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Resources for Higher Ed Faculty
Network with Other Educators from CT and Beyond
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Now, Connecticut educators, librarians, and instructional resource providers can connect with one another, discover projects and collaborators, and share resources and ideas using a new platform called Muse . Registration is free, quick, and easy. |
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If you'd like to network with other educators and instructional staff who are using collaborative technologies, check out College 2.0!
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| Connecticut Digital Resources |
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CT Higher Ed Blogs
Access free recordings of seminars for faculty on effective technology integration in teaching and learning.
The Connecticut Writing Project (CWP) offers writing and learning resources for educators in all academic disciplines.
Yale's CMI2 includes:
Click on any of the above links to explore the digital content published in their portfolios.
Contains digitized versions of CCSU master's theses beginning in 2002.
more than 100 working papers, journal articles, dissertations, and these available for full-text download
over 4,500 electronic repository items consisting of intellectual output at UConn
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The National Science Foundation developed this collection of resources and tools that support and enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
This site combines Google Earth with great literature! College and university students are able to visualize and explore classic travel stories by renowned authors.
This collection features hundreds of free video lectures and course materials from colleges and universities in the United States and China. Much of the content is available for download.
The goal of Academic Commons is to form a community of faculty, academic technologists, librarians, administrators, and other academic professionals who will help create a comprehensive web resource focused on liberal arts education. Academic Commons aims to share knowledge, develop collaborations, and evaluate and disseminate digital tools and innovative practices for teaching and learning with technology.
Developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder, these online interactive simulations illustrate physics principles related to topics such as projectile motion, static electricity, and electromagnetic fields.
Proteopedia is a collaborative, 3D encyclopedia of proteins, RNA, DNA, and other molecules.
Evergreen State University developed brief PowerPoint-based modules to help students build spreadsheets and apply relevant mathematics in order to solve problems. The modules cover topics such as compound interest, radioactive decay, rock density, and chemical equilibrium. Included is a guide for educators on how to use SSAC in your courses.
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Online Collaboration Tools
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Digital Learning Objects Exchange
Stop reinventing the wheel! Check out the following platforms designed for educators to share their knowledge and digital learning materials.
LoLa is an exchange for facilitating the sharing of high-quality learning objects. It contains materials for use across the curriculum, with a particular focus on modules for Information Literacy. Watch a brief animated intro to LoLa here.
MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered searchable collection of peer reviewed, higher education learning materials... more on MERLOT...
Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. more on Connexions...
This initiative, out of Penn State, aims to facilitate file-sharing among members of higher ed institutions across the globe.
Maricopa Learning Exchange (MLX) is designed to be a place for exchange of ideas. The digital "warehouse" tags its content with information on the creator, college(s) that were involved in its development, contact info, item description, and associated media, such as images, movie clips, documents, and spreadsheets. The materials are free for educational use as long as its source is cited.
iLumina is a digital library of sharable instructional materials targeted at undergraduate instruction in chemistry, biology, physics, math, and computer science. The resources range from highly granular learning objects (e.g., individual images and video clips) to entire courses.
Content Last Modified on 4/29/2009 2:40:15 PM
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