http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:51:27 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 19:51:27 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=490353 Joe Lauher, a professor of chemistry at Stony Brook, describes how he and a team of his colleagues transformed their organic chemistry course. This course is taught to over a thousand students each year in a lecture hall that seats 560 students. Joe discusses how the introduction of clickers has engaged his students by forcing them to think about and discuss the content with fellow students during the large lectures. In particular, he discusses how the questions posed to the class need to be written to generate discussion. In additon, he and his team have used portable computer equipment to enable them to leave the stage and mingle with the audience while still controlling the presentation and writing on the screen. He discusses how "teaching from the floor" has changed the intimacy of the class and his knowledge of the students. Joe is joined by Nancy Wozniak, a learning architect within the TLT Faculty Center. Nancy talks about active learning and how The Faculty Center can provide support for making their courses more student centric.Part 2: " target=״_blank״>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Clyp4JIfoPart 3: " target=״_blank״>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgEsr5e0JRg http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=433707 This site provides a simple, accessible interface to search for and watch YouTube videos. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=433701 This site provides an accessible interface to search YouTube videos without all the clutter of YouTube's website. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=490377 Dr. Collins, an associate professor in Neurobiology and Behavior, discusses the use of automated lecture recording systems in his biology course. This course is taught to over 1200 students each year in a large lecture format. He describes how the system is implemented and the impact it has had on his teaching. Bill discusses student reactions, their use of the recordings, and their attendance at live lectures. He also discusses how having the recordings enables him to change what is done in the classroom. He discusses his plans to use the recorded material for mini courses, to deliver the course remotely at the Southampton campus, link back to material from follow on courses, and develop a video FAQ for the course. The use of recordings to teach the course without the faculty member and intellectual property rights are addressed. Bill is joined by Anthony Bozzanca, a computer support technician in TLT. Anthony covers the technical details of the system and what is needed to get faculty started. He describes the multiple formats the content can be delivered in and how each can be viewed with various devices.Part 2: " target=״_blank״>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UefqYShb6esPart 3: " target=״_blank״>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaNg2NewK4 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=666523 Totally Awesome! Leap Motion is an emerging technology device, replacing your keyboard and mouse with an interactive Wii-like device, that will use and interpret your natural hand movements instantly with extreme accuracy. Watch their demo at www.leapmotion.com and see for yourself. At an pre-order introductory price of $70.00 it's very affordable for most students and educators.. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=699612 Open Author provides a place where educators can build and share high-quality open educational resources (OER), such as courses, units, lessons, activities and presentations, to meet teaching and learning needs around the globe. Open Author is a new tool in OER Commons (http://www.oercommons.org/) and supports the teacher as professional and creator, providing an environment where educational resources can be freely accessed and remixed to support an array of learning needs and diverse instructional contextsOER Commons is a teaching and learning network that provides organized access to high quality resources, information and tools. Open Author resources may be exported in a variety of formats for use in a course management system (CMS) or for presentations, and they may be printed for easy reference. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=490380 Gary Van Sise, director of Educational Technologies and Jarrod McFarlane, manager of Audio Visual Services, discuss classroom technology and configuration, and the impact these have on teaching. The equipment available in smart and walk up media station configurations is described as is the variety of equipment that is avaible for short term loan from the AV service desk. The effect of classroom furniture and layout on pedagogy is also discussed. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=699633 User Interface Options (UIO) is a tool that transforms transforms in real-time the presentation and interaction of the user interface and content resources so that they are personalized to an individual user's needs. It can be added to any website to allow users to personalize features such as:• Change text styling (e.g., contrast, fonts, text spacing, links, etc.) and colour contrast of page• Text-to-speech (currently being designed)• Layout simplification (currently being designed)• Enable captions/transcripts of audio/video media• Keyboard bindings (currently being designed)Other features:• Preview preferences as they are manipulated in real-time• Various configurations offered (top of page, mobile, browser extension, etc.) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=490349 Marcy teaches broadcast voice and presentation classes in the television studio at Stony Brook. She discusses how she tries to "light a fire" within her students to get them excited about the course. She talks about teaching by example and how she provides positive feedback to her students as they perform on camera. Marcy describes the cutting edge School of Journalism newsroom that allows students to work across multimedia platforms including text, video, audio and online. She also describes the video essays produced by the advanced broadcast students and the capstone course, a graduation requirement for all seniors. Marcy is joined by Phil Altiere who discusses how to build and configure teaching facilities for the journalists of tomorrow. In addition, Phil discusses the impact that multimedia has on teaching and emphasizes the importance of using video demonstrations and field experience as teaching tools.