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MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. Search peer reviewed open educational resources (OER), create Course ePortfolios, Bookmark Collections, and Learning Exercises, and build your own learning materials with our Content Builder.

As cost-effective alternatives to traditional college classes, online learning programs continue to gain steam in higher ed. According to statistics gathered for an Online Learning Consortium infographic, 5.8 million students are now enrolled in online courses, and the majority put tremendous stock in the quality of their education: 90 percent of students say their online learning experiences are the same or better than in-classroom options.

Neat video about building a phylogenetic tree of the insects. Could be used towards the end of an introductory evolution course in a modern research setting.

Communication Skills. Confidence. Body Language. Stress Management. Social Dynamics. Personal Development. - Free Course

You'll feel like a superhero. The above comments are from Padlet's hype...but I recently learned about this tool for collaboration at a conference. It seems to be a wall where you can collaboratively post things. You do not need to sign up for an account to use it. From the little I've used it, it seems worth exploring. Lisa

A colleague used this tool in a workshop and I thought it was great! I'm eager to embed this into my online courses.

This is a nice article about using starting to use twitter in your course.

Deciding whether to create your own content or access existing content will depend on a variety of factors. You will want to consider whether this course is to be accessed by a small or large number of students, over what timescale (will revisions be necessary?), will it be within one programme or across several, one institution or shared amongst many, and is the content culturally specific or to be made available globally.

Really has some nice information on tools available for online teaching.

Hi Kathy, good solid article and my favorite part related to one of the pod casts that we were assigned for Module 4 this week in our TT class. DeMarias says that the synchronous on line class should not be a literal translation of the f2f and she suggests the same concept as this article: a reconceptualization of the course all together. My least favorite part of the article was that we are developing "digital citizens of tomorrow". I totally agree but the sound of it is so robotic. :)

Tips on making e-books for online learning.

What a great way to customize the reading assignments and resources for students in our online courses. This seems like it could also save money on textbook costs for our students.

Take a look at Piazza to host course related Q/A sessions. Thinking about follow up after guest skype interviews. Carol H

I am using VoiceThread for students to create digital stories to share about their research projects. Other students will peer review, comment, and write a reflection. Use VoiceThread Search Box terms "online teaching" to find Projects created for Online Courses.

Description of three open-access courses offered as part of the Stanford Engineering Everywhere Initiative.

Institutions of higher education have witnessed a proliferation of online courses in the past several decades. Culture and the impact of it must be considered.

College course work is meant to be challenging. The content and the vocabulary used are often unfamiliar to many students. For at-risk learners, the challenges are even greater.

Kolowich, S. (2012) Who takes MOOCs? Inside Higher Education, June 5 Article about a survey of 14,000 participants in Stanford's Andrew Ng's course on machine learning. It should be noted that the response rate is around 14% of all those that enrolled. The most common reason was that participants were curious about the topic. NOTE from poster - take a look at Coursera as well.

Blooms taxonomy adapted to the digital environment.

interesting course option

This paper addresses the faculty's awareness of the benefits of Web 2.0 to supplement in-class learning and assess faculty's decisions to adopt these tools using the decomposed theory of planned behavior. In my experience, all assignments in our courses are taught and completed in computer labs, we are supposed to attend several hours or more of professional development, teaching assistants and faculty are encouraged to pursue a certificate in teaching with technology, and in addition, more experienced teaching assistants routinely share their knowledge and experience in working with different types of technology with their colleagues who are just starting. The attitude of faculty and their perceived behavioral control are the main concern to their intention to use the technology tools.

Ramin Rahimian for The New York Times Coursera, a year-old company offering free online courses, has raised another $43 million in venture capital from investors active in both domestic and international education.