Distance Learning Instructor Resources

• Academic Info - An annotated catalog of online resources regarding Education and Technology.
• Asynchronous Learning Networks - Self-study with considerable, quick, asynchronous interactive activities with others.
• Barbara Gruber Online Courses for K-6 Teachers - Classes for K-6 Teachers in Classroom Management, Reading and Word Skills.
• Blackboard - Blackboard is a free service which empowers professors to integrate an online feature to the their course or even conduct their class entirely online.
• The COSE Virtual Learning Environment - A virtual educational environment allowing simple development, distribution and management of active, shared and specialized distributed learning experiences.
• CoursesForTeachers.com - Resource of content regarding online classes for teachers.
• Education Using Powerpoint - Seeks to create high quality GCSE education PowerPoint slideshows accessible to teachers for classroom tools and to students as a revision instrument.
• eModerators - Content and materials for facilitators and moderators of web-based discussion.
• Home School video Classroom - K12 videos.
• Hot Potatoes software - Freeware containing six applications, empower users to form interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering, and gap-fill activities on the Internet.
• Innovative Didactics with ICT - Web-based resources for teachers of Mathematics and Chemistry, resulting from a 2000-2002 project.
• ITrain - Free Training Solutions in many languages. Intended for use by not-for--profits and institutions in developing nations.
• Javanti – e-Learning Authoring Tool - Javanti is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for e-Learning tools. Several assessment types and a collaborative working mode are available. The java-based software is open source and works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
• Lessons 4 You - A virtual web-based reading program (adults and children), virtual piano lessons, history, creative page for children, submit your question to a teacher, or locate a teacher.
• Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality - MVCR provides a series of web-based classes created to assist faculty members, administrators, and support staff at colleges and universities obtain the skills and knowledge necessary to provide instruction on the internet.
• MyClass.net - Free classroom web sites for teachers, students, and parents. User friendly solutions for submitting class-specific information and communications. Class web sites are protected by passwords and are secure.
• Online Education and Learning Management Systems - A book intended by students and teachers interested in Internet and learning.
• Online Learning Environments - Content and materials for web-based education and instruction.
• Scholar, Inc. - Online curriculum management system for outcome-based curriculum. Aids in linking assessment to educational objectives.
• Sherratt Library faculty - Completely accredited General Education classes available online. Classes include Introduction To Humanities and Instructional Technology for Teachers.
• SideBars - An e-zine that provides professional creation methods for web-based instructors from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
• Spellmaster - Develop your own Flash based vocabulary games on the internet, download and utilize off-line or employ it on your web site.
• Structuring the Learning Experience - A thesis exploring the importance of a teacher as a telecoach in a web-based educational environment.
• Teaching At a Distance: From Concept to Practice - An online workshop exploring the challenge of teaching at a distance -creating, employing and judging distance learning programs.
• TestBuddy - Internet educational training software which compares with state and national tests, like TABE, GED, and ABLE.
• Texas Instrument Tutorials - Offers web-based tutorials for utilizing Texas Instruments graphing calculators in mathematics classes in high school and college level.
• UniversalClass.com - Offers teachers complete online, instructional software to host all their web-based classes for free.
• Violence Workshop - Internet based New York state certification workshop covering "School Violence Prevention And Intervention" for teaching professionals.
• Web Teacher - Tips and observations for teachers of college Web design courses.
• WebED, Inc. - Web-based education institution offering K-12 educators, administrators and school faculty with professional development credit options via web-based classes.
• Wesa Software - Developer of webGrades, a web-based grade book solution which enables students and parents to check their grades at anytime.
• XanEdu - Allows students explore a hierarchy of subjects or execute advanced searches on thousands of subjects