Reports that will help keep you current:

Horizon Reports: A long-running qualitative research project that identifies emerging technologies that are most likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, research, and creative activities.

Faculty Focus: Content from Distance Education Report, Online Cl@ssroom, and the Teaching Professor about major teaching, learning, and student support trends.

Sloan-C Reports and Surveys: A series of surveys and reports on distance education and blended education within the United States.    

The Chronicle of Higher Education: A newspaper that presents news, information, and articles on all aspects of higher education. It has many features of interest to those teaching at a distance. 

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration: A peer reviewed electronic journal offered free once each   quarter; focus is on the management of distance education programs.

EDUCAUSE Review: A bimonthly online magazine that targets current developments and trends in information   technology and how these trends affect higher education.

EDUCAUSE Quarterly: An online, peer-reviewed, practitioner's journal from EDUCAUSE about managing and using information resources in higher education.

Survey Results: 10 Years of Tracking Online Education

6.7 Million graphicOver 6.7 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2011 term, an increase of 570,000 students over the previous year.
32 percent graphic 32% of higher education students now take at least one course online.
77 percent graphic 77% of academic leaders rate the learning outcomes in online education as the same or superior to those in face-to-face.
Source: The Sloan Consortium

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