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Distance Learning in Education

Course and Program Directories

Accredited Distance Learning Degrees
This site lists online degree programs.

Degree.Net
This site primarily focuses on degrees at a distance, but also offers information on postsecondary schools throughout the world, traditional or nontraditional, accredited or not. The site is mainly an ad for the well-respected book "Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning," but also includes handy links on related information.

distance.gradschools.com
Gradschools.com continues to grow and serve prosepctive students with its database of academic programs. A significant portion of their traffic is generated web links to their site by advisors, career centers, educational and professional societies and other related pages.

The Globewide Network Academy
This site is intended to assist you in all aspects of virtual and distance learning, whether you are a (potential) student, an instructor, or an administrator of an educational organization going virtual by providing a central distance learning marketplace where students and teachers can find each other. The current basis of this marketplace is its Online Distance Education Catalog (ODEC), which currently lists more than 17,000 courses and programs; all of which are delivered remotely. It also has a Bookstore, which focuses on Distance Learning materials.

International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL)
The International Centre for Distance Learning lists 5,000 distance learning courses from 300 providers in the United Kingdom. It also has a database of more than 1,000 institutions worldwide that are offering distance learning courses.

MindEdge
A listing of online college courses offered by accredited colleges and universities.

Peterson's Guide
Peterson's Guide is a popular print publication about the offerings at colleges and universities. This site has a very extensive listing of distance learning courses and programs.

The World Lecture Hall
The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.  For translating course URLs from or into English, Spanish, French, German, or Portuguese, try a translation service. See also distance education courses within The University of Texas System.

World Wide Learn
World Wide Learn is a directory of online courses and learning resources that are available from around the world and in many topics.

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Regional

Southern Regional Electronic Campus
Offers college courses from 16 southern states.

Western Governor's University
Gives degrees and certificates based on assessments, not required courses.

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National

Community College Distance Learning Network
Offers courses and degrees from colleges in four states.

DANTES Distance Learning Programs
Provides more than 6000 courses from over 100 different universities and colleges.

Global Network Academy

New Promise

United States Open University
Offers ten online degree programs.

PBS Adult Learning Service
Distributes educational programs to adult institutions.

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International

ADEC Distance Education Consortium
An international consortium of institutions providing economic distance education programs.

Athabasca University
Athabasca University bills itself as "Canada's Open University" serving more than 12,500 students across North America using distance education. Athabasca University is dedicated to the removal of barriers that traditionally restrict access to and success in university-level studies, and to increasing equality of educational opportunity for all adult Canadians, regardless of their geographical location or prior academic credentials.  Athabasca University is nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in open and distance education, offering a high-quality university education to more than 14,000 students each year.

Australian Correspondence School

Distance Learning Course Finder
The International Distance Learning Course Finder is the world's largest one-stop and truly independent distance education directory online, with information on over 50,000 distance learning courses offered by universities, colleges and companies from 127 countries.

International Centre for Distance Learning
Contains a database of over 31,000 worldwide distance learning courses.

Online Education
Provides business courses and degrees.

Open Learning Australia
Offers undergraduate, graduate and vocational courses.

The Open University
United Kingdom

Royal Roads University
Royal Roads University programs are based on our four founding themes: entrepreneurship and management; leadership and learning; environmental sustainability; and conflict resolution. Most programs are at the Master degree level, but Royal Roads also offers undergraduate completion programs in commerce and science (full-time as well as online), in addition to an increasing number of graduate diploma, education, and professional development programs. Keep working. Keep Learning. Keep your life. That's the concept behind Royal Roads University (RRU), a new kind of post-secondary institution dedicated to meeting the educational needs of working professionals and others looking to upgrade their knowledge and skills. Using innovative distance learning technologies - and building a supportive learning community through brief on-campus residencies - we provide education that is immediately applicable to today's career challenges. Founded in 1995 by the BC Government, we are a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and Canadian Virtual University. Our 565-acre campus - a National Historic Site - is located in Victoria, British Columbia, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Mountains.

Tafe Virtual Campus
Australia

TeleCampus
Canada

Virtual Online University
Virtual Online University Services International, Inc. (VOUSI) is a Virtual Corporation operating as a Corporate University. VOUSI encompasses three distinct entities:  VOUSI: the corporation - VOUSI offers training and consulting services for corporations and nonprofit agencies globewide, with an emphasis on distributed complex systems management. VOUSI also sponsors Athena University and Athena Academy ... Athena University - AU is a nonprofit institution offering undergraduate and graduate programs in a fully online, fully interactive environment ... Athena Academy - AA offers K-12 and Home schooling services through a Student-centered, constructivist Learning Community ... VOUSI offers a novel and effective approach to academic excellence, professional development and lifelong learning. VOUSI uses an enhanced Virtual Education Environment (VEE) as our electronic campus. A VEE allows one-on-one collaboration, debate, and interaction between fellow students and instructors by way of a distinctly innovative model for distance education.

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