Distance Education

41 records
Title	Date	Abstract
Getting online, the GO Project: a research report on online learning for Canadian Literacy Practitioners	October 2008	This report presents the findings of research into the use of online learning technologies both by Canadian literacy practiti...
Investigating the language and literacy skills required for independent online learning	October 2008	This report was undertaken to investigate the thresh hold levels of literacy and language proficiency necessary for adult lea...
Distance education and e-learning: new options for adult basic and English language education	May 2006	This digest describes ways that electronic learning (e-learning) is used in distance education and provides recommendations f...
California Adult Education 2009-2010 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	December 6, 2011	This report is the latest in a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional De...
California Adult Education 2007-2008 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2010	This report is the eighth of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional De...
California Adult Education 2008-2009 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2010	This report is the latest in a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional De...
Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning; a meta-analysis and review of online learning studies	2009	This meta-analysis of over a thousand empirical studies of online learning found that on average, students in online learning...
National standards for quality online teaching	2007	These standards are designed to provide a set of quality guidelines for online teaching and instructional design. Thirteen st...
California Adult Education 2005-2007 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2007	This report is the latest of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional De...
Building a blended learning program: models and best practices	2007	This working paper describes the distance learning blended model as practiced in California adult school innovation programs ...
Distance learning for the adult learner: improving persistence and effectiveness, a working paper: Fall 2006	2006	This working paper addresses research data on the relationship between distance learning as an instructional strategy and adu...
California Adult Education 2004-2006 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2006	This report is the latest of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional De...
California Adult Education 2003-2005 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2005	This report is the fifth of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional Del...
California Adult Education 2002 - 2004 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2004	This report is the fourth in a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional De...
California Adult Education 2001 - 2003 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	2003	This report is the third in a series of annual working papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional Deli...
Video-based distance education for adult English language learners	2003	This Q & A identifies the advantages and challenges with using video-based distance education for adult English language lear...
Assessment and accountability issues in distance education for adult learners	2002	Key issues states face include determining how to track, assess, and report on distance learners using state and national acc...
Adult education in non-classroom settings; a pilot test in Pennsylvania, Phase II: October 2001-June 2002 [executive summary]	2002	This paper summarizes the second year of an experiment in Pennsylvania that used Workplace Essential Skills (WES) with adult ...
California Adult Education 2000 - 2002 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program	2002	This report is the second of a series of annual working papers and summarizes data collected during the 2000-2001 school year...
Blending face-to-face and distance learning methods in adult and career-technical education	2002	This brief reviews the literature on combining traditional classroom instruction with distance learning via information and c...
California 5% initiative - a review	2001	This report summarizes data collected during the 1999-2000 school year on over 16,000 learners enrolled in 60 California adul...
A review of the California 1999 - 2001 Innovation Program initiative	2001	This report is a working paper that provides an overview of the data from the 1999-2000 program year regarding how adult scho...
How states are implementing distance education for adult learners	2000	This update explains policy issues involved in offering distance education for adult learners, reviews the current status of ...
Virtual learning; the good, the bad, and the ugly	2000	This alert outlines some issues related to the new virtual universities catering to the working adults. Extensive references...
Crossroads Cafe in the first year: a California user satisfaction survey	1998	This is a report of a postcard survey of users of the Crossroad Cafe instructional video series. While the series is being u...
Distance Education	1997	This ""trends and issues alert" summarizes the new trends and issues affiliated with distance education. Print resources an...
Case studies of the implementation of the Crossroads Café project; literature review concerning issues in adult ESL and distance learning	1997	This literature review includes background on adult ESL learners and instruction, characteristics of distance learning and le...
Distance learning, the Internet, and the World Wide Web	1996	This digest focuses on some of the newest methods of distance learning (DL) using the Internet and the Web. It highlights so...
Collaborating on curriculum, teaching practices, and distance education	1994	This paper states the need for and eight challenges involved in planning the use of distance education to disseminate exempla...
Legislation and funding for distance education	1994	This paper states the trends and challenges in legislation and funding for distance education.
Equity through access and distance education	1994	This paper states the trends and challenges in advancing exemplary distance education as an effective tool for promoting equi...
Evaluation of promising practices	1994	This paper states the trends and challenges in measuring the impact and outcome of distance education.
Some distance education applications	1993	This paper summarizes the characteristics of distance education, factors to keep in mind when planning, and the costs of dist...
Television and adult literacy: potential for access to learning for an unserved population	1992	This report explores the current and potential use of television and video as the centerpiece of a broad-based strategy to ad...
Distance learning for California schools: task force recommendations	1990	This report of the Distance Learning Task Force of the California Technology Project details California public school needs r...
California distance learning summit	1990	The California Distance Learning Summit was held May 10 and 11, 1990 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. The...
Closed captioned television for adult LEP literacy learners	1990	The digest details the uses of closed captioned television for adult LEP literacy learners. Also included are information ab...
California Adult Education 2012-2013 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	[2014]	This report is the twelfth of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional D...
California Adult Education 2011-2012 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	[2013]	This report is the eleventh of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional ...
California Adult Education 2010-2011 Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program, a review	[2012]	This report is part of a series of annual research papers on the California Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery...
Distance education resources	[1992]	Listed are federal funding sources, information sources, and publications on the topic of distance education technologies.