Web Resources for Faculty

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Blackboard.com Resources

• Blackboard Digital Content Site
  http://www.blackboard.com/extend/Digital_Content/Instructors

  An e-Pack is publisher-created digital content that is ready to use in CE 6. e-Packs are developed as online companion material for specific textbooks. Some key features you might find in an e-Pack, in addition to content pages (and in some cases, the entire text in digital format), include a question database, interactive media, animations, a glossary of terms, and critical thinking activities.  On the Blackboard site you can find out more about e-Packs and search for e-Packs in your discipline.
  

• Blackboard Support Page for Designers & Instructors
  https://behind.blackboard.com/s/faculty/cevista
  
  FAQ's, documentation, and other resources for using CE 6.


• Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program
  http://connections.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_130_1
  
  Blackboard's Greenhouse Exemplary Course Program recognizes best practices in course design and delivery.  Submit a course for consideration as an exemplary course, or simply use the Exemplary Course rubric to formatively evaluate and improve your courses.  This site also includes links to the winning 2007 Exemplary Courses.

General Sites for Online Teaching and Learning

• The TLT Group - Teaching, Learning and Technology
  http://www.tltgroup.org

The TLT Group is a non-profit organization committed to improving teaching and learning in higher education.  Florida International University is a TLT Group subscriber with full access to the TLT resources and programs.

• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  http://www.aace.org/

AACE is an international, educational and professional non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.  The AACE website provides a wide range of information regarding educational technology. AACE publishes a number of useful research journals, which are accessible on its publications page.

Course Design and Development

• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
  http://www.merlot.org

  MERLOT is an online community where faculty, staff, and students from around the world share learning materials and pedagogy.   The site has a searchable collection of peer reviewed, higher education, online learning materials created by registered members, and a set of faculty development support services. MERLOT also publishes the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT), a peer-reviewed, online publication addressing the scholarly use of multimedia resources in education.
  

• Virginia Tech's Design Shop web pages
  http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/index.html
  
  Learner-centered instructional design resources.


• Illinois Online Network's Instructional Design Resources
  http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/index.asp


• Designing for Learning
  http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/inventory.htm

Extensive library of e-Coaching Tips from noted e-learning scholar and practitioner Dr. Judith V. Boettcher.

• The University of Maryland University College’s Copyright & Fair Use Site
  http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml
  
  Introduction to copyright and fair use in the classroom, on the Internet, and the Web.

Teaching and Learning

• The Illinois Online Network's Online Education
  http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/index.asp
  
  Resources for online pedagogy and learning.


• Penn State University's Crafting Questions for Online Discussions
  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/online_questions/
  
  Includes types of questions and strategies for setting up and maintaining discussions.


• Central Queensland Univ. Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education site
  http://clp.cqu.edu.au/index.htm
  
  Resources and best practices in online collaborative learning in higher education.


• The Critical Thinking Community
  http://www.criticalthinking.org

Resources for fostering critical thinking as well as a critical thinking online community.

• Central Queensland University's Student Assessment in Higher Education site
  http://clp.cqu.edu.au/index.htm
  
  Resources and best practices in assessment in higher education.