This is an exchange where faculty, staff and administration can share information, create community and support each other to provide a quality online learning experience for students. This WIKI provides a user point-of-view of many internet locations, programs, software, etc.
Type of Material:
Reference material
Recommended Uses:
This is recommended for use by all instructors, as this is an extensive site which can provide support for courses in four different categories) course issues, instructors, students, tools). Administration and staff as well as faculty will find this to be an extensive site with numerous components which can be useful in online, blended and in the traditional classroom.
Technical Requirements:
Reviewed using Internet Explorer version 11, Chrome and Mozilla/Firefox version 36
Identify Major Learning Goals:
- The user will help to create community and support for faculty, administrators and staff in support of online teaching.
- The user of this WIKI will learn the basics of a variety of internet resources.
- The student will discover new resources.
- The student will share personal experiences and understanding of additional resources.
Target Student Population:
The target population for this website would be instructors, administration and staff. Students are not the intended audience.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
- This is an interactive website where users may set the material as well as a read what others have provided.
- There is an extensive library under each of the four categories (course issues, instructors, students, tools) that has already been developed.
- There are areas for discussion and feedback, and the site is continually receiving new material.
- Can be appealing to everyone with the variety of information.
- Lets the user explore sites they might never discover otherwise.
Concerns:
- Since this is an open much like Wikipedia, anyone can add information whether it is effective or not.
- Readers should be aware that not everything that is contributed is guaranteed to be effective.
- Anyone can add information whether it is effective or not.
- Some entries have errors in spelling and grammar.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
- With a tremendous variety of submissions, the site is likely to have any number of effective ideas, tools, and other uploaded information to assist in teaching.
- The variety, the open submission/contribution approach encourages participation.
- This is a good resource for teachers struggling to find productive ways to use technology.
Concerns:
- Each entry could be upgraded to include other resources and to correct grammar and spelling errors.
- You might want to include a sort of disclaimer that this is not all the information about many of these topics.
- Users will need to determine what is appropriate and what is inappropriate for their particular needs.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
- The website is very easy to use, even for inexperienced users.
- Because there are four primary categories, users are able to scroll through many different options in each category.
- The information on how to upload is provided should users want to submit material to the site.
Concerns:
None
Creative Commons:
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