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| Assessing the Quality of K-12 Online Content: A Sample Assessment Rubric |
AcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information. The site currently features over 25,000+ hand-picked resources. The website is updated on a daily basis.
http://www.academicinfo.net
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| AcademicInfo |
The publisher of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research, provides links to a series of online seminars using Elluminate that took place in spring 2008. These archived recordings are described as ?highly relevant? to many persons in the international distance education research community. Lara Jongedijk, University of Calgary, has prepared this seminar, ?Assessing the Quality of K-12 Online Content: A Sample Assessment Rubric,? The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol. 9, 2008.
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/568/1081
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| Blue Web?n |
Blue Web?n is an online library of outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities and projects).
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/about.html
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| The Concord Consortium |
The Concord Consortium is a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Concord, Massachusetts. It creates interactive materials that exploit the power of information technologies. Web-based courses are available to help teachers and faculty design and facilitate courses.
http://www.concord.org/courses/
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| The Ethical Researcher |
This site promotes a culture of social responsibility related to Internet use.
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/ethical/
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| 4Teachers.org |
4Teachers.org helps you integrate technology into instruction by offering online tools and resources.
http://www.4teachers.org/about/
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| How to do Research on the Internet |
Online tutorials to support good skills for searching the Internet are provided here.
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/vl/www/wwwcon.htm
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| Journal of Online Teaching and Learning (MERLOT) |
The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) is a peer-reviewed, online publication addressing the scholarly use of multimedia resources in education. JOLT is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. The objectives of JOLT are to:
- enable faculty to use technology effectively in teaching and learning by learning from a community of researchers and scholars;
- enable academic programs to design and deploy academic technology to optimize teaching and learning; and
- build a community around the research and scholarly use of multimedia educational resources.
http://jolt.merlot.org/
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| NTEN: Resources for Teachers Who Teach Online |
Created by Montana State University and funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) delivers quality teaching resources and professional development opportunities through the Internet directly to K-12 science teachers.
http://www.scienceteacher.org/otresources.htm
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| 7 Success Strategies for Distance Learners |
Guides are provided to help students succeed in online courses.
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/distance-learning-success.htm
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| The Student Assessment of their Learning Gains (SALG) |
The Student Assessment of their Learning Gains (SALG) Web site allows instructors to gather learning-focused feedback from students. The Student Assessment of their Learning Gains (SALG) instrument was originally developed in 1997 by Elaine Seymour while she was co-evaluator for two National Science Foundation-funded chemistry consortia (ChemLinks and ModularCHEM) that developed and tested modular curricula and pedagogy for undergraduate chemistry courses. The instrument was subsequently revised by Stephen Carroll, Elaine Seymour and Tim Weston in 2007 to better reflect the goals and methods used in a broader array of courses beyond chemistry.
http://www.salgsite.org/
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| Teacher Helpers:Critical Evaluation Information |
The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age. Students need to be able to evaluate a Web page critically for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias and usability. Sources here are lead-ins for guiding students to develop good critical-thinking skills.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html
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| Teaching Tips |
Tips for online teachers are provided by the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium.
http://www.ctdlc.org/Faculty/TeachingTips/index.html
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| ?Tips for Teaching Online: How to Teach Like a Pro!? |
This article combines best practices from a variety of resources ? research studies, publications and discussions among online instructors. The analogy of a garden is used to reinforce practices that will ensure a successful ?harvest.?
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Oct_04/article04.htm
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| Rose Colored Glasses and Hitchhiker?s Guide to Course Development |
Rose Colored Glasses and the associated Hitchhiker?s Guide to Course Development site feature resources for educators and course developers.
http://jmajor.midsolutions.org/?p=306
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| 13 Tips for Virtual World Teaching |
Matt Villano outlines these 13 Tips for Virtual World Teaching in the journal, Campus Technology , January 1, 2008.
http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/57065/
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| What Makes a Successful Online Facilitator? |
The facilitator in the online environment must possess a unique set of tools to perform effectively. These criteria are provided by the Illinois Online Network.
http://www.ion.illinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructorProfile.asp
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