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http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm This site is called MERLOT, which stands for Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. Here you can have items peer reviewed and also offered are teaching and online learning materials. Also you can share information about education with expert colleagues, and gain recognition for contributions to education.

Here is a site that gives links to online learning resources such as sites to learn technology online.  http://www.pcd-innovations.com/online_learning_sites.htm  This is a helpful resource.

This link is for algebra and math online learning sites. http://jessicamath.tripod.com/

Here is a site with fun learning games for children.  http://www.gamequarium.com/

This is a site for learning English.  It has interactive learning material as well as links to sites that will be helpful for teachers of English Language Learners.  http://www.esldesk.com/esl-links/

This site offers fun learning games for students in grades K through 8.  Also included is a teacher section along with a homework relief center.  http://www.funbrain.com/

The Worldwide Association for Online Education is a webiste that is an online organization for educators and for those who wish to instruct using the computer and technology.  A forum for discussion and an area for culture and language sharing are included.  http://www.waoe.org/

This site supports online learning and its collaboration.  A great resource for teachers.  http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ctitext2/service/workshop/collab.html

This site offers a lot of games for early learners as well as a teacher section.  http://www.uptoten.com/

The online learning environment is a site developed by a high school in Illinois for the purpose of involving students in technology and engineering while learning online.  http://www.geocities.com/Baja/8205/robotenter.htm

This site is for students and teachers and is specifically tailored to the needs of English Language Learners.  Included within this site are sources for reading comprehension, a teacher area, games and learning material.  There also are printables and online materials to help enhance the learning of your ELL students.  http://www.usingenglish.com/

This is a well organized site that has a lot of information about learning math and also includes tests and practice material.  http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/

This is the national site for online learning. It includes forums, resources and articles that pertain to online education. http://www.nacol.org/

This site is for online learning resources such as GED, GRE and SAT materials.  http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/ed4you.html

This is the virtual site for online learning research.  Included are interesting and useful articles regarding the online experience.  http://www.ncolr.org/

This site offers free online learning in English and in Spanish.  http://www.gcflearnfree.org/

This blog includes a really interesting essay on the future of online learning.  http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2008/11/future-of-online-learning-ten-years-on_16.html