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This website's "Issues & Commentaries" section provides links to reports on 1) the challenges and opportunities for distance learning in higher education(www.chea.org/Commentary/index.html), and 2) the expanding universe of distance learning (http://www.chea.org/Commentary/distance-learning-3.cfm)

This site focuses on research issues related to distance education. Included are the following topics: Common Research Questions Why is Instruction Successful? Distance vs. Traditional Education. How Important is Interaction? Cost vs. Benefits.

Part 1 of a list of more than 40 (including hyperlinks) associations concerned with aspects of distance learning: Hyperlinks to each of the organizations in this list: 1)Alberta Association of Courseware Producers 2)Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada 3) CATA Alliance - Canadian Advanced Technology Association 4) Centre for Research and Innovation 5) Information Technology Association of Canada 6) Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technologies Association 7) Software Human Resource Council 8) Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia 9) Association for Educational Communications and Technology 10) Association for the Advancement of Computing Education (AACE) 11) Computer Game Developers Association 12)DigitalLearning.Org 13) Educause 14) Electronic Industries Association 15) Institute for Academic Technology 16) Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education (ITTE) 17) Instructional Systems Association (ASA) 18) Multimedia Development Group 19) MultiMedia Telecom Assoc. 20) SIGCAT Foundation (Special Interest Group on CD Applications & Technology)

A continuation of the list of more than 40 (including hyperlinks) associations concerned with aspects of distance learning: 21) Software Publishers Association 22) Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) 23) ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 24) ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) 25) ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Uses in Education (SIGCUE) 26) ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Hypermedia 27) ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia Systems 28) Association for Information & Image Management 29) International Communications Industries Association 30) International Computer Music Association 31) International Interactive Communications Society (IICS) 32) International Television Association (ITVA) 33) Multimedia Communications Forum 34) Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) 35)Virtual Reality Society (VRS) 36) Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) 37) Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association 38) European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics) 39) European Multimedia Forum 40) Association for Learning Technology 41) British Interactive Multimedia Association

The Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN), located at WestEd, is the dissemination project for the U.S. Department of Education Star Schools Program. It's a good place to start when you are looking for information regarding distance education. Contains links, as well as the Distance Learning Resource Network Journal.

list of distance education journals and newsletters put together by The International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL).

The USDLA is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning in Pre-K through grade 12 education, higher education, home school education, continuing education, corporate training, military and government training, and telemedicine. The association provides information and recommendations for government agencies, Congress, industry and those entering into the development of distance learning programs.