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The American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE)
A network of scholars who have a common interest in studying, teaching, and doing research in the field of distance education.

Making Sense of Learning Specifications and Standards
Report on state of standardizations of Learning Objects and relevance for future development of online education. [770K pdf file]

Distance Education and the WWW
Gives an overview of the state of art in the distance learning domain and its recent evolution.

The Internet As An Educational Tool
Making the web work for South Africa - article by Edward P Rybicki, University of Cape Town.

Knowledge Integration Environment
The KIE Project pioneers the educational use of the World Wide Web for middle and high school science instruction.

Information Society Standardization System (ISSS)
De facto online consortium for European trends in online education standardization.

ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36
Latest documentation on standards on information technology for learning, education and training.

The Teletraining Institute
Provides a practical laboratory where teachers, corporate trainers, government instructors, and others can learn and explore the skills and methods specific to the growing field of distance education.

Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies (CALT)
Europe's leading R&D initiative in the domain of advanced learning technologies for management education and knowledge management.

Distance Learning in Higher Education
Summaries of and links to reports covering topics related to distance learning, mainly as it applies to high schools and colleges.






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