The Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN)
DLRN is the dissemination project for the U.S. Department of Education's Star Schools Program. DLRN is designed to provide information about the Star Schools projects, courses, and resources. DLRN provides tools and technical assistance related to distance education and distributed learning to support those implementing new models of teaching and learning to aid in the transition to a connected learning community.

ASSET
Offers an online environment to help sustain the statewide effort to help educators use technology effectively in the classroom. The online environment is home for TeacherLine, Connected University, and ASSET online courses, ASSET's MyCompass© self-assessment system, and a variety of research and standards-based curricular resources. The ASSET Education Portal allows Arizona educators to communicate through a Community area, as well as keep track of their professional development in a personalized online Transcript. This is a great example for all states.

K-12 Online Teaching and Learning Organization
The primary goal of this group is: To facilitate collaboration, advocacy,
and research to enhance quality K-12 e-learning.

United States Distance Learning Association Goals:

• To provide national leadership in the field of distance learning
• To promote equity and access to lifelong learning through distance learning
• To advocate and promote the use of distance learning
• To provide current information on distance learning
• To represent the distance learning community before government policy and regulatory bodies
• To serve and support the state, consortium and individual organizations that belong to USDLA
• To provide annual recognition and awards of outstanding achievements in distance learning.
• To serve as a catalyst for the formation of partnerships among education, business, healthcare, and government.
• To achieve a global leadership role through liaisons with international organizations

Other Resources:
The American School Board Journal created the special report on distance learning at K-12 schools for September 2002, "Learning without Limits - Virtual Schools and the Online Learning Revolution." The National Education Association put together a similar report in June 2002, "Guide to Online High School Courses." This document looks at the educational goals, standards and quality controls for distance learning and provides a checklist for policy makers, online teachers, managers and administrators of online courses, parents/guardians and students.


NASBE released "Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace: Taking the Lead on e-Learning Policy" Released summer 2002, California Virtual School Report: A National Survey of Virtual Education Practice and Policy with Recommendations for the State of California by University of California College Preparatory Initiative, Knowledge Base, LLC, Clovis Unified School District


The community college distance learning organization


The American School Board Journal created the special report on distance learning at K-12 schools for September 2002, "Learning without Limits -Virtual Schools and the Online Learning Revolution."


The National Education Association put together a similar report in June
2002, "Guide to Online High School Courses." This document looks at the educational goals, standards and quality controls for distance learning
and provides a checklist for policy makers, online teachers, managers
and administrators of online courses, parents/guardians and students.


Here is a listing of the chapters/contents for "Learning without Limits - Virtual Schools and the Online Learning Revolution": A New Kind of School - Here's (virtually) everything you need to know about the brave new world of e-learning. by Kathleen Vail


Subheadings for this five-page article include: how do you start, how are online schools funded, varieties of online schools, what about teachers and courses, questions for policy makers, what technology is required, asynchronous or synchronous, what about control and oversight, is that is?