From undergraduate and graduate programs to certificate and short courses, this resource highlights distance learning opportunities in Canada. From a wide range of academic programs such as business, engineering, arts, sciences, education and health, The Guide to Distance Learning Programs in Canada brilliantly details fields of study with in-depth profiles on admissions, expenses, and student support. Find the right program for you with indices arranged by academic area, delivery mode, post secondary level or geographic area. Includes expert advice from the Canadian Association for Distance Education on evaluating schools.

This book is appropriate for any distance learning course or any course on technology where on-line learning is covered. This one-stop reference provides everything the distance learner or prospective distance learner needs to be effective in the on-line learning environment. From defining distance learning to overcoming personal barriers to success in distance learning, this book deals with each and every issue students of any age, stage or situation are likely to encounter. Once a student's first DL class is over, this book will remain a valuable reference for all other choices and options for the continuing DL student. The authors combine the most well-rounded team of distance learning experience available from some of the first on-line pioneers to others who have worked for years with more traditional DL students. The Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications is a membership-based organization open to providers and users of educational telecommunications. The more than 190 members come from the higher education community, non-profit organizations, K-12 schools and corporations located in 37 states, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Norway. Established in 1989 by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), the Western Cooperative serves as: a central clearinghouse for information and contacts; an advocate for effective policies on telecommunications and educational technology; a leader in promoting and facilitating multi-state projects; and an evaluator and researcher on education uses of telecommunications and information technologies.

Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter, an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major research on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing the implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended as a primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers, and policymakers, Online Distance Education addresses aspects of distance education practice that have often been marginalized, including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding social justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional development, and the management and growth of learner communities. At once soundly empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking and open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text is a solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.

DESCRIPTION: Distance learning programsparticularly those administered via the Internetare skyrocketing in popularity. Statistics show that by 2003, there will be 2.23 million students taking higher-education distance learning courses. First published in 1996, this guidebook is the nation''s leading resource and describes only accredited programs: more than 3,500 certificate and degree opportunities available from nearly 1,100 institutions in the U.S. and Canada. BENEFITS: Useful articles on: the ins and outs of a distance learning education; consortiathe next big thing in distance learning; choosing the right program; financing tips specifically for distance learners

Revamped and expanded to reflect the explosion of growth in this area, the 2001 edition enables students to choose from 1,000 distance learning programs offering associate, bachelor's, or graduate degrees and certificates at 900 accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada.

Describes off-site programs that are accessed via computer or multimedia at institutions in the United States and Canada, and provides student profiles, tips on funding, and information on how to transfer academic credits.