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References
Articles
and Books
France
Belanger, Dianne H. Jordan, Diane Jordan. Evaluation and Implementation
of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools and Techniques (available
only in print)
Chris
Dede , Distance
Learning to Distributed Learning: Making the Transition,
NLII Viewpoint, Fall/Winter 1997
Pedro
Hernández-Ramos, Learning
in a New World, 2000
Carol
Wilson, Faculty
Attitudes about Distance Learning, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume
24, Number 2, 2001
Guidelines
Association of College and Research Libraries (1998). Guidelines
for Distance Learning Library Services
American Council on Education (2000). Developing
a Distance Education Policy
for 21st Century Learning.
American
Distance Education Consortium. ADEC
Guiding Principles for Distance Learning.
Council
of Regional Accrediting Commissions (2001).
Best Practices for
Electronically Offered Degree and Certificate Programs.
Distance
Education Policies, Principles & Guidelines (Oregon Network
Education)
Web Sites
The
Chronicle of Higher Education: Distance Learning
Distance
Education Clearinghouse, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Library
Services for Distance Learners: A Resource List
Multimedia
Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
University
of Maryland University College, Center for the Virtual University
Standards
Currently,
there are a number of initiatives to support the development of
interoperable applications and services for distributed learning
environments.
Here are some of the most prominent initiatives:
Advanced
Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative
CanCore,
National Protocol for Describing Educational Objects
Gateway
to Educational Materials
IEEE
Learning Object Metadata
IMS
Metadata
Instructional
Management Systems (IMS) Global Learning Consortium
National
Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII)
Open
Knowledge Initiative (OKI)
SCORM
(Sharable Content Object Reference Model
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