© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Dr. Sorel Reisman, MERLOT Managing Director Professor, Information Systems, Cal State Fullerton MERLOT A Faculty Resource for Online Teaching and Learning

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Presentation Outline MERLOT Basics MERLOT Partners & metrics Reaching Out – other libraries & LMSs A Quick Tour MERLOT Communities

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel MERLOT Basics

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel A free and open community for all who use, share, advise & evaluate online teaching & learning materials A free digital library of online teaching & learning materials and supporting faculty development resources open for all to use* A consortium of U.S. and Canadian higher education institutions, professional societies, digital libraries, corporations, and others supporting educational improvement through technology, worldwide * MERLOT supports Creative Commons licensing philosophies through implementation of a set of CC licensing conditions for all materials posted/referenced on Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Faculty should remain in control of the teaching/learning process Faculty need mechanisms to document teaching and learning contributions Peer reviews will promote expanded faculty use and teaching/learning effectiveness of digital learning materials Sharing of materials will maximize everyone’s investments MERLOT Philosophies

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Encouraging Teaching/Learning Awards, letters and communication to deans, department chairs, faculty, etc. acknowledging: –Participation in MERLOT – service –Virtual Speakers Bureau - service –Acknowledgement of peer reviewed learning material – teaching or research –15% Solution – teaching or service –JOLT – research –MERLOT International Conference – research –Newsletters: Partner & Community – faculty development

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Goal: To increase number of faculty who successfully use academic technology in higher education Target: 150,000 of the 1 million faculty in NA certified as having demonstrated academic technology skills based on MERLOT criteria Process: Track participation on MERLOT.ORG & automatically present awards 15% Solution

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel JOLT

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Grapevine Newsletter

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Vineyard Newsletter

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel MERLOT Int’l Conference

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel MERLOT Partners & Metrics

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Executive Director Staff MIC Board Members Project Directors Advisory Board CorporationsConsortiaJOLT Editors Members The Community

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Partner Reserve* Material Categories *Accessible only by staff, Project Directors, & Editors

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Partnerships

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel MERLOT Metrics* MEMBERS –47,000+ growing at 1,200/month Higher Ed faculty, administrators, K-12 teachers, students, workforce development (continuing ed) Student (Teachers) 12,000+ –Assignments –Comments –Portals for a place to find advice –Member Directory to find mentors & advisors MATERIALS –17,000~ –2,300 ~ Peer Reviewed –7,300 ~ in “Personal Collections” *As of June 15/07

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel MERLOT Usage 2003 July-Dec 2004 July-Dec 2005 July-Dec 2006 July-Dec Visits/month 22,82430,11046,35555,725 Pages Viewed/visit Time/visit 5:195:034:357:20 New version released August YTD Average - 67,500+ visits per month 152,000 LMS –based queries in 2006

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Reaching Out

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Related Libraries

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel LMS Initiative Partners Blackboard* - Optional MERLOT Search “Building Block” WebCT* - Optional MERLOT Search “PowerLink” Angel Learning* - Integrated MERLOT Advanced Search Desire2Learn* - Integrated MERLOT Advanced Search University of Toronto – UTutor - Integrated MERLOT Advanced Search Epsilen Learning Environment – Integrated advanced and “semi smart” search Second Life – developing project with University of Oregon *Resulted in 304 Campus Affiliate Memberships

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel A Quick Tour

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Materials Catalogued by General Category Materials Catalogued by Academic Discipline With Editorial Boards Specific to Login Profile

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Category with all Disciplines shown

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel

Author Snapshots

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel MERLOT Communities

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel

Workforce Development Build collections and community portals within MERLOT for “Workforce Development” (Continuing Ed) disciplines Fire Safety Professional Coaching Allied Health Information Technology Employability Skills

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Workforce Development Community

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Teaching Commons –Form customized free/open communities for all who use, share, advise & evaluate online teaching/learning materials –Built on MERLOT technology infrastructure –Packaged, customizable structure

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel

A Teaching Commons

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Another Teaching Commons

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Other Services & Initiatives

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel About Us

© MERLOT June 2007 ( Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel Thank You Sorel Reisman