http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:16 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:16 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=335105 A teaching resource for digital literacy, stimulus for story telling and creativity that is FREE to download. It has been developed in partnership between BradField and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and its schools.Inanimate Alice the multi award-winning interactive audio-visual narrative from new-media production house the BradField Company (BradField) has been identified by Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) as delivering compelling new media suitable for an education audience. Seen by over 1 million viewers (estimate), it is an aid to creativity in the classroom, assisting in story telling and literacy and can be a free and major contribution to the creative curriculum that has been welcomed by teachers accessing it. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=419689 Colorado Libraries 2.0 is a learning program to help library staff become familiar with Web 2.0 tools. This is Colorado's version of "23 Things" and is intended to support Colorado libraries in implementing their own Web 2.0 training program.The program is designed in modules associated with categories of tools. Tools included: blogs, instant messaging, Twitter, wikis, Google Docs, Flickr, YouTube, RSS, Google Reader, iGoogle, Doodle, PDFOnline, Jing and Google Calendar.Additional modules will be available in early 2010, covering social networking, social bookmarking, readers' advisory, and virutal worlds.Information on each Web 2.0 tool is organized in the following way:- An overview of the category- The What – A description of a Web 2.0 tool wihtin the category- The Why – Examples of the tool’s relevance to libraries- The How – An exercise using the tool and opportunity to reflect on the tool- More for the Curious – Similar tools to the one highlighted in The What, articles or other relevant linksColorado Libraries 2.0 was created by "Reach – Leading Learning in Libraries" – a group of library staff members committed to sharing continuing education opportunities with others. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=326345 In the following modules, you will follow Jason and Emily through their first year of college as they are "mentored" by Brian. You'll hear some of their tips for success and learn about the differences between academic and school libraries. We hope that these modules will help prepare you for college, and that you will begin to understand that the library is a great place to get help. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=385637 This is an online course. The following is a description from the course syllabus:״IST 600: Gaming in Libraries is about gaming programs in all types of libraries. Gaming includes traditional forms of games such as board games and card games as well as newer electronic gaming. In this class, the focus will be on developing and running programs where patrons play games in the library. Throughout the class, we will focus on the various aspects involved with the planning, execution, and assessment of a gaming program. This an experimental class combining a public view of course content with public discussion and a private backchannel for the course with discussion for only members of the class. Librarians and the gaming industry will be invited to join in the YouTube class space. Students will be required to contribute four videos, one per week, as video responses in YouTube.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=731728 'Is taking an online class a good fit for you? Learning through an online class requires different skills than learning in a face-to-face class. It's important to know what you're getting into and to understand the kind of commitment that's necessary for success in online learning. You can get a good idea of your readiness for online learning by filling out the following assessment.' http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=435679 ״Techie librarians have lots of great resources available to them online, and open courses are some of the best tools for your professional development. You can learn about research, open source, technology, and much more. Here we’ll take a look at 50 of the best courses for librarians interested in technology.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=555448 This unit will help you to identify and use information in Society, whether for your work, study or personal purposes. Experiment with some of the key resources in this subject area, and learn about the skills which will enable you to plan searches for information, so you can find what you are looking for more easily. Discover the meaning of information quality, and learn how to evaluate the information you come across. You will also be introduced to the many different ways of organising your own information, and learn how to reference it properly in your work. Finally, discover how to keep up to date with the latest developments in your area of interest by using tools such as RSS and mailing lists. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=655737 LIS 1000, Introduction to Information Literacy, contains learning objectives, rubrics, lesson plans, and assessments designed to teach and assess the necessary skills expected in a two-year Florida college student. Learning objectives were adapted from the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Standards for Higher Education. Students will be able to recognize a need for information, seek appropriate resources to locate information, develop effective search strategies to retrieve information, evaluate the information found, and use these resources ethically. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=479497 The resources included in this collection were selected from a careful survey of the available library literature pertaining to the topic of serving the elderly population in a public library setting. The parts of this collection comprise one assignment. Firstly, the students were asked to write 14-15 article critiques and then a summary position paper. The end product was the presentation of a research poster integrating the content. There is a works cited list following the image of the research poster and the position summary giving credit to the sources consulted. Hopefully, those resources will be helpful to others completing similar research about this topic. This Merlot Website represents one assignment; a part of the whole requirements, for Introduction to Library & Information Studies, a core course of many others required of all graduate students in the MILS program at the school of library science. This is a topic which sparked my interest in the field of librarianship. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=680777 This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general. Topics covered include: structure of federal law; basics of legal research; legal citations; how to use LexisNexis®; the 1976 Copyright Act; copyright as applied to music, computers, broadcasting, and education; fair use; Napster®, Grokster®, and Peer-to-Peer file-sharing; Library Access to Music Project; The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act; DVDs and encryption; software licensing; the GNU® General Public License and free software.