© merlot june 2007 ( meital, tel aviv, israel dr. sorel reisman, merlot managing director
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© MERLOT June 2007 (http://taste.merlot.org/Presentations/MERLOT_Meital_Address_2007.pdf) Meital, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dr. Sorel Reisman, MERLOT Managing DirectorProfessor, Information Systems, Cal State
MERLOTA Faculty Resource for Online
Teaching and Learning
http://www.merlot.org
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Presentation Outline• MERLOT Basics • MERLOT Partners & metrics• Reaching Out – other libraries &
LMSs• A Quick Tour• MERLOT Communities
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MERLOT Basics
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• A free and open community for all who use, share, advise & evaluate online teaching & learning materials
• A free digital library of online teaching & learning materials and supporting faculty development resources open for all to use*
• A consortium of U.S. and Canadian higher education institutions, professional societies, digital libraries, corporations, and others supporting educational improvement through technology, worldwide
* MERLOT supports Creative Commons licensing philosophies through implementation of a set of CC licensing conditions for all materials posted/referenced on www.merlot.org
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching
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Encouraging Teaching/Learning
Awards, letters and communication to deans, department chairs, faculty, etc. acknowledging:– Participation in MERLOT – service– Virtual Speakers Bureau - service– Acknowledgement of peer reviewed
learning material – teaching or research– 15% Solution – teaching or service– JOLT – research– MERLOT International Conference –
research– Newsletters: Partner & Community –
faculty development
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Goal: To increase number of faculty who successfully use academic technology in higher education
Target: 150,000 of the 1 million faculty in NA certified as having demonstrated academic technology skills based on MERLOT criteria
Process: Track participation on MERLOT.ORG & automatically present awards
15% Solution
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JOLT
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Grapevine Newsletter
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Vineyard Newsletter
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MERLOT Int’l Conference
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MERLOT Partners & Metrics
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ExecutiveDirector
Staff
MIC
BoardMembers
ProjectDirectors
AdvisoryBoard
Corporations Consortia JOLTEditors
Members
The Community
16+
160+
18
5-10
25 25
8
47000
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Partner Reserve* Material Categories
*Accessible only by staff, Project Directors, & Editors
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Partnerships
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MERLOT Metrics*
• MEMBERS– 47,000+ growing at 1,200/month
• Higher Ed faculty, administrators, K-12 teachers, students, workforce development (continuing ed)
• Student (Teachers) 12,000+ – Assignments – Comments – Portals for a place to find advice– Member Directory to find mentors & advisors
• MATERIALS– 17,000~– 2,300 ~ Peer Reviewed– 7,300 ~ in “Personal Collections”
*As of June 15/07
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MERLOT Usage2003
July-Dec2004
July-Dec2005
July-Dec2006
July-Dec
Visits/month 22,824 30,110 46,355 55,725
Pages Viewed/visit
8 10 10 22
Time/visit 5:19 5:03 4:35 7:20
•New version released August 2006•2007 YTD Average - 67,500+ visits per month•152,000 LMS –based queries in 2006
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Reaching Out
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Related Libraries
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Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange
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LMS Initiative Partners
Blackboard* - Optional MERLOT Search “Building Block”
WebCT* - Optional MERLOT Search “PowerLink”
Angel Learning* - Integrated MERLOT Advanced Search
Desire2Learn* - Integrated MERLOT Advanced Search
University of Toronto – UTutor - Integrated MERLOT Advanced Search
Epsilen Learning Environment – Integrated advanced and “semi smart” search
Second Life – developing project with University of Oregon*Resulted in 304 Campus Affiliate Memberships
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A Quick Tour
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Materials Cataloguedby General Category
Materials Cataloguedby Academic DisciplineWith Editorial Boards
Specific to Login Profile
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Category with all Disciplines shown
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MERLOT Communities
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Workforce Development• Build collections and community
portals within MERLOT for “Workforce Development” (Continuing Ed) disciplines
• Fire Safety• Professional Coaching• Allied Health• Information Technology• Employability Skills
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Workforce Development Community
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Teaching Commons
–Form customized free/open communities for all who use, share, advise & evaluate online teaching/learning materials
–Built on MERLOT technology infrastructure
–Packaged, customizable structure
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A Teaching Commons
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Another Teaching Commons
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Other Services & Initiatives
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About Us
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Thank You
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Sorel [email protected]