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Timothy Tirrell Virginia Community College System

Serving MERLOT on Your Campus. Timothy Tirrell Virginia Community College System. 15 minutes of MERLOT (or less). Quick Overview of MERLOT A Tour Through the MERLOT Vineyard The services that you can use right now Conference Connections Questions, Answers, Discussion.

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Timothy Tirrell Virginia Community College System

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  1. Serving MERLOT on Your Campus Timothy Tirrell Virginia Community College System

  2. 15 minutes of MERLOT (or less) Quick Overview of MERLOT A Tour Through the MERLOT Vineyard The services that you can use right now Conference Connections Questions, Answers, Discussion

  3. Vision and Mission MERLOT’S VISIONis to be a premier online community where faculty, staff, and students from around the world share teaching-learning materials and pedagogy. MERLOT’S MISSIONis to improve the effectiveness of teaching & learning by expanding the quantity and quality of peer-reviewed online learning materials that can be easily incorporated into faculty designed courses.

  4. What is MERLOT? M ultimedia E ducational R esource for L earning and O nline T eaching

  5. WWW.MERLOT.ORG • MERLOT IS: • A Free and Open Resource • Searching & identifying • Evaluating • Using • Cataloging • Developing • A Community • Systems & individuals • Disciplines • E-Portfolios • Repository • Software • Federated searching

  6. Types of Learning Materials • Quiz/Test • Lecture/Presentation • Collections • Reference Materials • Learning Assignments • Simulations • Animations • Tutorials • Drill & Practice

  7. What is a Learning Object? • “Content Objects” • “Knowledge Objects” • “Components of Instructional ” • “Pedagogical Documents” • “Online Materials” • “Virtual Apparatus” • “Learning Materials vs. Teaching Materials” • REUSABLEGRANULARITY

  8. Instructional Building Blocks……

  9. Taking A Tour Through The MERLOT Vineyard http://www.merlot.org/

  10. Serving the Needs of Faculty Through Promotion and Tenure

  11. Tenure & Promotion with MERLOT • MERLOT provides QUALITY REVIEWS • Standards-based evaluation • Independent panel of experts • Training for the reliable application of standards • MERLOT provides DOCUMENTATION • Documentation for Authors, Contributors, Reviewers, and Users • An electronic portfolio can be created within MERLOT • Teaching and Course Portfolios

  12. MERLOT’s Value to Faculty Authors • Visibility of their Scholarship of Teaching through MERLOT website • Peer Review of their scholarship • Evaluation of quality, effectiveness, and usability • Feedback for improvements • Recognition and documentation • MERLOT publicly posts review on website • MERLOT Awards – Classics and Editors’ Choice • MERLOT citations in other’s Personal Collections • MERLOT sends two letters summarizing the review procedure and evaluation report to two of author’s designees • Document can become part of author’s tenure and promotion portfolio

  13. New MERLOT Services • Growing Digital Library and Services • Federated Searching Federated Searching • “Mini-MERLOT’s” for your websites • Professional Development Services • MERLOT International Conference • MERLOT-Teaching and Technology • Support for Adjunct Faculty • MERLOT Alliance Partners • American Association of Physics Teachers • EdNA Online Digital Library (Australia) • NLII/EDUCAUSE • National University of Rwanda • New Media Consortium/Centers

  14. Join as an IndividualJoin as an InstitutionNext Steps Are The Ones We Take Together!Questions?Graphic Design by Rachel S. Smith, CSU Center for Distributed Learning

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