Faculty Resources

Quality Matters Peer Reviewing for Online Programs Rubric
Visit the following URL to learn about guides to online course design and quality standards:
http://www.ipfw.edu/celt/grants/PDFs/qualitystandards_rubric.pdf

MERLOT
To examine peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials or to share advice and expertise about education visit the Web site of Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching or MERLOT at: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm.

Distance Education at at Glance
Visit the following URL to review a series of guides developed to help teachers administrators, facilitators and students to understand distance education:
http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/eo/distglan

The Excellent Inevitability of Online Courses
Visit the following URL to read The Chronicle of Higher Education online article that list 8 good reasons why an institution of higher learning should offer online courses: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Excellent-Inevitability/44251/

The Ohio Learning Network - Introduction to Innovative Learning and Teaching
Visit the following URL to learn about new ways of learning and new innovative ways of teaching.
http://www.oln.org/ILT/teaching_and_learning.php  

Advancing Learning, Closing the Distance: A Partnership for Faculty Development and Program Assessment
Describes teaching and learning approaches that have used a rich variety of technologies - from live television to the Web, from one-way video and two-way audio to full audio/video interactivity. The Casebook describes some good lessons learned, and it will be very helpful to any educator who is contemplating going the distance education route.

Online Certificate in Distance Education
Distance education is a rapidly growing and evolving field. With all the advances in technology, it can only get better. To learn more about Indiana University School of Continuing Studies Online Certificate in Distance Education http://scs.indiana.edu/nc/decert.html.

Distance Education Student Primer
Do you have students who aren't sure what to expect from distance education? Refer them to the Distance Education Student Primer. This little handbook contains valuable information about studying at a distance. Topics include time management, student accountability, online communication skills, online community, research and resources, technology considerations, and study habits and skills.

The Distance Education Student Primer is available in a 300KB PDF format. To view it, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download for free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.