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Click here for Mind Expansion University. George Washington Universitie’s DL Graduate Program. Click here for U. of Arizona’s DL Graduate Program.

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DEOS, the Distance Education Online Symposium, consists of DEOSNEWS and DEOS-L. DEOSNEWS is a biweekly, international, electronic journal about distance education. DEOS-L is a free international discussion forum about distance education, established to facili- tate discussions of the issues presented in DEOSNEWS, as well as other issues of interest to distance educators.

To subscribe to DEOSNEWS and DEOS-L, just post the following commands to LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU

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Searchable Databases
For those who are interested in learning more about the distance learning options available out there, the National Distance Learning Center database is a great place to get started. You can FTP in by using FTP as your name and your Email address as your password. The NDLC database is maintained by Owensboro Community College, Owensboro, Kentucky. Schools that offer distance learning programs of any type, ranging from traditional correspondence courses to on-line Ph.D. programs via Internet are encouraged to post information about their offerings in this database. Apparently, each school writes a description of its programs and uploads it to NLDC. I say this because the quality of the data is uneven. Some schools offer tons of info, including course listings & descriptions, degree requirements, how to enroll, etc. Others provide little more than a pragraph or two of general information, plus an address and phone number to call for more. This is an on-line searchable database, so it is fairly quick and easy to zero in on the information you want. I have found that the information here is generally more detailed than that in the International Distance Learning Center (IDLC) database maintained at the University of London (UK). IDLC has information on a great many more programs (especially international programs) but fewer details about each program. NDLC Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT Friday, 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Phone: (502) 686-4556 Fax: (502) 686-4558 The NDLC Database is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The International Centre for Distance Learning at the UK Open University continues to offer free online access to its distance education database. The database currently contains information on over 28,000 distance-taught courses and programmes, most of them offered by institutions in countries of the Commonwealth in Africa, Asia, Australasia, the Caribbean, Europe and North America More than 800 distance teaching institutions worldwide 6,500 books, journal articles, research reports, conference papers, dissertations and other types of literature relating to all aspects of the theory and practice of distance education. Telnet in here. At the welcome message please login to the Open University VAX cluster with the Username: ICDL We would then like you to access the database using your country name as Account code. Please enter this without any spaces. The Password is then just AAA You need to be using a VT100 terminal. If you have any difficulty or want to comment, please send e-mail to n.ismail@open.ac.uk

Some Universities
1. City University Office of Admissions & Student Affairs 919 SW Grady Way Renton, WA 98055-2942 800-422-4898 City U. is probably the innovative leader in distance education in the U.S. They offer a wide variety of external BS/BA degree programs. It is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. 2. Mary Baldwin College Adult Degree Program Staunton, VA 24401 800-822-2460 MBC is a small Presbyterian liberal arts college accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. They too, offer quite a variety of undergraduate external degree programs. They do require one visit to campus to attend an orientation meeting. 3. Ohio University Adult Learning Services Tupper Hall 309 Athens, OH 45701-2979 800-444-2420 OU offers one external degree program, Bachelor of Specialized Studies. "The BSS provides a method for pursuing specific career or academic goals which cannot be met through tradtional degree programs. 4. State University of New York - Regents College The University of the State of New York 1450 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203-3524 518-474-3703 SUNY/RC offers many external BA/BS programs. In fact it offers *only* external degrees and is probably the most widely recognized college of its type. SUNY/RC offers no courses itself (at least I don't think it does). Instead it requires certain combinations of courses to meet its degree requirements, then helps its students find colleges that offers those courses. This can be through correspondence courses, night schools, etc. Rochester Institute of Technology also offers a degree program that looks very good. You can receive extensive info about their programs via e-mail. Here's how: To obtain more information through the automated response system: 1) Send e-mail to:RITDL@ritvax.isc.rit.edu 2) Enter subject as: BSAAS (BS in Applied Arts and Science) Note: this includes info on computer science degrees. BSEMT (BS in Electrical/Mechanical Technology) MSTST (MS in Telecommunications Software Technology) MSSDM (MS in Software Development and Management) CERACC (Certificate in Applied Computing & Communications) CERHSA (Certificate in Health Systems Administration) CERDC (Certificate in Data Communications) CERVC (Certificate in Voice Communications) CERSWM (Certificate in Solid Waste Management Technology) CEREM (Certificate in Emergency Management) 3) Type a message (if you have specific questions) or leave message blank 4) Send message THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA The University of South Africa is a purely distance education institution based in Pretoria, South Africa. It has about 125000 registered students, in the faculties of Arts, Science, Theology, Law, Economic and Management Sciences and Education. While most of the students live in Southern Africa, there are students in all continents and the degrees of the University enjoy interna- tional recognition. Information about courses, fees etc. are available as follows: E=mail: study-info@unisa.ac.za WWW: http://www.unisa.ac.za/ Gopher: gopher.unisa.ac.za, port 70 ---- Normal Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 Heading 5 Heading 6 Default Paragraph Font Horizontal Rule Title Directive Text Unnum List 1 Unnum List 2 Unnum List 3 Unnum List 4 Num List 2 Num List 1 Num List 3 Num List 4 URL Text temp9 CWIS$C:\!DOCS\CERIT\DLWRKSHP\RESOURCE.DOCÿ@PIC-printer FAX: PIC-printer PIC-printer Symbol Courier New /C:\!DOCS\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\TEMPLATE\ANT_PLUS.DOT Resources CWIS CWIS C:\!DOCS\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\TEMPLATE\ANT_PLUS.DOT Resources CWIS CWIS Resources

