Internet Teaching Links

Developing an Effective Online Course (Web Page) (PDF version) - from www.realworldmedia.com
Principles of Online Design Checklist - This is a nice checklist that will assist online instructors develop their online course.

Teaching Online: A Practical Guide by Susan Ko and Steve Rossen

This is probably the best book to begin with as you considering using the web in your teaching. The deals not only with entirely online courses but face-to-face courses that use the Web to enhance learning.

The Online Teaching Guide by Ken w. White and Bob H. Weight

Creating Learning-Centered Courses for the World Wide Web by William B. Sanders.

Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites by Sarah Horton

Teaching Strategies

Matching Teaching Strategies and Tools - this is a very good site that matches up the type of learning that you want to accomplish with some ways that technology can be used to accomplish or enhance that activity.
Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning - from The Technology Source
Guidelines for Establishing Interactivity in Online Coures - from Innovate: Journal of Online Education.
Problem-based Learning (and Project-based learning) - this will take you to a web page containing more links to sites dealing with problem-based and project-based learning.
Online Discussions
- Crafting Questions for Online Discussions - this page is from Penn State University. It has some very good information on how to get started.
- Teaching Critical Thinking Through Online Discussions - a PDF file. This is a very good article. Requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader. A web page of this article can be found here.
- Taking discussion online - from Web Teaching at Dartmouth College (This is an EXCELLENT place to get information about how to teach online.)
- Creative Use of Online Discussion Areas
- Keeping Online Asynchronous Discussions On Topic
- Expanding Class Discussion Beyond the Classroom Walls
- Speaking in Voices: Effective Techniques for Keeping Web Discussions Running Smoothly
- Book: Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators
- Factors for Successful Implementation Of CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) in a University Classroom
- Discussion Evaluation Rubric - On this page, you will find a rubric (scoring key) that will help you assess the participants of an online discussion.
- Another possible use of online discussions that could be performed in classroom would involve the instructor asking a question and then asking the students to think through a possible answer and then discuss their answer with others in their group. Then each group responds to a Discussion Forum. The instructor then displays the answers on the screen for the class to discuss. Also, the instructor could ask each group to evaluate the answers provided by the other groups.
WebQuests
- The WebQuest Page - by the Educational Technology Department at San Diego State University. This is where the WebQuest idea began.
- WebQuest Training Materials
- The WebQuest Design Process
- WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks - helps you design the Task portion of a Webquest by describing different kinds of tasks that can be asked of the students. Also see the page, Taskonomy in Pictures.
- Webquest Templates - these templates can be downloaded and used to create your own Webquest. Optionally, the HTML code can be placed in your own Web-authoring program (e.g., Netscape Composer, Adobe GoLive) and used to create the webquests.
- A WebQuest about WebQuests - written by Bernie Dodge, the originator of WebQuests.
- Developing WebQuests: A WebQuest about WebQuests - from the University of Texas at Brownsville
- A RoadMap for Creating WebQuest - by Bernie Dodge
- Pre-writing Your WebQuest - an article by Tom March
- Some Thoughts about WebQuests - an article by Bernie Dodge, the originator of WebQuests.
- The Student WebQuest
- WebQuests - Be sure to click on the each of the tabs near the top (Explanation, Demonstration, Exploration, and Implementation)
- Working the Web for Education - Theory and Practice on Integrating the Web for Learning - the author of this article, Tom March, is a colleague of Bernie Dodge, the originator of WebQuests.
- Ten Stages of Working the Web for Education - by Tom March.
- Best WebQuests (bestwebquests.com)
- A Matrix of WebQuests - on this page, you will find links to Webquests categorized by grade level and by subject. The grade level includes Adult as well as elementary and high school level.
  - Outside of the Diary - a WebQuest from the Western Michigan University's Tbought and Writing course (English 105).
- Science WebQuests
- Assessing WebQuests
  - Rubrics for WebLessons
  - Creating A Rubric for a Given Task
  - A Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
  - Rubrics for Evaluating Different Types of Projects
Collaborative Learning
- The Post-Secondary Networked Classroom: Renewal of Teaching Practices and Social Interaction - from the September, 2001 issue of Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks. A PDF version of this article is available here.
Online Quizzing
- Web QuizBuilder - this program allows you to create quizzes easily that can be posted on the web.
- Hot Potatoes - this software allows you to create all types of quizzing questions to be posted on the web. The following types of assessment can be created: multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, crossword puzzles, and placing items in the proper order.
Graphic Organizers (Concept Mapping)
- Inspiration - this software can be used to created concept maps and other types of graphic organizers very easily. A free 30-day fully functional copy of the software can be downloaded.
- Concept mapping in English
  - Tutorial from Pennsylvania State University
Blogging
- WebLog-Ed: Using Weblogs in Education
- Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators
- Content Delivery in the 'Blogosphere' - from the February 2004 issue of T.H.E. (Technological Horizons in Education). A pdf version of the article is available here.
- Trackback: Where Blogs Learn Their Places - from the October 2003 issue of Syllabus
- Where you can create your own blog
  - www.blogger.com
  - Schoolblogs - This is a free site for educators.

