This session will explore e-learning in ecology education. It will present cutting-edge e-learning technologies and approaches used in ecology education, discuss how they can be used to engage students and enhance learning, and present research on effectiveness of e-learning in improving student understanding of ecology. E-learning has great potential for enhancing student learning not only because of its enabling new technologies, but also because it reflects the learning habits of today’s learners (“digital natives”) which are considerably different from those of many educators (“digital immigrants”). Many ecology educators have embraced e-learning to connect teachers and students to information and new ways of learning and communication. E-learning approaches are particularly effective in enabling inquiry-based approaches that can improve learning and deepen student understanding of ecology; they are especially important in situations where fieldwork is limited or not possible, such as large classes often taken by non-majors. Presentations will cover a range of e-learning approaches used in ecology education, including real-time remotely controlled cameras, virtual learning environments, and virtual ecological inquiries, along with innovative ways to study learning behavior. Presentations will review software packages designed to help students learn to use modeling in study of ecology and evolution, explore the utility of inquiry-oriented activities in which information used by learners is drawn from the Web, report on web-based multi-institution collaborations, and present ESA’s EcoEd.net as a digital library and clearinghouse of resources for ecology education.