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| Annual reports |
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United States Distance Learning Association Annual Report 2007 (FY 2008)
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| THE USDLA Journal: This publication, begun in 1987 as Ed at a Distance Magazine/Ed Journal, was the first academic, peer reviewed, national journal dedicated solely to Distance Learning. USDLA Journal (ISSN 1537-5080) transited from a monthly hardcopy publication to a monthly online publication, 1998-99. The journal is dedicated to dissemination of ongoing Distance Learning research, praxis and information/assessment of Distance Learning technologies in all areas of learning and training both in the United States and internationally. The Journal also focuses on legislation, state and national, that affects Distance Learning |
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| National Policy Forums |
| USDLA has convened four National Policy Forums: 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001 and one currently planned for 2009 to provide support and focus for national leadership in promotion of the development and application of distance learning in education and training. |
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| Conferences |
| The USDLA holds two major conferences a year. The USDLA Annual Conference and the International Forum for Women in E-Learning. Both events bring state of the art technology companies and application providers to USDLA members and others. Nationally recognized speakers, special forums and concurrent sessions focus on the entire Distance Learning industry. These are major event gatherings for the Distance Learning community. |
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| State Chapters |
| Since 1993 USDLA has continued to establish state chapters in all fifty states. USDLA Chapters are designed to fulfill the needs of the USDLA membership as well as the distance learning community as a whole through local chapter meetings, state conferences and activities. USDLA State Chapters represent local offices of the national association as a nation wide resource for the promotion, development and application of distance learning for educating and training. |
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| USDLA |
Leadership for Congress Bipartisanship in Distance Learning Support:
Support in implementation of the Snowe-Rockefeller Amendment to the 1996 Telecommunications Act and additional legislation supporting Distance Learning introduced jointly by Kennedy and Snowe, 1997. |
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Testimony before copyright office commitee:
January 1999, Dr. John G. Flores, Executive Director, USDLA, presented research and documentation for inclusion of copyright clearances for transmission of digitally based education materials equivalent to the copyright exemptions accorded analog education materials in Washington. |
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USDLA with National Learning Association
and other major sponsors provided input for the successful passage of e- Rate legislation to increase affordability for k-12 access to technology based education
USDLA through its mission of …supporting the development and application of distance learning… focuses on all legislation impacting the Distance learning community and its varied constituencies. |
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