Distance Learning
Resources
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UT Telecampus
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The UT
TeleCampus is a central support unit that facilitates
distance education initiatives within the University of
Texas System. The
UT TeleCampus staff develop, support and promote
distance education programs and courses to further the UT
components' goals of providing more access to higher
education for the residents of Texas and beyond.
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NETnet
- The Northeast Texas
Consortium or "NETnet" is the collaborative effort of 15
higher education institutions to bring a wide array of
educational opportunities to 50 rural Northeast Texas
counties. NETnet's objective is to make available - via
innovative distance education technology applications - a
diverse curriculum specifically designed to meet the
evolving needs of a highly competitive, yet geographically
isolated, client population.
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Distance Education Clearinghouse
- The Distance Education
Clearinghouse is a comprehensive and widely recognized
website bringing together distance education information
from national and international sources. New information and
resources are being added to the Distance Education
Clearinghouse on a continual basis. The Clearinghouse is
managed and maintained by the University of
Wisconsin-Extension, in cooperation with its partners and
other University of Wisconsin institutions.
Interaction Aides
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Survey Monkey
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Allows
anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and
easily (free, but you are limited to less than 100 responses
to each survey). This program even analyzes the results for
you!
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Hot Potatoes
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The
Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling
you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer,
jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and
gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes
is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those
working for publicly-funded non-profit-making
educational institutions, who make their pages available
on the web.
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The Research Channel
- Assign
an archived video from
The Research Channel. Search
their
library of programs
(by Program Title, Series
Title, Institution, Subject, New Releases, or do a Keyword
Search) to find free videos on subjects in Arts and
Humanities, Business and Economics, Engineering and Computer
Science, Health and Medicine, K-12 and Education, Sciences,
or Social Sciences.
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The CASTLE Toolkit
- The CASTLE toolkit is an
on-line authoring tool that allows course tutors
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create interactive quizzes for use on the web.
NoodleTools - Chose the Best Search Engine for Your Information
Need
Howard Hughes Medical
Institute - BioInteractive
The Institute has produced a variety of
award-winning publications, videos and other free materials that can be ordered
online. Also available at this Web site is BioInteractive, a collection of
virtual labs, biological animations and other learning modules; an online
laboratory safety training program and other interactive sites for curious
people of all ages. The News section features the latest developments in
biomedical research and related fields.
Training Guides
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ITV Instructor's Handbook
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This site
was developed by Western Wisconsin Technical College and it
provides useful information for ITV Instructors. Topics
covered include Teaching Concepts, Audio/Visual Tips, ITV
Training, Delivery of Material and FAQ's.
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Videoconferencing Cookbook
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This cookbook
offers a wide variety of information concerning the use of
videoconferencing as an emerging technology. There is even a
section on videoconferencing etiquette.
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Engineering Outreach at the University of Idaho -
Distance Education at a Glance
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In order to help teachers, administrators, facilitators,
and students understand distance education, Barry
Willis, the Associate Dean for Outreach and the
Engineering Outreach staff present the following series
of guides highlighting information detailed in Dr.
Willis' books, Distance Education - Strategies and
Tools and Distance Education - A Practical Guide.
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