6. Europe and North America

American Distance Education Consortium – Degree and Program Database Catalog:

http://deal.unl.edu/adec

American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) is a distance education consortium of state universities and land-grand colleges. The database holds information on around 550 programmes and degrees available from United States ADEC member institutions. Users can browse or search courses. Information includes: provider institution contact details, course description, start and end date, delivery method, and fee information. Primarily of use to students interested in ODL courses in the United States.

Canada’s Campus Connection:

http://www.campusconnection.net

Canada’s Campus Connection is delivered by Industry Canada and established in collaboration with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). It promotes over 2,200 online credit courses from over 75 institutions to learners in Canada and abroad. Users can search courses by keyword, institution, region, educational level, language, and area of interest or browse by subject. It lists course descriptions, institutional information, educational level, prerequisites, availability and credit hours. It is of interest to any student wishing to take a course from s Canadian institution.

Indian College Network (ICN):

http://www.icn.org

The Indian College Network (ICN) provides a gateway to information on e-learning from Indian colleges and universities. ICN lists more than 1,500 courses and more than 100 degree and certificate programmes via distance education. It contains information on: course description, title, prerequisite, credit hours, and cost. It covers courses from K-12 postgraduate, listing both credit and non-credit courses.

Norwegian Distance Education Database:

The database contains information on courses and programmes offered by independent distance education institutions, The Norwegian State Institution for Distance Education, universities and colleges engaged in distance education and flexible learning in Norway. The site provides programme and course description as well as information on level, entry requirements, qualifications, media, methods of support and assessment. All information and search facilities are in Norwegian.

Ohio Learning Network:

http://www.ohiolearns.org

The Ohio Learning Network (OLN) online catalogue is known as OhioLEARNS, a state-wide course catalogue of distance learning courses and degrees offered by colleges and universities. It identifies online degrees and distance education courses offered by accredited Ohio colleges and universities. The catalogue is searchable by keyword, date, institution, method of delivery and degree level. It holds information on: admissions, credit transfer, delivery method, financial aid, prerequisite and other enrolment issues and fees.

Peterson’s Distance Learning:

http://www.petersons.com/distancelearning

Peterson’s Distance Learning, founded in 1966, is part of the Thomson Cooperation based in the United States. Courses can be searched for by subject, keyword or educational level. The target audience is primarily students interested in courses from United States-based institutions. It holds contact details for the provider institutions. There is information on over 1,000 distance learning programmes.