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I Know It’s Out There… How to Find Learning Resources. Presenter: Lisa Bathe MVCR Instructor. Why?. Can save time Add more variety to your course Provide additional materials for students. Questions to Consider. Is there a concept that should be emphasized?
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I Know It’s Out There…How to Find Learning Resources Presenter: Lisa Bathe MVCR Instructor
Why? • Can save time • Add more variety to your course • Provide additional materials for students
Questions to Consider • Is there a concept that should be emphasized? • Is there a concept students sometimes encounter difficulty grasping? • Is there a unit that needs more material?
Starting Points in Your Search for Learning Objects: • www.merlot.org 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.free.ed.gov/ Federal Resource for Educational Excellence From the U.S. Department of Education to make government-funded educational resources easier to find • http://www.wisc-online.com/ Wisconsin Online Learning Object repository • http://educatoronline.org/ Center for Online Educators Includes some resources as well as articles and teaching tips • http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/ Maricopa learning exchange A warehouse of learning objects and a place for exchange of ideas • http://www.thegateway.org/ GEM - the Gateway to 21st Century Skills • http://vlmp.museophile.com/ Virtual Museum Pages • http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/applets.html Virtual Labs and Simulations • http://ed-cast.org/ Higher Ed Podcast Repository
The Easy Way to These Sites • http://www.pod-course.net/learningresources.htm
Time to Share • What worked? • What didn’t? • Anyone find something they’d like to share?
Questions? • Feel free to e-mail me: bathe@uillinois.edu