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Distance Education Tips
Vocabulary used in distance education can, at times, be quite confusing. Organizations with different purposes and constraints (for example, a state education office and an independent publishing company) may be using the same term to refer to different ideas or may use different terms for the same idea. This tip… Read More
Adult Education Glossary and Acronym List
ABE, ESOL, SBI, WIOA: Getting to know the world of adult education can sometimes feel like learning a new language! Expand the sections below to find definitions for key terms and explanations of frequently used adult education acronyms. Read More
Distance Education
These resources provide guidance to support programs and instructors in implementing Distance Education. Resources Approved Distance Curricula This current (April 2026) list of approved distance education curricula is made public by the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. Read More
Leading the Charge of Distance & Blended Learning
by Sharon Hetland In 2019, Amy Judd, program manager of Region 7, wrote an Innovation and Opportunity Grant applying for funds to develop a site plan to implement distance education. The awarded funds were used to engage in a professional learning circle with the IDEAL Consortium,… Read More
Setting the Stage for Successful Distance and Blended Learning Programs: A Distance Education Webinar Series
In this two-part webinar series, Dr. Jen Vanek of the EdTech Center@World Education and the IDEAL Consortium provides her expertise and recommendations for blended and distance education programming in Virginia. She helps programs and educators who want to implement blended or distance education into classrooms… Read More
Resources and Strategies for Delivering Workforce Preparation Activities at a Distance
by Kate Daly Rolander, Ph.D. * Links in this article that are no longer active have been disabled. In a shifting and uncertain economic landscape, it is especially important now to emphasize workforce preparation as a core offering of adult education programs that do the important work of meeting… Read More
Resources and Strategies for Delivering Workforce Preparation Activities at a Distance
by Kate Daly Rolander, Ph.D. * Links in this article that are no longer active have been disabled. In a shifting and uncertain economic landscape, it is especially important now to emphasize workforce preparation as a core offering of adult education programs that do the important work of meeting… Read More
Key Distance Education Resources
These resources provide guidance to support programs and instructors in implementing Distance Education. Key Resources: Approved Curriculum Distance Education Curriculum Submission Form Quality Teaching Online Resources Guidance for Online Course Development Distance Education Tips Vocabulary used in distance education can, at times, be quite confusing. Read More
Tech Tips Blog to Highlight Distance Education & Blended Learning
The EdTech Center @ World Education hosts the Tech Tips blog, which focuses on technology in adult education. This April and May, the blog will be highlighting distance and blended education with a series of three modules (posts) based on chapters from the… Read More
A Learning Circle Blueprint for High School Equivalency Instruction in Adult Education
by Hali Massey Learning Circle Introduction World Education has been piloting and implementing learning circles in adult education programs since 2016. Learning circles aim to expand learning opportunities while facilitating online and peer-to-peer learning. Learners typically meet synchronously once-a-week for ninety minutes to two hours,… Read More