Communicating with the MERLOT Community

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Communicating with the MERLOT

CommunityDr. Sorel Reisman

Managing Director, MERLOTProfessor of Information Systems, CSU Fullerton

Barbra Bied SperlingMERLOT Manager of Technical Development

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www.merlot.org

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• A free and open community for all who use, share, advise & evaluate online teaching & learning materials

• A free digital library of online teaching & learning materials and supporting faculty development resources open for all to use

• An international consortium of higher education institutions, professional societies, digital libraries, corporations, and others supporting educational improvement through technology

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MERLOT and Creative Commons

• MERLOT encourages sharing and reuse of online materials – i.e. - MERLOT provides faculty with guidance/direction/instruction about reusing materials developed by others

• MERLOT provides “free” access

• Referenced materials may/may not be free

• MERLOT wants to protect Members’ IPRIDING THE WAVES OF INNOVATION • cenic09.cenic.org

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MERLOT strongly endorses and recommends Creative Commons

licensing to encourage the sharing and reuse of online

learning materials.

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MERLOT and Creative Commons

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MERLOT User Community

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• Registered Members–66, 600+ growing @ 1,000/month

• Materials–21,000~ –2,620+ ~ Peer Reviewed–13,000 ~ in “Personal Collections”– ~ 3,220 materials with member

comments• Usage

–150,000 average unique visits per month

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Benefits of Individual Membership

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Contribute learning materials, comments, assignments

Create personal collections Develop a personal profile and create a CV Share your online expertise with others Receive peer recognition Become a guest speaker Submit Publication to JOLT Join an Editorial Board - Become a Peer Reviewer Find others in your discipline

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www.merlot.org

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MERLOT Communities

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MERLOT Portals

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Search or Browse MERLOT

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Personal Collections in MERLOT

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Virtual Speakers Bureau in MERLOT

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Find other Guest Experts that can

help you or become a VSB

member yourself

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Federated Search in MERLOT

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RSS Feeds in MERLOT

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Any query can become an RSS feed

Syndicates any query into reader of choice (Outlook)

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MERLOT Mobile Search

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http://mobile.merlot.org

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MERLOT Voices

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• Field Test of collaboration tools• Explore & understand MERLOT community

communication needs• “Uncontrolled” communication

environment• Low startup resource investment• Understand required

maintenance/operating resource requirements

• Understand “terms of agreement” requirements

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