Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
http://www.clemetzoo.com/
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo invites you to bring your group to the Zoo -- virtually! Go to places in the Zoo that you may never have seen before. Ask questions of Zoo staff and interact with other schools around Ohio and beyond-all without leaving your school! Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's distance learning classroom offers programs for all grade levels through- out the year.
The Ohio Historical Society's
http://www.ohiohistory.org/
The Ohio Historical Society'sdistance learning programming transports students through time to historic venues ranging from river boats to Civil War parlors to prehistoric mounds to "safe houses" on the Underground Railroad. Each program has been designed with the Ohio Model Curriculum in mind and includes literacy initiatives.
Learning Over the Internet
http://www.unc.edu/
Learning Over the Internet to the growing number of colleges, universities, and other educational institutions that are teaching classes or delivering course materials over the internet. This site also has links to directories of online courses, syllabi, course materials, and examples of online classes. Also included are consortia and other organizations devoted to delivering distance education with networked technologies.
The Distance Education and Training Council
http://www.detc.org/
The Distance Education and Training Council (formerly the National Home Study Council) is a non profit educational association located in Washington, D.C. DETC serves as a clearinghouse of information about the distance study/correspondence field and sponsors a nationally recognized accrediting agency called the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council.
Distance-Educator.com
http://www.distance-educator.com/
Distance-Educator.com has been on the web since 1995, in anticipation of the growing popularity of distance education. They have been a source of information, and inspiration for countless professionals since the early days of the use of the web for public mass communication.
American Distance Education Consortium
http://www.adec.edu/
The American Distance Education Consortium, ADEC is an international consortium of state universities and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies.
United States Distance Learning Association
http://www.usdla.org/
The United States Distance Learning Association is a nonprofit organization formed in 1987. The association's purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training. The constituents they serve include Pre-K through grade 12 education, higher education, home school education, continuing education, corporate training, military and government training, and telemedicine.
Columbus Zoo
http://www.colszoo.org/education/distance.html
Visit the Zoo without ever leaving your classroom! The Columbus Zoo broadcasts videoconferencing programs directly from animal exhibits and incorporates a variety of hands-on activities into every class. Each teacher will receive a teacher packet upon scheduling a program. This packet will contain information and materials for each session, as well as ideas for pre- and post-visit activities.
Cosi Interactive Distance Learning
http://www.cositoledo.org/Learn/default.asp?fi=IDL
Utilizing interactive distance learning in the classroom, your students can explore science concepts, technologies, and events previously limited by geography. With the ability to connect multiple classrooms, distance learning allows students from different schools and environments to work together, teaming up for a highly effective learning encounter. Interactive distance learning transforms students from passive to active participants in the education process into integral pieces in a virtual science experience!
Philadelphia Museum of Art Distance Learning
http://www.philamuseum.org/
The distance learning initiative of the Philadelphia Museum of Art uses ISDN-based videoconferencing to enable virtual tours of the Museum's collections. In this pioneering program, real-time interactions with the Museum's expert staff allow students and teachers to explore the fascinating world of art without ever leaving their classrooms
Ohio Historical Society
http://www.ohiohistory.org/
The Ohio Historical Society's distance learning programming transports students through time to historic venues ranging from river boats to Civil War parlors to prehistoric mounds to "safe houses" on the Underground Railroad. Video streaming, remote cameras, blue-screen projections, and theatrical sets and costumes are among the innovative techniques used to make history come to life for students from kindergarten through high school.
Cleveland Museum of Art Distance Learning
http://www.clemusart.com/
Distance Learning at The Cleveland Museum of Art allows students to connect with the CMA through interactive videoconferencing, and discover works of art from the collection without having to leave their school. Using television monitors, cameras and wiring for transmission of signals, students can participate in conversations that are live and fully interactive in real time with museum educators.
Health Museum
http://www.healthmuseum.org
This new program uses technology to stregthen and enhance school based curricula in health, life science and applied math concepts. As an informal health science education provider, The Health Museum of Cleveland fosters engaged learning environments for both students and teachers.
Distance Learning Search Engines
EduPoint
http://www.edupoint.com/
EduPoint is the premiere online marketplace for continuing education, providing centralized access to over 1.5 million learning opportunities through more than 4,000 learning providers. By uniting Corporate America with the education community, EduPoint helps corporations streamline business processes, increase productivity and decrease costs.
The Globewide Network Academy
http://www.gnacademy.org/
The Globewide Network Academy is dedicated to the promotion of access to educational opportunities for anybody, anywhere. To do this, GNA pioneers and develops distance learning relationships and facilities for the worldwide public to use.
Virtual University
http://www.vu.org/
Virtual University is a member-supported, worldwide learning community and the largest educational portal on the Internet today. As the world's first and largest online learning community, VU is a pioneer in Internet-based education.
MindEdge Inc.
http://www.mindedge.com/home/index.phtml
MindEdge Inc. serves this emerging market by providing the web's premier resource for personal development, distance learning, continuing education, on-campus and corporate training courses.
Schoolvoice
http://www.schoolvoice.org/default.htm
This database is a collection of content for K-12 videoconferencing programs. Many content providers furnish specific educational programs for students along with professional development programs for teachers. Many are also willing to create customized programs to meet your needs. This database can be searched by subject area, grade level, program cost, as well as the content provider's name.
