http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:17:54 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 06:17:54 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79757 This site is not intended to provide research and testing on learning styles. Originally constructed as a Reusable Learning Object, it is rather an animation of the characteristics of left brain and right brain learning traits adapted from the work of Malcolm Knowles in his book, "The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species (1990, p 243-248)." It also includes sites of learning style inventories for self reflection. Some of these secondary links may change over time and we will make an effort to keep up with those changes in a timely manner.Click on the ? button in the upper right hand corner to get the directions on the most effective use of the tool.The site has been used initially as part of a leadership development course to assess how leaders learn and to help leaders determine how their subordinates learn. With the concept of "inside out leadership" I believe that leaders (no matter what age or position) have to be able to assess their own learning style. Subsequently knowing how others learn (and this may be different from how leaders learn) will affect how a leader gives direction, makes assignments, delegates work, etc. This RLO has been used in both an on-line graduate leadership development course and an on-ground freshmen orientation course but can be widely adopted for use in other areas such as study skills, psychology, management, and education. The learning goals/objectives, a sample learning assignment and the ways I have used the brain dominance material are located at http://www.towson.edu/~mcmahon/lead/moduletheory.html .There is a security system in place for the module (but not the RLO) because of tuition collected in an online course. It changes every semester but is available to those requesting it by contacting the author. The brain dominance RLO is only one part of the collective information required in the Personal Profile proof of learning for this content module on Leadership Theory (see right column of the module). The proofs of learning are considered homework and are collected online and recorded.Students who have viewed this RLO find it helpful in examining how they think. They can then compare their style to how others think and learn. It adds an interesting visualization to the popular "left-brain, right brain" literature. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=325717 "From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83582 Movies, links, and slides with assignments on how to use a search engine http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=392039 Voki is a tool used to create avatar animations that are embeddable into your Learning Management System. Use it to read a piece of content to students. Have students introduce themselves with an avatar. Develop product lines and introductions with the tool. The possibilities are only as endless as your imagination. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82878 Business Building Blocks is a series of five videos that follow high school student Andre Robinson as he contemplates the various career paths available to CPAs. The videos were developed by the AICPA and can be accessed with either Real Player or Windows Meida Player over low or high speed bandwidth. The video titles and run times are: 1) Deep Grooves - Developing a Business Plan (6:43 minutes), MCC - Budgeting and Forecasting (6:46 minutes), Planet Earth Productions - Improving Efficiency (6:18), Fraud Squad - Forensic Accounting (4:31) and How Do I Become a CPA (1:47). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80055 An interactive model of the communication process, based on the Shannon-Weaver components of communication. Requires Flash Player. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=395182 The purpose of this interactive multimedia material is to enable students to learn and comprehend the cause-effect relationship in the full aggregate demand and supply (AD/AS) model and the observe the adjustment of the economy in the short and the long term. The program assumes that students are already familiar with the underlying concepts of the graphic representation of the AD/AS model. The tool also has a number of simple case studies that illustrate the capacity and limits of the model and explain certain real economic situations (both historical and recent). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=395352 The purpose of this interactive technical note is to help students to learn and comprehend the effect of changes in the variables of supply and demand in a microeconomic market assuming perfect competition. Students can interact with both curves and see the equilibrium process in terms of prices and quantities exchanged. The program assumes that students are familiar with the underlying concepts of the graphic representation of a market with perfect competition. For a better understanding of the main effects of the changes in the curves, this graphic resource allows students to make only one move per curve and does not envisage changes in the curves´ elasticity. Students can interact with both curves (demand and supply) either separately or jointly. There are also simple exercises that enable students to test their comprehension of how the market works and check their answers through interaction with the graphic. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=600836 This site shows some of what Microsoft Excel can offer as a programming environment for the creation of interactive teaching and learning tools.The available "interactive" Excel filesPrimarily for Undergraduates in an Experiments-based Course- Demand, supply and equilibrium - Unit tax - Prohibition - Labor market problems - Pollution - Long-run equilibrium - Productivity - Comparative advantage - BargainingPrimarily for More Advanced Microeconomics and Quantitative Work - Comparative statics - Preferences - Isoquants Contract curves - Walrasian equilibrium - Game theory - Statistics and probability - Financial Pure mathematics - Physics http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=520475 The object of this game is to score points by answering questions correctly and shooting the advancing teachers. You get time to shoot at the beginning of the game and additional time by answering bookkeeping and accounting questions correctly. You have three (3) lives. You lose a life if you answer a question incorrectly or get shot by the invading teachers. Each correct answer provides you with ten (10) seconds of playing time. If you correctly answer three (3) questions in a row you earn bonus time for playing the game. You shoot by moving your mouse left or right and clicking on your mouse to shoot.