learning groups offer online courseware.
Advanced Academics has generated 70 online courses with three interest or capability levels: Traditional (more options), Accelerated, and At-Risk. Accredited in the mid-west, this opportunity is a great vehicle for individualizing educational offerings in an era of extreme cutbacks and home schooling.
TELS (Technology Enhanced Learning in Science) delivers online and face-to-face sessions. It is distinguished from other opportunities in that the same courses are implemented by institutions around the U.S. The online instructor is available for questions.
The distance learning center in Arkansas has grown from 60 to 3000 students. All of the instructors are housed in one facility and can foster connections between staff and students. The center has been especially successful in the math arena because there is such a shortage of math teachers. Clubs at different schools combine real world activities.
