Organizations
This is a list of organizations supporting online learning and distance education.
LEARN North Carolina
"LEARN North Carolina" has a variety of resources -- from curriculum to professional development materials -- designed to help both online and "on the ground" teachers. Curriculum materials are especially geared for teachers in North Carolina. Learn NC also offeres online professional development courses on a variety of topics from adolescent literacy to online assessment rubrics.
North Carolina Public Schools Distance Learning
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/distancelearning/
This website has many resources to help online educators improve their practice. Click on the "professional development" link to access the resources.
The National Education Association
http://www2.nea.org/he/abouthe/techip.html
The National Education Association has a variety of online teaching and learning resources including reports on web course management software and new scholarship related to distance/online education.
The North Carolina Distance Learning Association
The North Carolina Distance Learning Association provides members with professional development materials in online learning and teaching. These include newsletters and virtual and on the ground conference events.
International Association for K-12 Online Learning
Plenty of useful resources populate this site -- including reports on trends in online learning, teacher webinars, and discussion forums on a variety of topics related to online teaching, learning and technology.
Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/edcenters.html
See a list of organizations related to education, teaching and learning.
Distance Learning Associations
http://www.elearners.com/resources/associations.asp
See a list of organizations and associations related to distance learning -- both at a national and state level.
North Carolina Community College System's Virtual Learning Community
http://vlc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/
Visit this site and obtain and share resources about distance learning education with members of NCCCS's virtual learning community.
Applied Math and Science Education Repository
http://amser.org/SPT--BrowseResources.php
This site has catalogued an array of online resources related to science, math and technology education.
NoteSys -- Online Education
http://www.notesys.com/LinkSite/online.htm
Visit this site for more information about online education journals, magazines and organizations.
Online Learning Organizations
http://mysite.du.edu/~bdrulard/online_learning_org.html
This site offers helpful resouces to connect readers to online and distance learning associations.
