http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:02 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:02 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=91223 Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University developed the idea of WebQuests to teach students how to effectively use the Internet for research. Webquests areinquiry based lessons in which all or part of the information that learners interactwith comes from resources on the Internet. A short-term WebQuest is designed tobe completed in a few class periods. At the end of a WebQuest, a learner will havegrappled with a significant amount of new information and made sense of it. Check out the link to WebQuest collections at http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm. These are lists of WebQuests created in various settings, mostly University courses and workshops. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89324 This excellent site contains a large and interesting selection of material on Fibonacci Numbers and their myriad related concepts. It includes web and text references to the rich literature of Fibonacci numbers. It also features a variety of images, graphics and animations. Many of the topics include student investigations for NCTM standard type explorations. The content includes standard motivational examples and applications in nature, but also mathematical explanations and puzzle pages. The site has already won several awards. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89142 An award-winning site concerning the history of mathematics. In-depth coverage of numerous people, topics, mathematical curves, and more. Extensively cross-linked; powerful search engine. Rich and growing source of materials. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76232 This is a companion site to the PBS series Evolution. It contains numerous interactive exercises and simulations keyed to the episodes of the show. The Evolution Library has a large number of useful resources indexed by topic. While it is listed as a reference site, it contains animations, simulations, and tutorials as part of the larger site. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78842 This site contains information on developing and evaluating advertising campaigns, along with educational resources and additional related links. The author's stated objective of the site is to summarize all useful knowledge about how to create an effective advertising campaign so that researchers, practitioners, and students can use it. There is also an advertising glossary. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91183 This resource provides activities that can be used in class regarding Leadership http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81107 Begins with the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 & ends with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It includes the Kronstadt uprising (1921), the death of Lenin (1924), the liquidation of the Kulaks as a class (1929), the year of the Stakhanovite (1936), the end of rationing (1947), the virgin lands campaign (1954), Khrushchev's secret speech (1956), the first cosmonaut (1961), the intervention in Czechoslovakia (1968), & Chernobyl (1986). (NEH) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85322 This is the Introductory Unit, the first of twelve in an online course in Introductory Marketing where students work at their own pace, with some deadlines. The course utilizes Waving Hand Exercises, invented by Professor Ripley to encourage online asynchronous discussion, in which she takes a full and active role. The web pages are meant to be used with the listed textbook and have as one of their goals helping students connect marketing theory to "real world" marketing situations. Professor Ripley says of the unit, "I also try to make it fun for the students to work with. Marketing is an exciting discipline and I try to capture that in the web pages.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=514290 Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, these Read Chinese! materials were developed to provide online e-learning reading lessons aimed at beginning and intermediate students of the language. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87764 The purpose of this document is to provide a resource to faculty who are designing online instructional materials.