http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:01 PDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:01 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=80688 An online tutorial that suggests ways faculty can use PowerPoint as a medium to support active learning. The tutorial includes sections on active lecturing, active learning strategies and their delivery via PowerPoint, creating and using effective handouts, using PowerPoint to play in-class games, and using PowerPoint for formative assessment. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77873 Do you need help to raise the quality of an online learning component? Use this Rubric for Online Instruction to evaluate existing courses, self-evaluate your own online course, or to help you design new online courses. The Rubric has been modified in 2009 to include some language to better align instruction guidelines with "accessibility for all." The companion piece "Instructional Design Tips for Online Learning" checklist is recommended to use along with the Rubric. It was designed by Joan Van Duzer of Humboldt State University. Check it out, http://www.csuchico.edu/tlp/resources/rubric/instructionalDesignTips.pdf. Over 95 institutions are currently using or modifing this rubric for their needs, as of May, 2009. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79722 This site defines hybrid courses and provides many excellent readings on the topic. It has an impressive list of annotated links to current resources for faculty who are considering teaching hybrid courses. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79948 The UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology provides resources for use in the selection of appropriate media to accomplish specific learning objectives.The site also provides resources for faculty using technology in research assignments, small group projects, and discussions to encourage activity. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80093 A brief web-based training module around what Learning Objects are and how they can benefit the professional educator. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=329336 An online version of a face-to-face Course Design Tutorial, that guides faculty independently through the same practical and intellectually interesting processes related to setting course goals, designing the course and following through. For faculty developers who would like to do a workshop using this resource, there are additional links http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80426 In an inquiry-oriented classroom, the teacher is a co-explorer and guide who cultivates curiosity and challenges students to think and act like scientists as they explore intriguing questions. It takes time, practice, and sometimes, a shift in teaching strategies, to create a classroom where inquiry can flourish. This web site is part of a larger Online community of classrooms from 11,000 schools, representing more than 490,000 students track wildlife such as monarch butterflies across North America during the spring migration. The instructional approach integrates various disciplines in science, math, social studies, development of personal ethics, and language arts. Explicit strategies should help both novice and experienced teachers create a climate for inquiry, support productve discussions, generate questions, plan investigations and gather data, guide consideration of evidence, and critically review research reports. Established in 1991 with a grant from the Annenberg Foundation to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Project uses media and communications to improve math and science education. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75544 This site helps students plan, organize, and develop a digital/ multimedia portfolio which can showcase their experience/background.Must have Flash viewer installed to examine the site. Best viewed utilizing Microsoft Explorer. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78669 A PowerPoint session designed to assist faculty in the development of online course assignments using MERLOT learning objects. The presenters will share a process for designing and evaluating assignments incorporating the MERLOT evaluation standards. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84759 This site provides a tutorial for the use of Flash, a tool for creating interactive and animated Web sites.