Faculty Development and Web Teaching

Creating A Campus Culture to Support a Teaching and Learning Revolution - by Dorothy A. Frayer
Faculty Development 101 - from Penn State
Faculty Development of the Diffusion of Innovation - in the January, 2003 issue of Syllabus
Low Threshold Activities (LTA) - this is a site where you will find a series of tutorials on instrucational technology techniques that are relatively easy (low threshold) to learn.
Examples of Web-Enhanced Courses
- Teaching and Learning on the Web - at this site, associated with Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, you will find over 800 examples of how the Web is used to enhance learning and teaching.
- Faculty Connection - Courses on the Web
- History
  - German History on the Web: An Experiment in "Studio-Based" Teaching - this is a very interesting article that will give you some good ideas.
- Science
  - Desktop Movies Help Diffuse Science Friction - describes how students are integrated desktop movies into a science course
  - Preparing Tomorrow's Science TeacUse Technology: An Example from the Field
  - Technology and a Course for Those Thinking About Teaching: A Response to Henriques
Distance Education
- The Course Planning Process - a page from Penn State. See the article, "Turning Traditional Courses Into Distance Education" in the Chronicle of Higher Education in which Instructional Designer, Ann Luck, is featured.
- University-Wide Collaborative Faculty Development for Web-Based Course Development and Asynchronous Learning - a paper presented at the Web97 conference. For institutions that want to help their instructors begin developing web-based courses, this is a must read.
- University Strategic Plan, Goals and Mission: Guides for the Development of On-line Programs and Courses
- Best Practices for Administrative Evaluation of Online Faculty
- An Effective Course Model for Teacher Education via Distance Learning - by Marsha L. Burmeister, Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University
- How Much Does It Cost to Develop a Distance Learning Course? It All Depends.... by Judith Boettcher from Design for Learning
- Development of Training and Support Programs for Distance Education Instructors - by Melanie Clay, M.P.A., Director of Distance Education, State University of West Georgia
- Distance Educator - this is an entire web site dedicated to subject of distance education.
- Five Pillars of Quality Online Education - by the Sloan Foundation
- The Standards Approach: Planning for Excellence in Distance Education - from the September 2003 issue of Syllabus. A pdf version of the copy is available here.
- Rubric for Online Instruction - This rubric from Chico State University provides a means of evaluating your online courses. A variety of PDF documents that contain information about evaluating your courses can be found at this page "Exemplary Online Instruction Awards."

Hybrid Courses
Hybrid courses are also known as blended courses or "brick and click" courses. They are a courses that involve both face-to-face instruction and the tools of the Internet. In other words, they combine the best of both worlds.

Hybrid' Teaching Seeks to End the Divide Between Traditional and Online Instruction - from the March 22, 2002 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education
The Hybrid Experience: How Sweet It Is
What is a Hybrid Course?
Creating a Hybrid Course
Hybrid Courses: From Pilot to Program
Hybrid Courses are Best or Hybrid Courses are Best (alternative site) - by David Brown's regular article, Faculty Practice, from the August 2001 issue of Syllabus
Microbiology Instructor Uses Internet-based Hybrid Course
Reflections on Teaching a Large Enrollment Course using a Hybrid Format - by John (Jack) Johnson from the University fo Wisconsin
Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology As Lever - Although this article does not address specically address hybrid courses, the principles discussed in it are appropriate to the use of educational technology modes of teaching.

Course Management Software Usage (e.g., Blackboard)

Using a Web-Based Course Management Tool to Support Face-to-Face Instruction by Nada Dabbagh
Using a Course Management System for Large Classes: Support, Infrastructure, and Policy Issues by Douglas F. Johnson

Institutional Organization for Web Teaching

Quality On the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education - prepared by the Institute for Higher Education Policy - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Book: Faculty Guide for Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web by Judith V. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1999. This book is in our library: LB 1028.3 .B64 1999.
How to Go From Classroom-Based to Online Delivery in Eighteen Months or Less - from the January, 1999 issue of Technological Horizons in Education (T.H.E.)
Copyright and Distance Education - you will find links to a number of articles related to this topic on this page.

