MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT1 Gerry Hanley, Executive Director, MERLOT MERLOT International Conference August 9, 2007 New Orleans, LA Enabling Success of Your Institutional Initiatives with MERLOT

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT2 Is this a good way to spend the next 45 minutes? Quick instructions with Einstruction Clickers What are your campus initiatives? Who needs the help for your initiatives to succeed and what type of help to they need? What is MERLOT’s strategy to help you?

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT3 What are the initiatives that have been declared as important priorities for your campus?

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT4 MERLOT’s List of 15 HE Initiatives 1.Accelerated Development of Online Courses and Programs 2.Course Redesign/ Academic Transformation 3.Effective Use of LMS 4.Faculty Development for Effective Teaching with Tech 5.Enabling Success of Adjunct Faculty 6.Facilitating Graduation 7.College Readiness 7.K-20 Initiatives 8.Notebook Initiatives 9.High Cost of Textbooks 10.Assessment and Accreditation 11.Accessibility of Educational Resources 12.Workforce Development 13.Smart Classrooms 14.Institutional Repositories 15.ESL

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT5 How Needs Help To Make the Initiatives Succeed? 1.Faculty 2.Faculty Development Directors 3.Students 4.Academic Technology Staff 5.Provosts 6.Deans 7.Department Chairs 8.Librarians 9.Other

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT6 Enable Successful Educational Workflow Step 1: Discovery & Research for Teaching Step 2: Designing the Learning Experience Step 3: Teaching Step 4: Learning Step 5: Feedback, Assessment, & Evaluation Enabling people to be effective and efficient in the use of technology in teaching and learning is key

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT7 Discovery of content for teaching Use MERLOT.org, RSS & MERLOT Search Built into LMS’s Explore Disciplinary Portals Use Personal Collections & Member Contributions Portfolios of MERLOT Members Searching Multiple Digital Libraries

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT8 Research of content for teaching Examine Peer Reviews, Member Comments, Personal Collection/Citation Index Create Departmental Collections using Personal Collections tools Examine for Quality Materials Examine Showcases in Disciplinary Portals

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT9 Design the Learning Experience Peer Reviews and Member Comments provides advice on valuable features and qualities “Snapshots” provides insights into integrating learning objects into courses. Assignments provide teachers a framework for turning content into curriculum “Activity Sheets” – assignments with rich resources about pedagogical strategy (partnership with SERC)SERC

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT10 Design the Learning Experience Contact colleagues in Member Directory to get advice from people with experience and expertise Read Get training on using academic technologies –MERLOT International Conference & Workshops –MERLOT Partners’ Faculty Development Programs –Find tutorials in Teaching and Technology Collection & Portal

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT11 Find guest experts in the Virtual Speakers Bureau Virtual Speakers Bureau Use Personal Collections as shortcuts for demonstrating websites in or out of class Confidently demonstrate websites in class Your campus’ “teaching culture”, facilities, and supports services are key to making teachers’ lives better while teaching. Teaching

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT12 Enable Student Learning Send students to MERLOT to find and learn from content –Provide students a Personal Collection of materials that they should know as a prerequisite for your course. Have students create and annotate Personal Collections (Learning Resources Portfolio) (Learning Resources Portfolio) Have students write Member Comments to reflect on learning experiences using materials and comment on each other’s work

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT13 Students Reflecting on Their Learning Angela Landsman, MERLOT Student Member commenting on her learning from a DNA Website “I am a fourth year college student. I was instructed by my college professor to join merlot and to review three websites and pick my favorite.” “The webpages were setup in such a way that you don't realize how much you are learning until you have completed the "lesson"….. I found it much more effective to "view" the experiments rather than merely hear about them. The videos and sound were excellent and I appreciated the animation allowing me to move at my own pace. I was not forced to move through too quickly…”

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT14 Feedback, Assessment and Evaluation Choose online learning materials that have build- in assessment exercises. Choose materials that have Assignments with provide assessment rubrics. Direct students to peer review their fellow students’ Member Comments, Assignments and Personal Collections.

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT15 How About Improving the Workflow for Others? Students? –MERLOT as Learners’ Library Librarians? –Establishing New Editorial Board –Members on disciplinary Editorial Boards Academic Technology Staff? –Portals, MERLOT.org, IT portal, faculty development portal Faculty Development Staff? –Portals, MERLOT.org, faculty development portal Administrators? –MERLOT as leveraged initiative

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT16 In summary…. Begin with understanding the needs and practices of your people, then design the services needed “Package” MERLOT services that are aligned with the needs Be a steward/facilitator/”teacher of fishing” to empower people to serve their own needs when and how it serves them best.

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT17 Moving From… Your Campus Community & Academic Culture Mass = 1

MIC 2007Copyright MERLOT18 To Here…. Mass = Campus Community Mass = Educational Practices