RESEARCH TOOLS

Distance Education & Virtual K-12 Schools

Content developed by:
Ruth Helwig, Systems Librarian/
Counseling and Education Bibliographer

Phone: (989) 774-2404
E-mail:ruth.m.helwig@cmich.edu

Last Updated: 6/27/07

Search Engines

Yahoo - Education
Provides links to resources on K-12 distance (virtual) education.

Internet Gateways

Education World: Where Educators Go To Learn
This site provides links to articles in the field of education, a large selection of lesson plans and activities, curriculum resources, technology and school issues resources.
Educator's Reference Desk (ERD)
ERD provides many resourses such as resource guides, lesson plans, a question archive, and more!
Michigan Electronic Library
Links to distance education sites.

Research Databases

Education Abstracts
Coverage of education topics from preschool through college in English-language periodicals and yearbooks.
Elibrary Elementary
This database consists of newspapers, magazines, books, maps, pictures, audio and video material, and transcripts.
ERIC
Database of the Educational Resources Information Center. It contains annotated references to published and unpublished education-related literature.
JSTOR
Designed to archive a few key journals in each discipline. Provides full-text of selected education journals. Does not include current years.

Resources

Babbage Net School
Alternative high school offering online, interactive courses in English, math, science and social studies
California Distance Learning Program
K-8 public school
Christa McAuliffe Academy
Private school
Distance Education at a Glance
A set of guides for distance education based on the books Distance Education - Strategies and Tools and Distance Education - A Practical Guide by Barry Willis.
Michigan Virtual High School
Offerings to Michigan high school students and educators include advanced placement courses, electives, credit recovery, and professional development.
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
High school courses, student enrichment programs and teacher workshops.
North Dakota Division of Independent Study
Fully accredited provider of over 150 high school and middle school distance education classes. Site includes sample courses for distance learning.

Online Journals

Open Access Journals in the Field of Education
This resource links to 125 scholarly, peer-reviewed, free, full-text journals in the field of education.

Style Guides

Associations

Commonwealth of Learning
"The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organization created by Commonwealth Heads of Government (Canada) to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies."
United States Distance Learning Association