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Publications and Organizations 
American Association of Higher Education
"The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) is an individual membership organization that promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. AAHE equips individuals and institutions with the knowledge they need to bring them about."
Distance Education Report
The Most Practical Resource On Distance Education
Magna Publications, Inc.
All Rights Reserved © 1997
Distance Learning and the Higher Education Act: Making College Easier and More Affordable to Attend
United States Distance Learning Association
Educause Publications
Educom Review, CAUSE/EFFECT, EDUCAUSE Online and others are linked here.
Institution for Distance Education
Mission: "The Institute of Distance Education (IDE) shall be a resource to the University System of Maryland community to foster the highest possible quality in design, development, delivery, and evaluation of distance education programs to meet the needs of learners throughout the state. The Institute shall facilitate the sharing of distance education resources and expertise across the USM institutions and with other agencies at the state, regional, and national level. The Institute has an advisory role to the Chancellor in the development and implementation of interinstitutional distance education policies."
Internet Society
The Internet Society is a non-profit, non-governmental, international, professional membership organization. It focuses on: standards, education, and policy issues. Its more than 100 organizational and 6,000 individual members worldwide represent a veritable who's who of the Internet community."
Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal
"The Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal (IPCT-J) is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, published four times a year. The journal's focus is on computer-mediated communication, and the pedagogical issues surrounding the use of computers and technology in educational settings."
The Journal of Library Services for Distance Education
"The Journal of Library Services for Distance Education (ISSN: 1096-2123), is a peer-reviewed e-journal. International in scope, this scholarly e-journal will publish refereed articles focusing on the issues and challenges of providing research/information services to students enrolled in formal post-secondary distance education. It will particularly strive to meet the continuing education needs of practitioners by providing a forum for the discussion of extended learning policies and practices, and trends in information technology as they impact the delivery of library services for distance learners and faculty. Articles may be philosophical and/or quantitative analyses of off-campus library issues, and may take the form of case studies, research studies, or general interest reports. Sample topics: role/history of library services to distance education, standards for such services, organization/planning of new services, library instruction for remote users, document delivery, inter-library cooperation, providing/creating access to bibliographic and other library resources, costs of such services, research on remote users' information-seeking behaviors, etc. Book reviews, conference reports, literature reviews, news items, URLs for homepages of off-campus library services worldwide, announcements of conferences and publications, and letters to the editor are also invited."
The NODE
Online Innovation Institute
"Online Innovation Institute (OII) is a results driven organization, which offers professional development workshops to help students and teachers improve classroom achievment. OII provides educators with a learning environment to support integrating the Internet into their individual teaching styles. Utilizing the Four Directions for Lifelong Learning, OII offers a combination of online and onsite collaborations in which participants develop projects to use in their classrooms."
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
"The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is a national association of academics interested in theimprovement of teaching and learning in higher education. The Society sponsors an annual conference, a series of workshops, an electronic bulletin board and the 3M Teaching Fellowships. The Society also publishes a bi-annual newsletter, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, as well as a membership directory and a number of other directories. Its members mainly comprise faculty and teaching and learning resource professionals from institutions of post-secondary education across Canada and beyond."
Syllabus
The Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks
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