About The Distance Education Clearinghouse

The Distance Education Clearinghouse is comprehensive and widely recognized web site bringing together distance education information from Wisconsin, national, and international sources. New information and resources are being added to the Distance Education Clearinghouse on a continual basis.

Our mission is to produce a quality, highly maintained and frequently updated web site that provides a wide range of information about distance education and related resources.

The Distance Education Clearinghouse is managed and maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, in cooperation with its partners and other University of Wisconsin institutions.

The Distance Education Clearinghouse was launched on the web in 1995. We first appeared as an electronic bulletin board in the 1980s. In the early 1990s, we re-tooled our resources to be available via the gopher protocol (remember the gopher?!). When the web version arrived, there were only a dozen or so web sites devoted to distance education and related topics. We've been going strong ever since, receiving communications and inquiries from visitors worldwide. In 2006, our web site was totally redesigned.

The Distance Education Clearinghouse is a service provided by Instructional Communications Systems, University of Wisconsin-Extension. We are located in The Pyle Center in Madison Wisconsin.

Please contact us with any questions, comments and concerns regarding this web site. Thank you.