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Monthly Archives February 2003

Merlot – Not the Wine

Merlot – Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching – is based on the philosophy of open source and provides online learning materials and reviews for higher education (and I would guess secondary classrooms). I have only reviewed material listed under Psychology, but there are certainly things here I would use when I teach [...]

Posted 26 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) °

Rate Your Profs (Teachers) Online

A Netscape News article for today caught my eye. The article concerned the pros and cons of a new online service – rate your professor (or teachers for the high school crowd). My own institution has been in an uproar over just such a service (Pick a Prof). The student body voted to spend some [...]

Posted 25 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Has copyright changed for online courses? We think so.

We recently signed off on the 4th edition of our book. In the final chapter, we discuss copyright issues and we took a conservative stance on online publication. We described online publication even for instructional purposes as different from classroom instruction in fair use of content. The key to the distinction we were making is [...]

Posted 24 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Can’t say I saw North Dakota listed., State Ed Tech Programs Ranked

The Center for Digital Government has released rankings for state performance in several areas (including education). You can find whether or not your state made the top 10 and read about the accomplishments of the most highly ranked states.

Posted 24 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

What Works?

The U.S. Department of Education and the No Child Left Behind initiative are now soon to offer us all a web-based “What Works Clearinghouse?”. The idea is to get research methodologists together to identify standards for quality research (I guess the peer review process has been deemed inadequate) and to use the standards developed (e.g., [...]

Posted 22 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

The Man on the Street Views the World

The World History Project Cindy works on had a session for Grand Forks teachers today. The guest presenter was UND professor Dr. Kim Porter. Among her professional interests is the collection and use of oral histories. One example she presented to the group was the “Man on the Street” recordings made the day after Pearl [...]

Posted 20 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

The Man on the Street Views The World

The World History Project Cindy works on had a session for Grand Forks teachers today. The guest presenter was UND professor Dr. Kim Porter. Among her professional interests is the collection and use of oral histories. One example she presented to the group was the “Man on the Street” recordings made the day after Pearl [...]

Posted 20 February 2003 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °