March 24, 2006Copyright MERLOT What’s New in MERLOT Theresa Flaherty Cathy Swift AMTP 2006 Hilton Head, SC

March 24, 2006 Copyright MERLOT

What’s New in MERLOT

Theresa Flaherty

Cathy Swift

AMTP 2006 Hilton Head, SC


Who Are You?

• How Many First Timers in MERLOT?

• Who Knows What MERLOT Stands For?

• Who Has Used MERLOT to Find Online Learning Materials?

• Who Has Included MERLOT in Course Instruction?


MERLOT

• Where did it come from?

• What is it?– Online resource– Community of Educators– Software

• How is it sponsored?

• What is the sustainability?


Parties Involved in MERLOT

• Administration Team

• Institutional Partner (20)

• Faculty Discipline Teams (15)– Editors/Co-Editors (21)– Editorial Review Board Members (100)– Volunteer Peer Reviewers (>100)

• Others – Authors, Submitters, Users


MERLOT Editorial Discipline Boards

• Organized like journal editorial board– Editor (may be co-editors)– Board Members

• Associate Editors• Peer Reviewers

– Ad Hoc Peer Reviewers


MERLOT Editorial Boards

• Biology• Business• Chemistry• Engineering• Health Sciences• History• Information Technology• Math

• Music• Physics• Psychology• Statistics• Teacher Education• Teaching and

Technology• World Languages


MERLOT Editorial Boards

Editor

Associate Editor

Associate Editor

Associate Editor

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Ad Hoc Reviewer


Differences - MERLOT vs. Journal

• Evaluate teaching materials, not

research articles.

• MERLOT has Peer Review Tutorial

• Actual Peer Review appears on

MERLOT site, so can read what has

been evaluated


MERLOT gives faculty…

• A vision, direction and a process for the integration of instructional materials in hybrid, online and f2f courses

• A formidable resource for professional development

• A mature collection of ready to use materials

• Opportunities for collaboration with MERLOT users and authors worldwide.


MERLOT Makes Faculty Work Easier

• One stop shopping to good material

• An easy way to get hybrid and online courses off and running

• A great way to reach students where they are at - online!!

• A way to provide real-world, classroom-tested materials just in time


Participation in MERLOT

• User

• Submitter

• Author

• “Ad Hoc” Peer Reviewer


Let’s walk into the vineyard…………...


MERLOT Homepage


Member Personal Page


Marketing


General Marketing


Marketing Listing


Internet Exercises


Internet Exercises


Peer Review



Member Comments


Personal Collections – Like Citation


Assignments


Complete Assignment


MERLOT Awards


Personal Collections


Personal Collection


Personal Collections


Virtual Speakers Bureau


Virtual Speakers Bureau


Carnegie Foundation Snapshot


Teaching & Technology


Just In Time: Delgado CC,NVCC and MERLOT


Carnegie Foundation Snapshot


Federated Search


GLOBE


Slide by Gerry Hanley, MERLOT


Grapevine


JOLTJournal of Online Learning and Teaching


JOLT


MICMERLOT International Conference


MERLOT Statistics

• Collection– Items: 13,500– Peer Reviews: 1914– Registered Users:

32,257

• Business– Items: 2401– Peer Reviews: 321– Registered Users:

4125


Usage Statistics for Jan-Feb 2006

• Total # of visits – 82,054

• Avg. # visits a day – 1401

• Avg. visitor repeat rate – 26%

• Avg. # pages/visit - 8

• Avg. length of visit - 5 min, 7 sec


LMS Partnerships

• Blackboard

• WebCT

• Angel

• Desire2Learn


Other Partnerships

• O’Reilly

• The TLT Group

• SUN Microsystems


New Initiatives

• Workforce Development– Fire Safety– Allied Health– Information Technology– Employability Skills

Documents

March 24, 2006Copyright MERLOT What’s New in MERLOT Theresa Flaherty Cathy Swift AMTP 2006 Hilton Head, SC