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BOOKS/OFFLINE MATERIALS
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The Benefits and Drawbacks of E-Learning
By Kevin Kruse
http://www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art1_3.htm
What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning
John E. Reid, Jr. Ph.D.
Coordinator of Distance Education Technology
Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw Georgia.
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/reid.html
Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Peer-reviewed, open-access online publication focused on exploring the use of multimedia in virtual
learning settings.
http://jolt.merlot.org/
DIRECTORY
MISC
Online Learning 101
Helps students locate online degree programs available to students in your geographical area and desire
subject area.
http://www.onlinelearning101.com/
WorldWideLearn
virtual program directory
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/
SeniorNet E-Learning Site
http://www.seniornet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=45
Science Supporting Online Material
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/304/5670/521/DC1/1
E-Learning newsfeed
http://www.elearninglearning.com/resources/sites/virtual-classroom/
Distance Learning: Facing the Faculty Challenge
Prospective students should be aware of where some instructors stand on the issue of virtual learning.
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/summer42/bower42.html
A Review of Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education: Research and Practice
Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle M. Kazmer, eds.
New York: Peter Lang, 2004
http://35.9.119.214/10.1/reviews/wright/index.html
Press Release about Dept. of Education 2009 Analysis of virtual and traditional education methods
http://www2.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/06/06262009.html
Amazon.com listing for The E-learning Handbook
http://www.amazon.com/E-Learning-Handbook-Comprehensive-Online-Learning/dp/0787978310
Information site about Online Degree programs
http://aboutonlinedegrees.org/blog/enroll-online-school/
Article about Online Learning in relation to Bush’s No Child Left Behind Policy
This writer takes a clear anti-Bush stance but the ideas explored in this article are interesting.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/bushplan/nclb181.shtml
Scholarly article about encouraging student participation through online debate
http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/include/getdoc.php?id=548&article=41&mode=pdf
This is an extremely subjective and biased blog objecting to many issues in higher education, virtual
learning being one of them.
http://blog.yellowblockwall.org/?p=95
Guri-Rosenblit, S. ‘Distance education’ and ‘e-learning’: Not the same thing. Higher Education v. 49 no. 4
(June 2005) p. 467-93
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790ebae9d2436089d3706f
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Shin, N., et. al., Direct and indirect effects of online learning on distance education. British Journal of
Educational Technology v. 35 no. 3 (May 2004) p. 275-88
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790ebae9d2436089d37067
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Stella, A., et. al., Quality assurance in distance education: The challenges to be addressed. Higher
Education v. 47 no. 2 (March 2004) p. 143-60
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790ebae9d2436089d37067
ba3b0e9a73ac035a3a2f085141d231bccba05b5f601275&fmt=P