MERLOT – Teaching and Technology Webcast

Ray Purdom, UNC Greensboro

John Prusch, SUNY Learning Network

Steve Gilbert, TLT Group

UNC TLT Conference

Conference will be attended by more than 400 individuals, and is co-sponsored by the UNC TLT Collaborative and the UNC Faculty Assembly

MERLOT Quiz/Survey

Does MERLOT mean more to you than a type of red wine?

What is MERLOT?

MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education throughout the world. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.

http://www.merlot.org/

MERLOT International Conference

Working With and Learning From the World’s Best

8-11 August 2006

Ottawa Congress Centre

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

http://conference.merlot.org/2006/

Question 2

How many resources are in MERLOT?

MERLOT Collection/Community

14243 Resources 28365 Members 2 Sustaining Partners 13 System Partners 10 Campus Partners 22 Institutional Partners 8 Corporate Partners

What type of Resources?

Animations Simulations Tutorials Drill and Practice Lectures/Presentations Cass Studies Collections Quizzes Reference Materials

MERLOT Disciplines

Biology

Business

Chemistry

Engineering

Health Science

History

Information Technology

Mathematics

Music

Physics

Psychology

Statistics

Teacher Education

Teaching & Technology

World Languages

What other disciplines would you like to see in MERLOT?

MERLOT Editorial Boards

Manage and maintain collections Submit materials Conduct peer reviews Support discipline portals Promote good teaching practices

Editorial Boards are drawn from, and supported by, System Partners and/or Campus Partners. They are faculty with expertise in their field, and experience in using technology in teaching and learning.

They

MERLOT Award Winners

Annually, each MERLOT Editorial Board selects an exemplary resource in their discipline for the MERLOT Classic Award. From these award winners, the Editors select Editors’ Choices

Such resources, provide a showcase of the types of materials available in MERLOT

World Languages

LangMedia by Elizabeth Mazzocco and Amy Wordelman University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Presented by Laura Franklin, EditorProfessorVirginia Community College System

http://www.nvcc.edu/home/lfranklin/langmedia/

Business

The Cameron Balloon Factory by Andy Beharrell, University of Bristol

Presented by Cathy Owens Swift, Editor

ProfessorUniversity System of Georgia

http://taste.merlot.org/portal/business/Cameron_Balloon.swf

Statistics

StatCrunch by Webster West, University of South Carolina

Presented by Roger Woodard, Editor

Professor North Carolina State University

Questions?

Finding Resources

Browsing Searching Personal Collections

Portals

Physics Portalhttp://taste.merlot.org/portal/physics/

Teaching Tips – World Languages http://taste.merlot.org/portal/world_languages/teaching.html

Course Related – Historyhttp://taste.merlot.org/portal/working/history_portal/historysurvey.htm

Textbook using MERLOT resources – Math

http://taste.merlot.org/portal/mathematics/TeachiingMathematicsNews.htm

Reference materials – Engineeringhttp://taste.merlot.org/portal/engineering/beyond.html#other

Teaching and Technology Discipline

Accessibility Assessment and Evaluation Best Teaching Practices Instructional Design Policies Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Selecting and Using Tools Support and Training

Accessibility

Accessibility Issues for Disabilities http://www.accesselearning.net/

Assessment

FAST - (Free Assessment Summary Tool)

http://www.getfast.ca/

Instructional Design

The Virtual Instructional Designer (VID) http://vid.vinu.edu/

Best Teaching Practices

Active Learning with PowerPoint http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/powerpoint/

Selecting and Using Tools

Low Threshold Applications

http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/lta/

Dangerous Discussion Issues

Why don’t more people use this free, high quality resource?

What kind of local on-campus or online support can best foster and facilitate the use of MERLOT by individual faculty members?

Which disciplines seem to lend themselves well to this kind of service, resource?

To what extent do many faculty need to understand that they can and should modify/adapt what they find in MERLOT?

How might MERLOT be useful for students? Students working with faculty?

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In what ways can a college or university increase incentives and reduce obstacles for individual faculty members to use MERLOT?

How can promotion and tenure committees better evaluate the effective contribution of or use of MERLOT instructional resources?

Upcoming Workshop on MERLOT

Enhance Teaching with Technology Using MERLOT

April 5, 12, 19, 2006

3-4 pm Eastern

Register at TLT Group website

http://www.tltgroup.org

Or go directly to

http://www.tltgroup.org/Registration/Registration/MERLOTWebcast.htm