MERLOT – Teaching and Technology Webcast Ray Purdom, UNC Greensboro John Prusch, SUNY Learning Network Steve Gilbert, TLT Group

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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.

MERLOT International Conference Working With and Learning From the World’s Best 8-11 August 2006 Ottawa Congress Centre Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Question 2 How many resources are in MERLOT?

MERLOT Collection/Community Resources 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, Editor Professor Virginia Community College System

Business The Cameron Balloon Factory by Andy Beharrell, University of Bristol Presented by Cathy Owens Swift, Editor Professor University System of Georgia

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 Portal Teaching Tips – World Languages Course Related – History Textbook using MERLOT resources – Math htm Reference materials – Engineering

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

Assessment FAST - (Free Assessment Summary Tool)

Instructional Design The Virtual Instructional Designer (VID)

Best Teaching Practices Active Learning with PowerPoint

Selecting and Using Tools Low Threshold Applications

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?

…..Continued 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, pm Eastern Register at TLT Group website Or go directly to