Resources
Online Learning
- The Theory and Practice of Online Learning - Great eBook (free for download)!
eLearning/D2L User Guides (Version 8.3)
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Instructional Resources
Generational Differences
- UCF Welcome to Generations
- Marc Prensky
- Boomers, Gen Xers and Millenials (pdf)
- If Higher Education Listened to Me (pdf)
Technology-Rich Strategies
- Audio Narrating PowerPoint Presentations
- VIDEO Unit or Session Introductions
- Multimedia Web Resources: Sensitive Topics
- FLASH: Complex Concepts
Instructional Strategies
- Excerpts from Field Journals
- Instructional Strategies Online
- More Instructional Strategies for Online Courses
- Instructional Strategies for E-Learning
- Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams
- Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking
- Cooperative and Collaborative Learning
- Enhancing Learning with Technology: Collaborative Learning
- Assessment in and of Collaborative Learning
- Online Instructional Strategies
- A Survey of Online Instructional Issues and Strategies for Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities
- Creating Powerful Online Courses using Multiple Instructional Strategies
- An Instructional Strategy Framework for Online Learning Environments
- Towards Active Team-Based Learning: An Online Instructional Strategy (pdf)
- Best Online Practices: Report of Phase I of an Ongoing Study
- Instructional Immediacy and the Seven Principles: Strategies for Facilitating Online Courses
- Instructional Strategies for Distance Education: Research Based Examples (pdf)
- Student Engagement Revisited: Views from Technology-Rich Classrooms (pdf)
Repositories
- Agripedia - University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture Instructional Resource site
- Annenberg - Annenberg Media Learner.org K-20 media resources
- ARTstor - royalty free images for academic use. Contact Caroline Thompson (cthompson@uwf.edu) in the Library for access information
- Associated Press Multimedia Archive
- CITIDEL Computing and Information Technology repository
- Connexions - Rice University
- Digital Library for Earth System Education - Resources searchable by grade level, activity and media
- Filamentality - Tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities.
- INTUTE - Help in finding the best websites for research and study
- Maricopa Learning Exchange - Repository packages rqange from simple activities to full courses.
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts: Digital Scriptorium
- MERLOT - Peer reveiwed learning objects
- MIT Open Courseware - Syllabi and course media resources
- NSF Digital Library - Resources and additional links
- The Orange Grove - Florida's K-20 repository, includes eTextbooks
- HEAL (health education assets library) - National digital library for health education
- Wisconsin Online (WISC Online) Primarily science topics and animations; objects are $15 each
- Wikimedia - Wikipedia's media resouce site
Icebreakers
- Icebreakers by Virgil Varvel
- Icebreaker Ideas by DEOS Members & SNHU Faculty
- Icebreaker (Getting to Know You Activities) from Education World
- Icebreakers by USA Advanced Instructional Design Students
Gaming
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Social Impact Games
- Parade of Games in PowerPoint
- Thiagi Email Games
- Instructional Games
- Mathematic Instructional Games
Digital Storytelling
- ATC Digital Storytelling page
- Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
- Center for Digital Storytelling
- Elements of Digital Storytelling
- Digital Storytelling
Case Studies
- Basics of Developing Case Studies
- National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
- Engineering Cases
- Business Research Case Studies
Simulations
- Why Use Simulations?
- Collaborative Use and Design of Interactive Simulations (pdf)
- Simulations: Use in K-12 Education
- Computer Simulations in Game Theory (pdf)
- Verification and Validation in Military Simulations (pdf)
WebQuests
- WebQuest.org
- The WebQuest Goes to College
- Adult/College Math
- Adult/College Search Results
- Logarithms Lurking in the Shadows
- The Electoral College
- Apples from the Desert
- The Oprah Show
Journals and Organizations
- UWF Library
- Electronic Journals
- Open Access Journals in the Field of Education (AREA SIG Communication of Research)
- Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
- Innovate
- Archives of Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal
- Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
- The Journal of Educators Online
- Journal of Information Technology Education
- Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE)
- SLOAN-C
- EDUCAUSE
Foundational Theories
- Instructional Design Models
- Instructional Design
- Prolegomena to a Theory of Instructional Design
- Instructional Theory and Instructional Design Theory: What's the difference and why should we care?
- Cognitive Approaches to Instructional Design
- ISD Handbook
- Instructional Use of Learning Objects
- Theoretical Sources
- Theory into Practice Database
- Universal Design Education Online
- Ten Simple Steps Toward Universal Design of Online Courses
- Alternative Approaches to Assessing Student Engagement Rates
Style Guides