"The Medpedia Project is an extraordinary global effort to collect, organize and make understandable, the world's best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available on the Web site Medpedia.com. Physicians, health organizations, medical schools, hospitals, health professionals, and dedicated individuals are coming together to build the most comprehensive medical resource in the world that will benefit millions of people every year."

Wikipedia is an online, dynamic encyclopedia, which anyone can add or edit content. One of the exciting things about this site is that history is documented within minutes of an event occurring. Additionally at UCF, faculty members have made assignments asking students to rewrite poorly or sparsely written entries. Questions have arisen about Wikipedia's accuracy; Henry Jenkins from MIT discussed its uses and validity at the 2008 Annual Meeting for Educause Learning Initiative. To view his lengthy presentation, go to http://tinyurl.com/2cjxrf/ and select the What Wikipedia Can Teach Us About the New Media Literacies topic.

Digital Content or e-Packs consist of publisher-created digital content that is ready to use in your Webcourses@UCF account. An e-Pack may include learning materials, multimedia elements, and assessments. The quality and the features of e-Packs varies tremendously. Please e-mail your instructional designer if you find an e-Pack you would like to view. We can upload the e-Pack to a Webcourses@UCF practice account for your review. There is no cost for a faculty member to view an e-Pack. If you decide to use one, your students may be charged an access fee. The fee charged to students varies and is generally part of a bundled textbook product. Search the ePacks area for possible ePacks in your discipline.

YouTube has video and lecture resources for current events that may be useful in a classroom environment. For example, some faculty members have found video clips to explain a difficult concept and have integrated them in their classes. Below is a link to a video that a UCF professor created and placed on YouTube to promote his class as well as a video series he created. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogU0DZFxiQ Search YouTube to find videos that you can use to supplement your class.

DiRT is a wiki that collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars conduct research more efficiently or creatively. It provides a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which they not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers. Check out the links on the left of the page as well as the links listed on the right side of the screen.

MIT OCW is a free Web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. An introductory video about this resource can be found here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tbQ-FeoEvTI .

A demo of a course instant messaging tool

IDL6543 group is the community for all IDL6543 alumni. Please feel free to communicate and collaborate with your co-workers. Share your online teaching experience here!

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UCF Learning Online Website has information for students who are taking an online class. The topics covers: is online for me; I've registered, now what; and are there resources to asist me.

UCF Teaching Online Website is the one-stop shop for all resources that you need to know about teaching an online course at UCF. It provides information on pedagogy, professional develoment, resources, forms, and system status.

Welcome to myUCF! myUCF provides UCF staff, faculty, and students with a personalized gateway to information and applications from one secure, centralized location. Each user has access to various Web systems and tools based upon their roles within the university community. Users are able to personalize their pages to suit their particular needs. Additional help is available for personalizing your portal page by clicking on "Help" located near the upper right side of myUCF. You can also search for answers in Ask UCF's knowledge base or submit a question. If you need further assistance signing on, please contact the Service Desk at (407) 823-5117.

The Instructional Technology Group (ITG) provides immediate and personal support for faculty and staff who offer online Webcourses@UCF. Supporting a wide range of online faculty needs, ITG offers phone, e-mail, and scheduled face-to-face support sessions, as well as group workshops throughout the academic year.

Course Development & Web Services (CDWS) is a learning organization within the division of Information Technologies and Resources at the University of Central Florida (UCF).

Meebo, the web platform for IM on any network or site. Meebo connects you to MSN, Yahoo, AOL/AIM, MySpace, Facebook, Google Talk, and many more!