http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:52:57 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 07:52:57 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=264534 This paper summarizes a development research success story in collaborative learning at an Australian university. The paper continues with guidelines for implementing development research models more widely and concludes with a prescription for identifying a collaborative learning research agenda for the next decade. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=755021 ״Is your institution going MOOCing? The national interest and sustained coverage of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has generated interest among new and traditional providers of online courses. Questions abound on the logistics of developing, delivering, evaluating, and sustaining MOOCs or LittleOpen Online Courses (LOOCs) or any of the sorts. This guide serves as a conversation starter for leaders at your institution, within your department or college, or among researchers of shared interests. This guide is designed to address the xMOOC model, with lesser application to the decisions about courses using the cMOOC model.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=263698 All accredited institutions in the United States that are involved in distance learning initiatives need to be concerned about how their programs and courses will be viewed by accreditation organizations. A review of the policies of several major accreditation associations and professional groups, national, regional and specialized, yields similar results when issues of distance learning are concerned. These requirements are reviewed. Virtually all accreditors require evidence of regular assessment processes. Alternative methods for conducting these assessments are proposed. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=723077 'The tenth annual survey, a collaborative effort between the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, is the leading barometer of online learning in the United States. Based on responses from over 2,800 academic leaders, the complete survey report, "Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States" can be downloaded from this page as a PDF.The 2012 Survey of Online Learning reveals that the number of students taking at least one online course has now surpassed 6.7 million. Higher education adoption of Massive Open Online Courses remains low, with most institutions still on the sidelines.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=361565 The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has published the Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 200607 report (http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009044.pdf). The report provides new information on national estimates on distance education at 2-year and 4-year Title IV eligible, degree-granting institutions. The findings indicate that during the 2006-07 academic year, 66% of these institutions reported offering online, hybrid, or other distance education courses. The report also demonstrates that distance education courses accounted for an estimated 12.2 million enrollments/registrations and that asynchronous Internet-based technologies were the most widely used technology for the instructional delivery of distance education courses. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=546999 MERLOT’s Content Builder is a free and open tool for you to create your own website. People have different goals for creating their own web pages and each goal can be better served by a different website design.The Content Builder tool can also be used to deliver a comprehensive curriculum covering a defined area of an academic program.This website is meant to show you the different types of designs that MERLOT members have created and these designs can then be models to help you plan the design of your own. The examples we provide are grouped into different categories of user.There are 11 parts to this website including Teaching e-Portfolios, Lesson Plans, Pedagogical Analysis, Learning e-Portfolios, Student Reflections, Online Courses, Tutorials, Presentations, Career e-Portfolios and Community Websites. All can be accessed on the left side navigation.Keep in mind that this entire site was created using the MERLOT Content Builder. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=478338 This wiki constitutes a collection of guidance documentation on all aspects of Open Educational Resources (OER), prepared by the STEM project teams from a number of Higher Education Academy/JISC OER pilot projects.The wiki contains an overview of OER, information on intellectual property rights, packaging and uploading resources, evaluating your resources and ensuring their promotion and sustainability.Though prepared by the STEM Subject Centres, the information is relevant to the majority of higher education disciplines. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=655937 Online-College-Reviews.comBy students, for students...After researching accredited online colleges and attending online classes for several years, I have found that most distance learning websites lack a human element.With so many schools vying for my attention (and yours), I thought it would be nice to have a platform to share our thoughts and experiences.