Distance Learning Sites

The California Distance Learning Project was created to usher in a new era of distance learning. The objective was to help lay the groundwork for a California adult basic education distance learning infrastructure. http://cdlponline.org

International Center for Multimedia Education - an international center which develops, demonstrates, and disseminates new approaches to education. http://ciue.rpi.edu/ICME/

Civics Education Sites

National Institute for Learning www.nifl.gov.

The Civic Education volume is designed specifically for language teachers who are turning toward content-based instruction to promote content learning and language learning in their classes. http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/civic.htm

General Internet Information Sites

How adults learn- a conference held at Georgetown University www.ed.gov/pubs/HowAdultsLearn/

Blue Web'n emails a list of recommended Web sites weekly. www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

For Teachers

Beneficial teaching ideas for ESL instructors www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/Han/reading.html

Practical lesson plans and ideas. Has plan of the day. For K-12 native speakers, but can be modified for ESL. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

Cambridge has a (free) online dictionary for phrasal verbs. www.dictionary.cambridge.org

Crossroads Cafe Classroom Research Links

Click here for a listing of internet links correlating to each episode of Crossroads Cafe.