http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:34:33 PDT Sun, 26 May 2013 00:34:33 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=78263 This module is a portion of a course on exploration of the nervous system. The focus of this module is on the cranial nerves, their function and their assessment. There are several types of materials: text, photographs, sound, quizzes and a puzzle.Key words: Cranial nerves, health assessment http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80423 The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, writing the research paper. It also addresses the major theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research including: the idea of validity in research; reliability of measures; and ethics. The Knowledge Base was designed to be different from the many typical commercially-available research methods texts. It uses an informal, conversational style to engage both the newcomer and the more experienced student of research. It is a fully hyperlinked text that can be integrated easily into an existing course structure or used as a sourcebook for the experienced researcher who simply wants to browse. REFERENCE: Trochim, William M. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Internet WWW page, at URL: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm (version current as of January 11, 2004). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76729 Excellent site developed by the Pathways foundation demonstrating abnormal movement disorders in infants. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=445103 In this webcast, Beth Anne Luciani discusses the benefits and challenges she has experienced while attending college at the California University of Pennsylvania and using AAC. Beth Anne's family and professors also comment on Beth Anne's experience. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=445090 This webcast from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln describes the authors' research of AAC with Visual Scene Displays in clients with severe aphasia. Visual Scene Displays are used as a compensatory device to develop strategies for more complete interactions. Case histories are used to demonstrate the development and use of individualized Visual Scene Display interfaces that help in navigation of AAC devices. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=445094 This tutorial is published on the University of Buffalo's Assistive Technology Training Online project site with permission from the ACE Centre Advisory Trust, Oxford. The site describes it as "an in-depth guide to making your own talking books, written especially for those with no experience in multimedia creation. The guide includes step-by-step instructions on how to scan pictures, add symbols, record speech and put together a talking book.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=416226 This site provides a list of phonetic symbols that each link to a page where you will find a list of average formant frequencies for vowels, formant transitions for appropriate consonants, frequencies of maximum energy for fricatives, etc., plus two spectrograms, one in greytone and one in color http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=593319 Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply "emotion on the right, reason on the left," but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=416234 This cool site has synthetically engineered sentences that have the consonants taken out - and you can still understand them when you listen to them! Great for showing student the acoustic redundancy of speech. I have them compare this pseudo-spectrograms with real spectrograms that they create with Audacity (free download). Very accessible and easy to use. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=445162 In this webcast, Janice Light discusses her research into the early use of AAC in children with impairments of communication. In order to maximize their communication and language skills, there must be appropriate AAC design and "effective techniques to implement AAC with young children who have significant communication disabilities and their families.״