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Overview of the MERLOT Organization

Overview of the MERLOT Organization. Advisory Board. A 9 member board of nationally recognized leaders in academic technology, a Project Director, and an Editor. Administrative Team. A team of 15 CSU Staff. Project Directors’ Council. MERLOT Project Directors' Council.

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Overview of the MERLOT Organization

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  1. Overview of the MERLOT Organization Advisory Board A 9 member board of nationally recognized leaders in academic technology, a Project Director, and an Editor Administrative Team A team of 15 CSU Staff Project Directors’ Council MERLOT Project Directors' Council 22 project directors representing the Institutional Partners. Editors’ Council 28 Co-Editors for the 14 discipline communities appointed by the Institutional Partner's Project Directors. 14 MERLOT Communities

  2. Description and Evaluation • Concise descriptive information • Evaluation of modules by content experts. MERLOT users are looking for: The MERLOT Peer Review form provides separate fields for both kinds of information.

  3. Anatomy of a Peer Review • Description of the Learning Material • Evaluation of the Learning Material • Quality of Content • Potential Effectiveness • Ease of Use • Features of Excellence • Features of Concern

  4. Criteria for Peer Review:Quality of Content • Clear and Accurate • Concise • Core Concepts • Current • Self-contained • Re-purposable • Informed by Scholarship

  5. Criteria for Peer Review:Potential Effectiveness • Learning goals and objectives clear • Prerequisite knowledge defined • Audience: classroom resource or independent study • Inspires the writing of good learning assignments • Ready to integrate into curriculum

  6. Criteria for Peer Review: Ease of Use • clear and consistent instructions • minimal long downloads • visually appealing • interactive • working links • clear navigation • working multimedia • contact information provided

  7. MERLOT Rating System ***** Excellent , highest quality **** Very Good, with minor concerns *** Meets standards with significant concerns ** Does not meet minimal standards but there may be limited value * Not worth using at all

  8. Reviewing the reviews Users want: • Consistency in format and content across reviews (within and between disciplines) • Reliable content in identified fields. • Informative/meaningful content • Reliable evaluations/ratings • Good writing

  9. How does MERLOT stack up as an online community?

  10. In the Best of All Online Communities Community members generate and consume content. Ample interaction and interactivity Clear common focus Frequent visits based on member’s use of community resources.

  11. Member Portfolios Member Comments Personal Collections Learning Assignments Calendar and Events Discipline Community Pages International Conference MERLOT Awards

  12. MERLOT Alliances EDUCAUSE NLII MERLOT “Alliance to promote discourse among constituencies and to develop joint programs that advance online learning.”

  13. Into the vineyard…...

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