Some of Our Other Sites

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. Our Web Team at Instructional Communications Systems works in collaboration with other UW-Extension web site developers and providers. We are involved in the coordination, collaboration, production and management of many other Wisconsin based web sites focusing on the field of distance education and related area. These sites include:

• Distance Learning.Wisconsin
  Distance Learning.Wisconsin is a web site that provides information about the courses and programs offered via distance learning by the University of Wisconsin System campuses. The site is intended to be a starting point for information about student services, financial aid, admissions requirements, enrollment procedures, library resources, and more. Distance Learning.Wisconsin is a joint service of the Unversity of Wisconsin-Extension's Learning Innovations and Instructional Communications Systems, along with the campuses of the University of Wisconsin System.
• Instructional Communications Systems
  ICS is the unit of the University of Wisconsin-Extension that provides audio, video, and data conferencing technologies and related services for educational, governmental, and non-profit organizations. We are located in The Pyle Center.
• IDEAS
  IDEAS provides Wisconsin educators access to high-quality, highly usable, teacher-reviewed web-based resources for curricula, content, lesson plans, professional development and other selected resources.
• Portal Wisconsin
  Portal Wisconsin is a non-profit web site created by the Cultural Coalition to promote culture including, arts, humanities and history in Wisconsin.
• QEI: Quality Educator Interactive
  PK-12 educators use the Quality Educator Interactive web site to build a personalized professional development plan in a statewide collaborative environment. Resources needed to fullfill Wisconsin's PI 34 requirements are available to search, create a profile and explore the possibilities.
• University of Wisconsin-Extension Conference Centers
  UW-Extension's Conference Centers provide conference space, hospitality services, as well as distance education rooms and telecollaborative services. The Pyle Center is our premier distance education and conference center located in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the technical operations center for the UW distance learning networks.
• WADEN
  Wisconsin Association of Distance Education Networks membership includes the directors and coordinators of over 40 regional and statewide networks. WADEN seeks to provide cooperative and collaborative distance education courses, programs, meetings, and community events to Wisconsin students, educators and citizens. The web site includes a database of WADEN programs and courses.
• DESIEN
  The Distance Education Systemwide Interactive Electronic Newsletter interactive is a searchable newsletter which is delivered the last business day of each month via an e-mail discussion list. Each issue offers original articles which emphasize distance education themes or focus items. News, updates, conference information, and contributions by subscribers are also regularly included. New subscribers are welcome. DESIEN is published by the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
• Training Workshops for Videoconferencing
  The Instructional Design Team of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Instructional Communications Systems (ICS) has developed customized basic and advanced workshops to help clients acquire videoconferencing skills. Training materials have also been created.
• Conference Database
  The Distance Education Clearinghouse Conference Database lists worldwide conferences, workshops, seminars, online events and other programs of interest to distance education and related fields.
  
  

Some of the sites developed with our partners include:

• Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning
  UW-Extension hosts the web site for this well-known and respected international event.
• Distance Education Certificate Program
  The DECP wSeb site and its online catalog of curriculum and enrollment options is also hosted by UW-Extension.
• govtraining.org
  govtraining.org is an online catalog of program and course information. It includes educational programs on the fundamentals of public management, governance, and criminal justice.

Some other sites from UW-Extension:

• Independent Learning
  Independent Learning allows you to select from hundreds of courses—online, print-based, and print-based with an e-mail delivery option—and take them at your convenience. You can enroll when you like, complete assignments as your schedule permits, and take your exams when you are ready.
• Learning Innovations
  The University of Wisconsin Learning Innovations (UWLI) Independent is an e-learning Learning support organization specializing in Associate custom courseware Degree design, development, and state-of-the-art MBA Consortium learner services.
• HELP On-line
  University of Wisconsin's Higher Education Location Program provides student online advising and academic information.
  
  
  

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