http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:39:44 PDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:39:44 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=83438 This was a NPR radio show with a web site at one time, now it appears that a resource has been developed on the web that expands and provides a great many more kinds of materials than were provided some years ago. The Disability Social History online resource is a rich, information filled site that provides good details, photos, graphics, etc. focused on disability history. More things to see, read, hear and do on this site than can be described. It appears that transcripts and recordings from the orignal NPR project has morped into much more. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=351943 Many Eyes is a beta site created by IBM that encourages users to explore its featured set of tools that can be used to explore data visually. This site has an area for featured data sets and is constantly be updated by its users. In its About Us section Many Eyes proclaims that it "is a bet on the power of human visual intelligence to find patterns. Our goal is to "democratize" visualization and to enable a new social kind of data analysis. Jump right to our visualizations now, take a tour, or read on for a leisurely explanation of the project. " While its use is free Many Eyes does require "an alphaWorks Services Use Agreement" that spells our terms of use,copy right, liability, etc. Users must agree to terms and conditions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=469005 This resource was created for online faculty at the University of Alabama, but it would be of interest to any faculty or staff person interested in online teaching and learning. Easy to navigate and written in a highly readable manner I recommend this Web resource to the MERLOT Community. This site has an RSS feed and an array of tutorials, videos, PDF, and other materials all focused on online. Lots of good stuff at this site.״The mission of the Online Learning Laboratory is to: Assist university faculty with web-based distributed learning activities. Organize or conduct workshops and other faculty learning opportunities. Develop and maintain an active website with related resources. Provide lab facilities for faculty course development. Provide limited support by instructional design masters and doctoral assistants. Provide limited course development and faculty help desk support. Conduct research and grant activities related to distributed learning. " http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=479558 This free 13 question quiz provides details about a psychologist's life and related theories. Quiz takers read the details and select from names listed in a mutliple choice format. Once the quiz is submitted the test is scored. Details for right and wrong answers are provided so that if the test taker wishes they can learn more about each psychologist and his/or her work. Extensive material and other readings about psychology and individual psychologists are available on this site. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=303701 According to the site Walk-through, blip.tv is a video sharing service with a serious focus on video blogging and podcasting. With blip.tv you can easily upload video and share it with the world. This is a site similar to YouTube,but has features that may make you decide that it is better for video sharing than the other brand. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=290521 Free online resource that provides a Virtual Classroom with "live audio-video communication, chat, content sharing, and session recordingcapabilities. No download is required since itworks with any web browser and on any operating system״. There are opportunities for slide share and connection to a community of individuals interested in online education. Use, share, participate, and teach online for free. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=359942 An interactive table of visualization methods. The table is interactive and information on a variety of methods appear on "mouse-over״. The table includes visual models for data, information, description, concept, strategy, metaphor, and compound visualizations. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=290413 Active World sometimes gets overlooked in all the hype about Second Life,but I would encourage faculty and students interested in virtual worlds to visit the "other" virtual community. Active Worlds technology is a "hit with teachers around the world״. The AWEDU community is described as a" unique educational community that makes the Active Worlds technology available to educational institutions, teachers, students, and individual programs in a focused setting. Try this site out and accept their invitation to "explore new concepts, learning theories, creative curriculum design, and discover new paradigms in social learning״. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83605 This is an interactive and highly hands-on site. It is available in English and Spanish and has a version of the interactive site for 4th to 5th grade and middle school, high school and adults. This site would be also be good to use with ESL students or people new to banking and finances in the US. The site also includes a pdf file of related lessons and provides an assessment at the end that allows users to get a certificate. Do not send students there without going through the site and think about providing some assistance in a lab setting with younger students or students with disabilities. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=363751 An amazing collection of learning objects focused on intellectual property, copyright, TEACH Act, and plagiarism. This collection of online teaching tools was developed by the UMUC Center for Intellectual Property to be used by the wider higher education community. Print, video, white papers, and links out to a myriad of expert sites on the topic of digital copyright.