(Source: Commonwealth of Learning) <www.col.org>

• An introduction to open and distance learning
• A glossary of open and distance learning terms
• Commonwealth of Learning Training Toolkits
• Creating learning materials for open and distance learning
• Planning and management of open and distance learning
• Use and integration of media in open and distance learning
• Quality assurance in open and distance learning
• Copyright and distance education: A trainer's toolkit

Using media to support your DFL course

(Commonwealth of Learning Knowledge Series <www.col.org>)

• Establishing copyright procedure in distance education
• Developing library and information services for distance education
• Open and distance learning policy development
• Intsitutional collaboration in distance education
• Designing online learning
• 7 Things you should know about...
• Audio/audioconferencing in support of distance education
• Using community radio for nonformal education
• Using telecentres in support of distance education
• Analysing costs/benefits for distance education programmes
• Instructional design for self-learning for distance education
• Editing distance education materials
• Managing for electronic networking
• The use of multimedia in distance education

DFL Articles & publications

(Commonwealth of Learning Publications <www.col.org>)

• Directory of courses and materials for training in distance education
• Roles and competencies in distance education
  Curriculum and course materials development and transfer
• The development of virtual education: A global perspective
• The changing faces of virtual education
• Quality assurance in higher education: Selected case studies
• Telecentres: Case studies and key issues
• Skills development through distance education
• Distance education in small states 2000: Proceedings
• Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning 1999: Proceedings
• Second Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open learning 2002: Proceedings

Online journals on open, online and distance learning and educational technologies

• Australasian Journal of Educational Technology(AJET)
• Educational Technology Review
• European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
• International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• Journal of Distance Education
• TechKnowlogia
• The Technology Source
• International Research Review of Distance