Evaluating Online Learning Materials in MERLOT

1. Evaluating Online Learning Materials in MERLOT Jeanne Sewell MERLOT Associate Editor Health Sciences Editorial Board

2. Objectives • Discuss the advantages of MERLOT membership • Compare and contrast the classifications of MERLOT learning resources • Contribute to the MERLOT collection • Experience examples of best practice

3. What is MERLOT? • Links to learning materials • Sample assignments • Evaluations of the learning materials • Links to a community of people with common interests in teaching & learning • Personal Collections of learning materials (with links to others)

4. http://www.merlot.org

5. Shared Learning Resources Learners Teachers

6. Communities Health Sciences Resources

7. Browse Materials Search By: Author Names Title URL Discipline

8. Membership Community

9. Personal Collections

10. Collections…

11. Share Contributions

12. Search

13. Major Classifications

14. Collection

15. Animation

16. Simulation

17. Hand Injury

18. Spine Injuries

19. Blood Pressure

20. Blood Pressure Simulation

21. Lecture

22. Tutorial

23. Other Learning Resources

24. Join

25. Why? Benefits the community of teachers • Guide faculty members • Feedback for authors

26. Contribute Material

27. Contribute Material

28. What’s New? • Federated Search Tool Search within 3 databases: • MERLOT • EdNA Online - Education Network Australia   • SMETE Digital Library - Collection of science, mathematics, engineering and technology education (Affiliated Communities)

29. What’s New? • Teaching and Learning Community • Accessibility • Assessment and Evaluation • Best Practices • Instructional Design • Policies • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning • Selecting Tools • Support and Training • Websites

30. Why User Comments? Benefits the content developer • Fosters collegial coaching, mentoring & collaboration • Provides evidence of quality & value for teaching portfolios

31. Examples

32. Hearing is Understanding

33. Difficult Concepts

34. Teaching & Learning Field Testing Learning Assessment Guide

36. Evaluation Standards • Quality of Content • Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching-Learning Tool • Ease of Use Rating • Your Rating • General Remarks • Technical Remarks

37. Peer Review

38. Biology    Business Chemistry    Engineering Health Science History    Information Technology Mathematics    Music Physics    Psychology Teacher Education Teaching & Technology  World Languages 14 Discipline Communities

39. Peer Review Standards • Quality of content • Potential effectiveness as a teaching-learning tool • Ease of use

40. Peer Review Process • Evaluation Standards • Rating System

41. Peer Review Process Stage 2 – “Intensive” Reviews • Members assigned materials • Discipline leaders notify authors • Teams of 2 review material • Individual review using Module Review Form • Summarize using Narrative Review Form

42. Report Evaluations • Post reviews • Send review to authors for • feedback • permission to post in MERLOT • Post the Peer Review report in MERLOT

43. Try Using MERLOT!