http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:42 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:42 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=78014 This is a powerful--and free!--program that faculty can use for developing instruments to evaluate their courses. The program is especially useful for student evaluations of instructor and for formative and summative evaluations of the course. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88609 The IHMC Concept Mapping Software empowers users to construct, navigate, share, and criticize knowledge models represented as Concept Maps. The recently released Version 3 of CmapTools takes concept mapping to a new level, providing a powerful means for collaboratively creating, organizing, evaluating, and sharing knowledge models distributed on a growing collection of servers throughout the world, or on your private server.Among a large set of new features, a redesigned, simple user interface enables users to share their knowledge and link their concept maps to those of others with simple drag-and-drop operations. The synchronous collaboration tool allows geographically dispersed participants to concurrently work on the same Cmap, and see the others' changes in real time.The act of storing a Cmap on a CmapTools server actually stores a copy as a Web page, making it fast and automatic to share your Cmap(s) in an easily viewable, read-only form to the world at large. Styles make it easy to give a common look to a set of concept maps, including background images. In addition to English, this new version brings a user interface in Italian and Portuguese (other languages are in the works).The ability to search throughout all concept maps in servers across the world and resources (images, web pages, etc.) on the Web provides the power to change how users retrieve information: the tool leverages the topology and semantics of the concept map to retrieve from the Web and concept map index servers only resources that are relevant to the content of the user?s map.IHMCs CmapTools is being used by thousands of users from corporations, government entities, universities and schools since the early 1990s. Users include NASA, the US Navy, the Electric Power Research Institute, the Department of Defense, and thousands of teachers and students from universities and schools from over 150 countries. It has been shown to be an effective mechanism to capture and share the tacit knowledge of experts, as well as a powerful assessment and collaboration tool in schools. The CmapTools software continues to be free for non-for-profit, educational use. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90909 PALS is an on-line, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed via the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and various other standards frameworks. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=242870 The Information Literacy Game was created to reinforce information literacy concepts. It allows from two to four students to play against each other by answering questions about information literacy topics in four different categories (such as Choose your Resource, Avoiding Plagiarism, and Searching and Using Databases).   The game also has a one-player version in which students provide timed responses to questions.   In addition, the game includes special squares placed around the board where students are asked to evaluate either one or two websites and answer a question based on that evaluation.The Game is open and was created for the adaptation and use of other educators and librarians.  A guide to modifying the game and the necessary files are provided on the website. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76562 Self-paced web-based training. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79468 Brief plagiarism test in the form of a ten-question quiz and conclusions page, easily serving as a self-test for students. Written examples are provided with source documents in order to determine if the example is plagiarizing from the source document. Multiple choice selections are given immediate response pop-up screens explaining why the selected answer was correct or incorrect. This is part of a larger site on plagiarism and resource use at http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/ that offers a section on how to recognize plagiarism and Indiana University's policy regarding this issue. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91285 The Classroom Assessment Techniques -- CATs (Angelo and Cross, 1993) within the FLAG are succinct, self-contained,self-instructional, web-based modules that introduce a broadly applicable technique for use in college or universitySMET courses. Each CAT has been written by a college or university instructor who currently uses the technique, and has beenreviewed by the FLAG Editorial Board for accuracy and consistency with current professional standards of assessment.In most cases, the technique has an extensive history of research to support claims of reliability and validity. The CATsare linked to a set of discipline-specific "tools" that can be downloaded for immediate use. The new Tool search function at the mirror site is outstanding! Assessment techniques are linked to the relevant research literature as well as to web sites showing exemplary use of each assessment technique. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88608 The Student Assessment of Learning Gains Instrument is designed for instructors from all disciplines who wish to learn more about how students evaluate various course elements in terms of how much they have gained from them. Feedback from the instrument can guide instructors in modifying their courses to enhance student learning. It may be used at any point during a course (for formative feedback) as well as at the end. The Web delivered instrument allows you to Step 1: Modify the SALG instrument to fit your class Step 2: Implement the SALG Step 3: View and analyze the dataNote: You will need to sign up to use the material. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=298113 This self-evaluation helps you to understand how you learn most effectively. The results of your evaluation are given in a movie which explains how your learning style might affect your learning. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79608 The Parade of Games web site was created to provide educators and trainers with easy-to-assemble educational games in a technology-enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning. Educators and trainers can select and download those PowerPoint games that support their learning objectives and are compatible with the technology capabilities of their learning environment. In order to help the educator/trainer to select the games that fit their objectives a matrix tying the games to specific learning objectives is provided. The matrix utilizes the following variables for decision-making:?Retention?Recognition?Review?Reflection?Embed New Concepts?Set-up Ease?Maintenance?Audience Size?Technology Requirements The site also includes an article titled "Games To Teach By" that provides the theoretical foundation for game use and the value of games to support learning styles and learning. Additionally the site lists the authors' favorite games sites.Lastly the site provides the "Parade of Games" which includes a demonstration of the games, examples of how the authors have used the games and templates to download for the games. The following games are provided:?Buzz Word Bingo?Correct Order?Diagram It?Email Game?Flash Cards ?Idea Map?Jeopardy ?Multiple Choice ?Scavenger Hunt?So What Is The Truth??Triples?Trivia?What am I??Word Jumble?Word Search?Who Wants To Be A??The site was created using the software 'Lectora'.