March 24, 2006Copyright MERLOT What’s New in MERLOT Theresa Flaherty Cathy Swift AMTP 2006 Hilton...

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March 24, 2006 Copyright MERLOT

What’s New in MERLOT

Theresa Flaherty

Cathy Swift

AMTP 2006 Hilton Head, SC

Who Are You?

• How Many First Timers in MERLOT?

• Who Knows What MERLOT Stands For?

• Who Has Used MERLOT to Find Online Learning Materials?

• Who Has Included MERLOT in Course Instruction?

MERLOT

• Where did it come from?

• What is it?– Online resource– Community of Educators– Software

• How is it sponsored?

• What is the sustainability?

Parties Involved in MERLOT

• Administration Team

• Institutional Partner (20)

• Faculty Discipline Teams (15)– Editors/Co-Editors (21)– Editorial Review Board Members (100)– Volunteer Peer Reviewers (>100)

• Others – Authors, Submitters, Users

MERLOT Editorial Discipline Boards

• Organized like journal editorial board– Editor (may be co-editors)– Board Members

• Associate Editors• Peer Reviewers

– Ad Hoc Peer Reviewers

MERLOT Editorial Boards

• Biology• Business• Chemistry• Engineering• Health Sciences• History• Information Technology• Math

• Music• Physics• Psychology• Statistics• Teacher Education• Teaching and

Technology• World Languages

MERLOT Editorial Boards

Editor

Associate Editor

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Differences - MERLOT vs. Journal

• Evaluate teaching materials, not

research articles.

• MERLOT has Peer Review Tutorial

• Actual Peer Review appears on

MERLOT site, so can read what has

been evaluated

MERLOT gives faculty…

• A vision, direction and a process for the integration of instructional materials in hybrid, online and f2f courses

• A formidable resource for professional development

• A mature collection of ready to use materials

• Opportunities for collaboration with MERLOT users and authors worldwide.

MERLOT Makes Faculty Work Easier

• One stop shopping to good material

• An easy way to get hybrid and online courses off and running

• A great way to reach students where they are at - online!!

• A way to provide real-world, classroom-tested materials just in time

Participation in MERLOT

• User

• Submitter

• Author

• “Ad Hoc” Peer Reviewer

Let’s walk into the vineyard…………...

MERLOT Homepage

Member Personal Page

Marketing

General Marketing

Marketing Listing

Internet Exercises

Peer Review

Member Comments

Personal Collections – Like Citation

Assignments

Complete Assignment

MERLOT Awards

Personal Collections

Personal Collection

Personal Collections

Virtual Speakers Bureau

Carnegie Foundation Snapshot

Teaching & Technology

Just In Time: Delgado CC,NVCC and MERLOT

Carnegie Foundation Snapshot

Federated Search

Slide by Gerry Hanley, MERLOT

Grapevine

JOLTJournal of Online Learning and Teaching

MICMERLOT International Conference

MERLOT Statistics

• Collection– Items: 13,500– Peer Reviews: 1914– Registered Users:

32,257

• Business– Items: 2401– Peer Reviews: 321– Registered Users:

Usage Statistics for Jan-Feb 2006

• Total # of visits – 82,054

• Avg. # visits a day – 1401

• Avg. visitor repeat rate – 26%

• Avg. # pages/visit - 8

• Avg. length of visit - 5 min, 7 sec

LMS Partnerships

• Blackboard

• WebCT

• Angel

• Desire2Learn

Other Partnerships

• O’Reilly

• The TLT Group

• SUN Microsystems

New Initiatives

• Workforce Development– Fire Safety– Allied Health– Information Technology– Employability Skills

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