http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:54 PDT Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:54 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=378675 Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning.Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines--research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings--museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens.Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=435291 This is a wiki-book that provides information on a large number of instuctional design models. As a wiki, it is continually being updated. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=378657 Free eBook about Technology and Assessment based on the proceedings of a workshop. You can read online or download pdf http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80405 This is the online version of The Instructional Use of Learning Objects, a new book that tries to go beyond the technological hype and connect learning objects to instruction and learning. You can read the full text of the book here for free. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=435319 This is a free online textbook that was developed over a two year period by "a large and diverse international community discussed the concept and potential of OER in a series of online forums.״ "Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace provides an overview of the first steps of this exciting new development: it captures the conversations between leaders of some of the first OER projects, and documents early debates on the issues that continue to challenge the movement. The publication will provide food for thought for all those intrigued by OER – its promise and its progress.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=435295 This is a free, online book that can be downloaded in a variety of formats. According to the author, "this book is much more than merely a technical text on how to create a content syndication network. It is at the same time an extended discourse on how we, as a society, ought to create and acquire knowledge, which in turn becomes a discourse on what constitutes knowledge, how we related to it, and how we talk about it.״