LibGuides: Education: Online/Distance Education

What We're Learning from Online Education

Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed. (from TED.com)

Selected Library Resources

Creating a Digital-Rich Classroom by Meg Ormiston
Call Number: Main 371.3344678 Or58c 2011
ISBN: 1935249886
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Classrooms Without Borders by James A. Bellanca; Terry Stirling; David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson (Foreword by)
Call Number: Main 371.3344678 B414c 2011
ISBN: 0807752096
Publication Date: 2011-03-18
Teaching Online by Susan Ko; Steve Rossen
Call Number: Main 378.17344678 K79t 2010
ISBN: 041599733X
Publication Date: 2010-03-10
Power Up by Carrie Spagnola-Doyle; Stacey Barrett; Trina Poe
Call Number: Main 371.3344 B275p 2009
ISBN: 0135029333
Publication Date: 2008-05-28

UWA Distance Resources

Distance Education on the Web

ADEC: American Distance Education Consortium
ADEC is a non-profit distance education consortium conceived and developed to promote the creation and provision of high quality, economical distance education programs and services to diverse audiences.
Coursera
Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.
Distance Education and Training Council
The DETC Accrediting Commission defines, maintains, and promotes educational excellence in distance education institutions.
edX
EdX is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that features learning designed specifically for interactive study via the web. Certificates may be awarded.

Note: while these courses may be high quality, they may not necessarily transfer to another institution
Khan Academy
Free online resources for students, parent s and teachers across a broad specturm of subjets
Saylor Foundation
Saylor.org is a free and open collection of college level courses. There are no registrations or fees required to take our courses, and you will earn a certificate upon completion of each course. Because they are not accredited, you will not earn a college degree or diploma
Udacity
Udacity is a digital university on a mission to democratize education.

NOTE: While courses may be of high quality, they may not necessarily transfer to another institution
USDLA - United States Distance Learning Association
The USDLA mission is to serve the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity.
2U
2U Inc. partners with preeminent institutions of higher education to deliver rigorous, selective degree programs online to students globally.
OpenStudy
OpenStudy is a social learning network where students ask questions, give help, and connect with other students studying the same things. Certificate programs offered through accredited partner schools.
The MOOC Guide
Guide to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
TED-Ed
TED-Ed's videos aim to capture and amplify the voices of the world's greatest educators. To achieve this, we pair extraordinary educators with talented animators to produce a new library of exceptional educational videos.