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MERLOT: Providing OER  – Open Services from the “Cloud” to Support Innovative Education Programs

Discover how MERLOT provides open educational resources (OER) and open education services to support innovative education programs. Access content, create personal collections, and connect with a community of educators.

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MERLOT: Providing OER  – Open Services from the “Cloud” to Support Innovative Education Programs

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  1. MERLOT: Providing OER  –Open Services from the “Cloud” to Support Innovative Education Programs Gerry Hanley, Executive Director, MERLOT California State University, Office of the Chancellor Long Beach, California, USA

  2. THANK YOU William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Access to content by everyone with internet Choices made by content providers to publish on the web Free to use No financial cost Permission to use – Creative Commons We need more What do you need to teach in the open world? What do you need to learn in the open world? Open Educational Resources

  3. Open Education Services: Available Now with MERLOT World of Content: OER OCW Google Your Library: MERLOT Collection annotated in your language with your descriptions Your “Course” in MERLOT Your Community MERLOT Member Directory annotated in your language with your descriptions World of People: Gmail Yahoo provide Open Identity * Email accounts

  4. Using MERLOT Do Deliver Online Courses Your Library: MERLOT Collection Learning Assignment Your Course using MERLOT Personal Collections: Create your syllabi and resource lists Material #1 Plus Your description Student Response Student Response Student Response Material #2 Plus Your description Learning Assignment MERLOT Member Profile Material #3 Plus Your description Learning Assignment

  5. We Need To Support TheTeaching and Learning Lifecycle • Discovery and Research for Teaching • Google, OER,OCW, OA, MERLOT and every open website enables Discovery • How can I evaluate what I discovered? Metadata is key tool for research and MERLOT provides a rich and diverse source • Design for Learning • Deliver Teaching • Engaging Learners • Assessment, Evaluation, and Feedback

  6. Connecting MERLOT Services to Teaching and Learning Lifecycle • What follows are sceenshots from the MERLOT website (www.merlot.org) connected to the different services needed to deliver an online course.

  7. Open Education Services: Available Now with MERLOT World of Content: OER OCW Google Your Library: MERLOT Collection annotated in your language with your descriptions Your “Course” in MERLOT Your Community MERLOT Member Directory annotated in your language with your descriptions World of People: Gmail Yahoo provide Open Identity * Email accounts

  8. 2. Design for Learning: From Content to Curriculum Your Library: MERLOT Collection Your Course using MERLOT Personal Collections: Create your syllabi and resource lists Material #1 Plus Your description Material #2 Plus Your description Your Community MERLOT Member Profile Material #3 Plus Your description

  9. 2. Design for Learning: From Content to Curriculum Your Library: MERLOT Collection Learning Assignment Your Course using MERLOT Personal Collections: Create your syllabi and resource lists Material #1 Plus Your description Learning Assignment Material #2 Plus Your description Learning Assignment MERLOT Member Profile Material #3 Plus Your description Learning Assignment

  10. 3. Delivering Teaching • Focus on Hybrid Courses: Face to face classroom interactions supported by online learning activities • Get advice for other teachers in your discipline • Use MERLOT’s Faculty Development Collection and Community for advice • Bring in a Virtual Guest Expert to your course • Direct your students to your MERLOT Profile to get their course of study in Personal Collections • Use MERLOT & materials in class

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