Faculty Gold and Online Quality
Assurance at CCCOnline

Chapter 9 Other Resources [ Table of Contents ]

CCCOnline maintains a small lending library with texts on online learning and instructional design theory and practice.

Innovate: the Journal of Online Education, published by Nova Southwestern University, http://innovateonline.info/index.php?

The Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), the cooperative for advancing the effective use of technology in higher education. http://www.wcet.info/

See specifically their bibliography on current research into quality in distance learning at http://www.wcet.info/resources/research/

Stephen Downes’ Blog on Technology and Learning, http://www.downes.ca/, “Founded in 1995, Stephen’s Web is best described as a digital research laboratory for innovation in the use of online media in education. More than just a site about online learning, it is intended to demonstrate new directions in the field for practitioners and enthusiasts.”

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, published by Athabasca University, http://www.irrodl.org/ Website includes links to most distance learning journals.