communicating with the merlot community
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Communicating with the MERLOT Community. Dr. Sorel Reisman Managing Director, MERLOT Professor of Information Systems, CSU Fullerton Barbra Bied Sperling MERLOT Manager of Technical Development. March 9-11, 2009 • Long Beach, CA • cenic09.cenic.org. www.merlot.org. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Communicating with the MERLOT
CommunityDr. Sorel Reisman
Managing Director, MERLOTProfessor of Information Systems, CSU Fullerton
Barbra Bied SperlingMERLOT Manager of Technical Development
March 9-11, 2009 • Long Beach, CA • cenic09.cenic.org
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www.merlot.org
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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
• An international consortium of higher education institutions, professional societies, digital libraries, corporations, and others supporting educational improvement through technology
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MERLOT and Creative Commons
• MERLOT encourages sharing and reuse of online materials – i.e. - MERLOT provides faculty with guidance/direction/instruction about reusing materials developed by others
• MERLOT provides “free” access
• Referenced materials may/may not be free
• MERLOT wants to protect Members’ IPRIDING THE WAVES OF INNOVATION • cenic09.cenic.org
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MERLOT strongly endorses and recommends Creative Commons
licensing to encourage the sharing and reuse of online
learning materials.
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MERLOT and Creative Commons
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MERLOT User Community
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• Registered Members–66, 600+ growing @ 1,000/month
• Materials–21,000~ –2,620+ ~ Peer Reviewed–13,000 ~ in “Personal Collections”– ~ 3,220 materials with member
comments• Usage
–150,000 average unique visits per month
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Benefits of Individual Membership
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Contribute learning materials, comments, assignments
Create personal collections Develop a personal profile and create a CV Share your online expertise with others Receive peer recognition Become a guest speaker Submit Publication to JOLT Join an Editorial Board - Become a Peer Reviewer Find others in your discipline
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www.merlot.org
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MERLOT Communities
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MERLOT Portals
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Search or Browse MERLOT
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Personal Collections in MERLOT
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Virtual Speakers Bureau in MERLOT
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Find other Guest Experts that can
help you or become a VSB
member yourself
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Federated Search in MERLOT
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RSS Feeds in MERLOT
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Any query can become an RSS feed
Syndicates any query into reader of choice (Outlook)
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MERLOT Mobile Search
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http://mobile.merlot.org
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MERLOT Voices
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• Field Test of collaboration tools• Explore & understand MERLOT community
communication needs• “Uncontrolled” communication
environment• Low startup resource investment• Understand required
maintenance/operating resource requirements
• Understand “terms of agreement” requirements
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Questions?