Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

MERLOT is resource site for peer reviewed learning materials. Over the years, I have used MERLOT.org as a resource for courses I teach as well recommend the site to colleagues and faculty.

Use the site to:

1. Search for peer reviewed learning materials
2. Find subject matter experts in your discipline
3. Find assignments and interactive exercises you can use with your students
4. Find subject matter experts you can use as guest speakers (Virtual Speakers Bureau)

Membership is free. As a member you can:

1. Contribute to collection of learning materials
2. Create your personal collections of teaching and learning materials
3. Create a personal profile
4. Share your knowledge
5. Receive recognition from peers in your discipline

Overview of MERLOT
Video: An overview of MERLOT.org. It's purpose and how it got started.

Reference: Merlot.org

SlideShare

Are you interested in sharing your presentations online? Have you heard of SlideShare?


Educators are using SlideShare to upload and share PowerPoint Presentations and Word documents. Presentations and documents can be made available publicly or privately. Take a tour of SlideShare. http://www.slideshare.net/tour.

View examples
Your Digital Footprint from Shareski.
Overview of Digital Footprint.

Transformational Leadership from M. Rex Miller.
Examination of the book The Millennium Matrix.

The 411 on Jing!

Jing is a free-ware by TechSmith. It is a simple screen and audio capturing software that requires no scripting and editing. You might have to do a few retakes on the screen and audio capture but overall it meant to perfect your output.

The video format is SWF (free version only) and mpeg-4 (pro version). The benefit of using the SWF format is high quality of the video recording.

When you begin using Jing you will realize that you have a 5 minute time limit. Why? 5 minute videos keep you on task, anything over 5 minutes become a tutorial.
Here is an example of short screen and audio capture produced in less than 5 minutes. Click to view Example.

Useful Resources
Jing Website: http://www.jingproject.com/

Click to Watch Video about how Jing works.