USDLA has been a leading hub for distance learning resources and research for over 30 years, providing self-service access to comprehensive data while encouraging community contributions.
For nearly four decades, USDLA has been a key contributor for all aspects of distance learning. In those early years, distance learning practitioners were too often regarded as a curiosity, at best. That, of course, has changed. No small portion of the credit for this shift is due to researchers who collected data that might both improve our methodologies and inform the public, educational providers and consumers alike, on the benefits of technology-driven education.
Current data along with certain landmark studies are available through the links below. We have curated the links in this way to streamline our interface and to enhance the accessibility of our most current data. If you are aware of distance-learning resources which we have overlooked, we encourage you to send us your suggestions at research@usdla.org.
Research Resources
Free Educational Journals
Worldwide Professional and Scholarly Journals
Article Collections
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), U.S. Dept. of Education
- Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) Publications
Journals
- Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
- Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology
- EDUCAUSE Review Online
- European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
- International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Education (requires registration)
- International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning
- International Journal of Instructional Media
- International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education (IJEDE)
- International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning
- International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
- Journal of Applied Instructional Design
- Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
- Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
- Journal of Computing in Teacher Education
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
- Journal of Educational Technology & Society
- Journal of Instructional Science & Technology
- Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT)
- Journal of Online Learning Research
- Journal of Research on Technology in Education
- Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
- Journal of Technology Education
- Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment (discontinued—archived articles 2008-2010)
- Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL): Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
- New Horizons for Learning
- Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
- Online Learning Journal (formerly Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks-JALN)
- Turkish Journal of Online Learning & Distance Education
- Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
- United Distance Education for Eastern Europe western Asia Northern Africa (Glokalde)