http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 08:36:55 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 08:36:55 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=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=87764 The purpose of this document is to provide a resource to faculty who are designing online instructional materials. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87716 Information literacy standards for higher education were developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Standards Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90917 This site provides basic facts about foodborne diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, or toxins. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90841 The IDEA Practices site is designed to assist teachers, school administrators, and related service professionals implement recent changes to the nation's primary special education law, IDEA97. This site provides up-to-date hyperlinked versions of the IDEA 97 Law and Regulations, informed analyses, summaries, FAQs, and other resources which all demonstrate best practices and strategies that work for students with disabilities. The IDEA Practices site is a service of the ASPIIRE and ILIAD projects at The Council for Exceptional Children, two of the IDEA Partnership Projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79557 Essential elements of APA style, with links to PDF documents illustrating APA style. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87993 This is the complete text of a book, for teachers, published by the National Academy of Sciences. The book addresses the rationale for teaching science students about evolution. It goes on to discuss topics including evolution, the nature of science, the National Science Education Standards, and activities for teaching K-12 students about evolution and the nature of science. Includes references and information about evolution related court decisions. Relevant for middle school, high school, and college instructors. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87987 Collection of technical and instructional support topics both for instructors and for students. Includes: student orientation unit, enrolling students, HTML, links, downloading files, academic integrity and more. D2L is an online courseware management system. (Please note that some material is specific to the institution.) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90171 This book presents a contemporary account of the principles of learning. It provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the research literature on issues in teaching and learning. The National Academy Press is neither a government publication center nor a federal office of any kind. Rather, this is the publication arm of the National Academies, and their mission is to make public the fruits of research performed by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. The Open Book page image presentation framework is not designed to replace printed books, nor emulate HTML. Rather, it is a free, browsable, nonproprietary, fully and deeply searchable version of the publication which we can inexpensively and quickly produce to make the material available worldwide. The goals include the following:- full-text searching, - easy, predictable, direct links to any page, - a consistent site-wide interface structure, - rapid page access (even for those with 28.8 modems). The 150 dpi PDF linked to it is printable on your local printer. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87717 This is a public educational resource. This excellent web site provides various guides for college students. Topics include studying, reading, classroom participation, writing, math and science skills.