Wireless Access in Higher Education

Content Sources - You will find news articles at these sites that could be used to enhance your course.

The New Yorks Times - College Times - In addition to articles in your subject area, you will find articles that discuss how to use these articles in your courses.
CNN.fyi - a site that contains news for students and resources for teachers.
www.headlinespot.com - News from major cities and states

Bookmarking Services on the Web

Style Guide

Yale Style Guide by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton or buy the book, Web Style Guide : Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites

You can also access the guide by going to www.webstyleguide.com

This book is designed for Web pages in general.

For a style guide that applies to educational sites, get Sarah Horton's book shown above, Web Teaching Guide.

UseIt.com: Jakob Neilson's Website - this site deals with the "useability" of site design.

Multimedia Technologies

Web Pages
- Web pages can be created with a wide variety of web-authoring software packages or can be created directly on a free web site called Web Worksheet Wizard hosted by the University of Kansas.
- Netscape Composer - this comes along with Netscape Navigator in a package called Netscape Communicator.
- Mozilla - this open-source browser, which is very similar to Netscape's, contains a web-authoring component.
- Adobe GoLive - this is the web-authoring software I use.
Multimedia Authoring Software
- Hyperstudio
- MovieWorks
- eZedia MX and eZedia QTI - These products for the Macintosh allow you to create interactive sites. eZedia is for delivering sites on a CD and eZedia is for delivering on the Web.
Online Storage of Photos/Videos - the following web sites allow you to store your digital photos and/or videos on their web site. There is usually no fee for this service.
- www.imagestation.com
Digital Video
- Desktop Video at about.com
- Cellulo - Macintosh OS X software for cataloging your movies. Has an interface similar to iTunes.
- Digital Video Terminology
- Quicktime
  - How to Add Titles to a QuickTime Movie in QuickTime Player Pro
  - Quicktime Authoring for Education
  - Quicktime 101
  - Quicktime for Educators: Beyond Video Clips
  - Embeddding QuickTime Movies into Blackboard
  - QuickTime Utilities at www.qtilities.com - this software company has a variety of tools that work with QuickTime.
  - Tutorials for Quicktime
  - Realizing the Interactive Potential of Quicktime - check out this page! The author has a numerous examples of how Quicktime can be used in education. I especially like the illustration how Quicktime can be used to teach parts of a sentence (adjectives in this case).
  - Judy and Roberts Little QuickTime page
  - BlueAbuse - this site is dedicated to the interactive features of Quicktime
  - An example of what QuickTime can do - slide show with audio
  - QuickTime tutorials - from Apple. Some of them are listed below:
    - Adding HREF tracks - using QuickTime Pro, you can make the contents of frames within a web page change at specific points in time in the movie. See the Adjectives example. Here's another example of a QuickTime movie controlling the frames of a web page.
- Digital video in Education
  - More Digital Video sites - many of these sites are the same but some are different.
  - Videography for Educators - a very good resources that takes you step-by-step through the process of producing videos for education.
  - Tips for Making Your Movie - easy to understand.
  - How Filmmaking Inspires Learning - this page is a Quicktime movie that will tell you how filmmaking teaches a variety of skills that students will need in world (from the website, The Director in the Classroom.
  - Digital Video in Education - This site has some downloadable tutorials on how to use iMovie and QuickTime Pro, the version of Quicktime that allows you to edit QuickTime movies.
  - Digital Video in Education - a web site containing an extensive number of resources from the United Kingdom
  - Video Paper Builder - This is free software that allows you to integrate video into web pages and create some interactivity. You will have to see examples on the Example Page to fully understand its capabilities. A series of Videopapers about Frisbeeing can be viewed. They are a very good example of what can be done.
  - Click and Go Video - At this web site, you will find discussion of all the aspects of creating and using digital video in education.
  - Digital Video for Teachers: Tim Merritt's DV News, Tips, and Commentary for Every Educator
  - Examples of digital video in education
  - Video Learning for Secondary Science
  - Examples of how digital video using Quicktime can be used in education
    - Slide show (no audio) and corresponding text that changes
    - Chapter lists in a Quicktime movie
    - Hilighted text with audio - although the example here is English, this technique could be used in teaching a foreign language.
