Related
Resources from TLT Group
FACULTY/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
Exploration Guide:
Collections,
Repositories, Referatories of
Instructional Resources on the Web Here
are some links to
Collections, Repositories, and Referatories of instructional
resources available through the Web:
Collections
of Collections of …
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Educational Resources Information Center
“….
largest education database in the world-containing more than 1
million records of journal articles, research reports,
curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books.
“
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html
The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Center for International Education has a collection of links
to “learning objects collections,” related organizations,
a bibliography, etc.
http://nsdl.org
National Science Digital Library
“The
comprehensive source for science, technology, engineering and
mathematics education. Funded
by the National Science Foundation.”…
http://www.edusource.ca/english/home_eng.html
eduSourceCanada
"Will be" "...testbed of linked and interoperable
learning object repositories across Canada and provide
leadership in the ongoing development of the associated tools,
systems, protocols, and practices that will support such an
infrastructure."
http://www.pkal.org/index.cfm
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
is “..an informal national alliance
working to build strong learning environments for
undergraduate students in mathematics, engineering and the
various fields of science.”
http://www.chem1.com/chemed/ This site provides annotated Web links to
instructional materials and other resources of interest to
Chemistry teachers and course designers. The links are
carefully selected to represent what this author considers to
be the most useful and exemplary resources. Special emphasis
is placed on CAI lessons, digital
text, Web-based tutorials and similar materials that
can serve as alternatives to traditional methods of
instruction."
http://icommons.harvard.edu/userdocs/core_site/groups_files/pedagogy.html
Resources to
Help Faculty and TA's Develop Online Pedagogy from
Harvard's "iCommons" project ["Some sites listed limit
participation to their respective university communities."]
iCommons is a collaborative project between many of Harvard's
schools coordinated by the Office of the Provost. The iCommons
project brings together academic software developed at
Harvard's schools and creates an integrated platform from
these modules to support Harvard faculty with online resources
to support teaching.
http://www.tltgroup.org/OpenSource/Base.htm
The TLT Group offers an introductory
selection of MANY links to “Open Source” or “Open
Course” collections of instruction-related resources.
Collections of
Instructional Resources
http://tltgroup.wordpress.com/low-threshold-applications/
LTA (Low-Threshold
Application/Activity) of the Week!
http://www.tltgroup.org/Seven/Library_TOC.htm
Library of hundreds of ideas for improving teaching and
learning with technology, organized around "Seven Principles
of Good Practice for Undergraduate Education." Many of these
activities are LTAs.
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
MERLOT is a free and open resource
designed primarily for faculty and students of higher
education. Links to online learning materials are collected
here along with annotations such as peer reviews and
assignments.
http://www.careo.org/
CAREO is a project supported by Alberta
Learning and CANARIE that has as its primary goal the creation
of a searchable, Web-based collection of multidisciplinary
teaching materials for educators across the province and
beyond. CAREO (Campus Alberta Repository of Educational
Objects) is being undertaken jointly by the Universities of
Alberta and Calgary in cooperation with BELLE (Broadband
Enabled Lifelong Learning Environment), CANARIE (Canadian
Network for the Advancement of Research in Industry and
Education), the University of Calgary Health Education Cluster
project, and as a part of the Campus Alberta initiative.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/index.php
Maricopa Learning Exchange. Online service to
help Maricopa Community College faculty share resources with
one another, and with the larger world.
http://harveyproject.org
The
Harvey Project
“An
international collaboration of educators, researchers,
physicians, students, programmers, instructional designers and
graphic artists working together to build interactive, dynamic
human physiology course materials on the Web.”
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/
National Institute for Science Education
"Enhancing the first science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) learning experiences for all college
students." - a project of the Wisconsin Center for
Education Research
http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/subject_docs.asp?Term_ID=606
Educause offers a set of items from its
publications and other sources on the subject of “learning
objects.”
http://www.xanedu.com
The XanEdu digital and print publishing
services for faculty – in fact, a collection of publications
intended to be used as part of digital coursepacks.
http://www.marcopolo-education.org
Provides standards-based, rigorously reviewed Internet content
and professional development material in a variety of
disciplines for K-12 teachers and students through the United
States. Its teacher-maintained search engine searches by
keyword, producing a high ratio of relevant "hits."
http://croptechnology.unl.edu
"The Library of Crop Technology ... presents
unbiased, research-based information through lesson modules
focused on plant genetics, genetic engineering, and
biochemistry. These lessons are composed of text enhanced
with images, animations, a hyper-linked glossary and
quizzes. Extension educators, journalists, businesses,
college professors and high school teachers from around the
world have used these lessons."
The 3 Most Valuable
Collections of All for a Faculty Member
www.mycolleaguesorlibrariansminds.edu
The recommendations of those colleagues
or librarians who have already thought about some of your
instructional needs and who are willing to help with your Web
search for ways of improving teaching and learning.
www.myweb-basedcollection.edu
Your own growing collection of Web links
to instructional resources that you have found useful for
yourself and for your students.
www.myrecommendations.org
The instructional resources that you are
willing to recommend to others – along with any
pre-requisites, caveats, warnings and encouragement you can
provide. (Based
on your own searches and what you are learning from using what
you have found.)
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