Resources

ALT.DISTANT.EDUCATION is chatty newsgroup. Use any news reader to this ongoing dialogue.

Click here for Mind Expansion University. George Washington Universitie’s DL Graduate Program. Click here for U. of Arizona’s DL Graduate Program.

General Information

Subscribe to EDRES-L on LISTSERV@UNBVM1.BITNET or LISTSERV@UNB.CA. EDRES-L@unb.ca is a moderated forum to announce, describe, and evaluate educational resources available on the Internet. Its companion list, EDRES-DB, functions as a database for these resources.

DEOS, the Distance Education Online Symposium, consists of DEOSNEWS and DEOS-L. DEOSNEWS is a biweekly, international, electronic journal about distance education. DEOS-L is a free international discussion forum about distance education, established to facili- tate discussions of the issues presented in DEOSNEWS, as well as other issues of interest to distance educators.

To subscribe to DEOSNEWS and DEOS-L, just post the following commands to LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU

SUBSCRIBE DEOSNEWS Your Full Name

SUBSCRIBE DEOS-L Your Full Name

Searchable Databases
For those who are interested in learning more about the distance learning options available out there, the National Distance Learning Center database is a great place to get started. You can FTP in by using FTP as your name and your Email address as your password. The NDLC database is maintained by Owensboro Community College, Owensboro, Kentucky. Schools that offer distance learning programs of any type, ranging from traditional correspondence courses to on-line Ph.D. programs via Internet are encouraged to post information about their offerings in this database. Apparently, each school writes a description of its programs and uploads it to NLDC. I say this because the quality of the data is uneven. Some schools offer tons of info, including course listings & descriptions, degree requirements, how to enroll, etc. Others provide little more than a pragraph or two of general information, plus an address and phone number to call for more. This is an on-line searchable database, so it is fairly quick and easy to zero in on the information you want. I have found that the information here is generally more detailed than that in the International Distance Learning Center (IDLC) database maintained at the University of London (UK). IDLC has information on a great many more programs (especially international programs) but fewer details about each program. NDLC Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT Friday, 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Phone: (502) 686-4556 Fax: (502) 686-4558 The NDLC Database is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The International Centre for Distance Learning at the UK Open University continues to offer free online access to its distance education database. The database currently contains information on over 28,000 distance-taught courses and programmes, most of them offered by institutions in countries of the Commonwealth in Africa, Asia, Australasia, the Caribbean, Europe and Noll continents and the degrees of the University enjoy interna- tional recognition. Information about courses, fees etc. are available as follows: E=mail: study-info@unisa.ac.za WWW: http://www.unisa.ac.za/ Gopher: gopher.unisa.ac.za, port 70 ---- Normal Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 Heading 5 Heading 6 Default Paragraph Font Horizontal Rule Title Directive Text Unnum List 1 Unnum List 2 Unnum List 3 Unnum List 4 Num List 2 Num List 1 Num List 3 Num List 4 URL Text temp9 CWIS$C:\!DOCS\CERIT\DLWRKSHP\RESOURCE.DOCÿ@PIC-printer FAX: PIC-printer PIC-printer Symbol Courier New /C:\!DOCS\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\TEMPLATE\ANT_PLUS.DOT Resources CWIS CWIS