5. The Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Asociaciόn Iberoamericana de Educaciόn Superior a Distancia:

http://www.uned.es/aiesad

The Asociaciόn Iberoamericana de Educaciόn Superior a Distancia (AIESAD) is a non-profit organization, comprising 42 universities and institutions of higher education in Europe and Latin America seeking to promote the study and investigation of distance education, as well as a source of information for similar networks on this subject. The website is in Spanish. It lists institutional contact details from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. No course information is provided.

Associaçã Brasileira de Educação a Distância/Brazilian Association of Distance Education:

http://www.abed.org.br

Associaçã Brasileira de Educação a Distância (ABED) is involved in the study, research, development, promotion and distribution of distance education in Brazil. The website is in Portuguese. It has a directory of online courses from Brazilian institutions arranged by subject and links to institutional websites.

Biblioteca Virtual de Educação a Distância:

http://www.prossiga.br/edistancia

The Biblioteca Virtual de Educação a Distância is based at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. The website lists both Brazilian and foreign distance learning courses offered via the Internet, television, radio, printed text or multimedia. Information is in Portugese and includes course description and contact details.

Brazilian Ministry of Education – Higher Education at a Distance:

The Ministério da Educação – Educação Superior a Distância website has a directory of courses from Brazilian institutions. Information includes course title, description and institutional contact information. This website is in Portuguese.

Consorcio – Red de Educación a Distancia/Inter America Distance Education Consortium:

http://www.cread.org

The Inter American Distance Education Consortium (CREAD) was founded in 1990 at the International Council for Distance Education World Conference in Caracas, Venezuela. Information on the website is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. It lists member institutions from Central, North and South America with website details and short descriptions.