1. MERLOT Overview Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching Carlotta Eaton, IST Bruce Brown, Business

2. MERLOT Web Site www.merlot.org

3. MERLOT Tasting Room

4. History of MERLOT Since 1997 by the California State University Center for Distributed Learning (CSU-CDL at www.cdl.edu )www.cdl.edu 1998 – 4 college systems 2000 – 48 faculty Biology, Physics, Business and Teacher Education 2001 – 23 Institutional Partners See Tasting Room…About MERLOT

5. MERLOT and VCCS VCCS became member in 2000 Project Directors – Tim Tirrell and Carol Schultz 2000 – 8 Faculty (Carlotta Eaton) 5 designers sponsored 2001 – 10 Faculty (added Bruce Brown), 5 designers

6. MERLOT & Carlotta Oct 2000 (2 days Fall Break) – attended MERLOT training in Nashville Jan 2001 – VCCS MERLOT meeting in Richmond Feb/Mar 2001 – VCCS Video conference calls April 2001 – Presentation at New Horizons August 2001 – (3 days) MERLOT conference in Tampa October 2001 – Presentation at IST Peer Group January 2002 – Presentation at NRCC January 2002 – VCCS MERLOT meeting in Richmond Bi-weekly – Conference calls with IST discipline group Monthly – submit URLs and complete peer reviews

7. MERLOT Grapevine Newsletter

8. MERLOT Visit Discipline Community

9. MERLOT IT Discipline

10. Login as a Member

11. Member Welcome

12. Summary Become a Member on the web site Submit your favorite web sites that you use in your classes Thanks for your help