    - An example of a Quicktime movie in an Economics class whereby you can jump to different videos.
  - The Director in the Classroom - at this web site, you will learn how Nikos Theodosakis teaches students to use videography to learn. His book, The Director in the Classroom: How Filmmaking Inspires Learning can be purchased at Amazon Books.
- Video Guide - from the site, "Project-Based Learning with Multimedia"
- Digital Media Toolbox - at this web site you will find a a list of software that Gary Stager recommends.
- Nuts and Bolts of Digital Video (PDF file)
- iLife - iLife is the software suite that consists of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes and GarageBand.
  - All About iLife - At this site, you'll find all kinds of information about iLife.
- iMovie - this great software allows you to easily create digital movies on a Macintosh.
  - Creating movies with iMovie - this is a very good site that explains that basics of creating movies with the iMovie.
  - iMovie Tutorials from the Atomic Learning library, which uses videos to demonstrate how to make iMovies.
  - iMovie Tutorial (PDF file) - requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader
  - Examples of iMovie in Education - set up as a matrix by subject category and grade.
  - The "Unofficial" iMovie FAQ web site
  - Digital Video in Education - this site has a downloadable PDF file tutorial on how to use iMovie as well as QuickTime Pro, the version of Quicktime that allows you to edit QuickTime movies. Click on the Enter link and up will come a diagram of the various ways movies can be used. Click on each "bubble" in the diagram to see quite a few uses of movies in education.
  - Fun movies made by college students using iMovie - Emory University and St.Andrews University in Scotland
  - Slick - software for transitions and effects with iMovie
  - Virtix - video transitions and effects on iMovie
  - FreeplayMusic - download free MP3 music clips
  - www.sounddogs.com - free sound effects
  - www.findsounds.com - free sound effects
- Creating DVDs with iDVD
  - The web site for iDVD at Apple
  - Authoring with iDVD - by Ken Stone
  - DVDxDV - this software will allow you to extract the footage that you put on a DV so that you can import it into Quicktime, iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut Express, or Final Cut Pro.
- Live Television Broadcasting from your Macintosh
  - Live Channel Pro is the software package for the Macintosh OS X produced by Channel Storm that allows you to create your own live TV shows. Check out the following pages at their site:
    - Live Channel Pro Introduction
    - Testimonials
Digital Photography
- Short Courses - Digital Photography lessons (free)
- Blue Armadillo - this free software allows you to "convert an entire folder of images from one format to another, one size to another, add a uniform effect to all of the images, or any combination of these."
- JAlbum - this free software allows you to create a web album of your photographs.
- Photography from the Smithsonian Institution
- B & H Photo Video Audio Pro
- Free pictures to use for learning - www.pics4learning.com
- Free pictures from the Smithsonian Institution
- "How To" Sites
- Digital Cameras
  - Digital Camera Resource Page
Animation
- Adobe's LiveMotion versus Macromedia's Flash - this is a series of discussions on a forum in which Livemotion and Flash are compared.
- "Creating Low Threshold Animations for Teaching and Learning"
Creating CD/Web Hybrid CD's
- CD/Web Hybrids: Delivering Multimedia to the Online Learner - is a PDF file. Requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. A web site for the same article is here.

Places to find Web Images (buttons, arrows, etc.) and Photos, Clip Art, and Sound Effect files

Web Images (buttons, arrows, banners, etc)
- Realm Graphics - www.ender-design.com/rg/index.html
- Cool Archive - www.coolarchive.com
- Free Graphics - www.freegraphics.org
Backgrounds
- Yahoo Directory: Backgrounds
Photos
- www.ditto.com - You can search their site for pictures on a variety of topics.
- 1 - www.altavista.com
- Images from Google
- www.pics4learning.com
  - Lesson Plans that inolve the use of photos
- CalPhotos
- Biodidac - biology photos and drawings
ClipArt
- Discovery Schools' Clip Art Gallery
Sound effects
- www.findsounds.com

Other Resources

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - located at the San Diego State University
The Top 40 Education Web sites picked by Syllabus
Distance Education Clearinghouse
Distance Learning Course Finder
Effective Ways to Utilize the Internet for Biology Teaching - by Thomas Terry, a microbiology instructor at the University of Connecticut
Obtaining Resources for Technology in Education - by David David Moursund of the International Society for Technology in Education

Journals

Syllabus
Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning - out of Wake Forest University
The Technology Source - from the University of North Carolina
The Distance Educator
The Web of Asynchronous Learning Networks