External Resources
Notice:

New links added September, 2008 .

Teaching & Learning Resources

Where possible descriptions were taken directly from the websites.

General

  • Baruch College Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media
    This free interactive guide helps faculty determine the appropriate copyright guidelines they must follow to use different types of copyright protected media in their courses.
  • EdNA Online - Education Network Australia (edna) is an online resource collection and collaborative network for the education and training community.
  • EdTechTalk - A community of educators interested in discussing and learning about the uses of educational technology. They webcast several live shows each week.
  • elearnspace - "This site and blog explore elearning, knowledge management, networks, technology, and community."
  • Fathom Archive
    Offers access to the complete range of free content developed for Fathom by its member institutions including lectures, articles, interviews, exhibits and free seminars.
  • GEM (Gateway to 21st Century Skills) - Thousands of free lesson plans and other teaching and learning resources.
  • GLOBE - "The Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange (GLOBE) is an international consortium that strives to make shared online learning resources available to educators and students around the world."
  • Instructional Design for Online Courses
    Site contains a set of articles that discuss instructional issues and strategies in the online environment.
  • JORUM - "a free online repository service for teaching and support staff in UK Further and Higher Education Institutions, helping to build a community for the sharing, reuse and repurposing of learning and teaching materials."
  • Learning in Hand
    "learninginhand.com is an educator's resource for using handheld computing in schools. You'll find lists of great software applications for Palm and Windows Mobile computers. You'll find resources for podcasting and eBooks. Also, there's a comprehensive listing of the best sites for educators, lesson plans, classroom management tips, and more."
  • Podcast Directory for Educators - This UK based site has 2000+ podcasts in their directory. All links are "family friendly" and are good examples of educational podcasting. In an effort to promote educational podcasting, they produce their own podcast - available via our RSS Feed - to feature some of the best podcasts produced by schools, colleges and other organizations.
  • Principles of Online Design - "The purpose of this [site] is to provide a resource to faculty who are designing online instructional materials."
  • Rubric for Online Instruction - "This site is designed to answer the question being asked: What does a high quality online course look like? It is our hope that instructors and instructional designers will use this site to learn more about the Rubric for Online Instruction, and be able to view examples of exemplary courses that instructors have done in implementing the different components of the rubric."
  • SuTree (Educational Videos) - a knowledge community and an aggregator of instructional & educational videos.
  • Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology
    "The UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology consists of two modules, and each explores key issues in developing and teaching online courses with the use of technology. "

Podcasts

Some podcasts offer quick nuggets of information, while other present long informative interviews. Others have a singular focus – existing solely for a specific discipline.

Many of the podcast services noted below contain materials that can be integrated into class discussions and utilized for supplemental learning materials.

 

  • Directories
  • News Services
  • Universities
  • Sciences


Steve Mirsky at Scientific American has a feature he calls ‘Totally Bogus” where listeners guess which of the four science news clips he reports is fake….Imagine the types of critical thinking activities that could be built around Mirsky’s format...

Some Science Podcasts worth reviewing

  • Microbe World Radio – provides 90-second microbiology news flashes with scientist’s commentary (http://feeds.feedburner.com/microbeworld ) - Updated daily
  • Nature Podcast – provides interviews with scientists and Nature staff, round-up of the week’s science news (http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/index.html) - Updated every Thursday
  • New Scientist – provides interviews with scientists and staff on New Scientist stories, the latest science news (http://www.newscientist.com/podcast.ns ) - Updated every Friday
  • Science @ NASA – provides summary of research being conducted by NASA. Materials are designed for the general public (http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.htm ) - Updated several times a month
  • Science Friday, National Public Radio – contains interviews with scientists, authors, and policymakers. (http://sciencefriday.com/feed/) - Updated every Friday
  • Science Magazine – provides interviews with scientists and Science staff, round-up of the week’s science news (http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl ) - Updated every other Friday
  • Science Talk, Scientific American – provides interviews with scientists, historians, and journalists. Also provides some interesting current events quizzes (http://www.sciam.com/podcast/ ) - Updated every Wednesday
  • The Science Show, ABC Radio National – provides interviews and news coverage on scientific debates, science politics, events, awards, and personalities (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/ ) - Updated every Saturday
  • This Week in Science – provides interviews with scientists, discussions about current science and technology, and questions from listeners. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/twis/science ) - Updated every Tuesday

YouTube Videos